Community Theatre

The Club to Play at Heidelberg

David Williamson's The Club, to be presented by Heidelberg Theatre Company during September 2017, is a set in the social room of a famous football club; one with a rich tradition and history of success. However times have changed. The club is in its longest ever premiership drought; 19 years and counting. 

Hot Mikado For Sydney’s North

Now in its 66th year, there’s no luckier time for Chatswood Musical Society to transport audiences to Japan than for fast paced jazz comedy Hot Mikado from 22 September to 1 October at The Independent Theatre, North Sydney.

Cultures glide and collide in Rob Bowman (music) and David H. Bell’s (lyrics) hilarious and "hot" updating of Gilbert and Sullivan classic, The Mikado.

Honour at Villanova

Joanna Murray-Smith’s Honour is a poignant examination of how the disruption of new love shocks four people into redefining their own selves, uprooting their understanding of love and loyalty, and forcibly restarting their emotional evolution after years of comfortable stagnation.

How do you react to the abrupt termination of a 32 year old marriage by a passionate spark?

A Chat About Holding The Man

Trent Gardiner and Hannah Lehmann from the cast of Lane Cove Theatre Company’s upcoming production of Holding the Man, interviewed each other recently and Stage Whispers was a fly on the wall.

Trent: Who is your acting inspiration? 

Sweeney Todd for Toowoomba

The thrilling story of the world's most infamous barber, Sweeney Todd, will bring a touch of Victorian tragedy, intrigue, love, and dark humour to the Empire Theatre stage next month (September).

Presented by the Toowoomba Choral Society, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tells the tale of a London barber who returns home after 15 years of exile, and his quest for revenge on the evil Judge Turpin.

Shady Business at Arts Theatre Cronulla

Arts Theatre Cronulla director Tom Richards is a clearly fan of playwright Robin Hawdon, a British playwright especially known for the popularity of his comedies. Tom directed The Mating Game in 2014, Perfect Wedding in 2015 and this year is directing Shady Business, ATC’s third play in its 2017 season.

Wife After Death Comedy for Perth

A SECRET life will soon be exposed at a funeral and the bombshell will cause tempers – and ashes – to fly.

It’s all part of Serial Productions’ latest show, Wife After Death, written by Eric Chappell and directed by Rob Warner at the Old Mill Theatre in August and September 2017.

Set at the funeral of successful television comedian Dave Thursby, his friends and family soon discover they know less about him than they imagined.

Holding The Man at Lane Cove

Lane Cove Theatre Company presents the powerful Australian story of love, loss and the AIDS pandemic, Holding The Man, during August 2017.

Based on Timothy Conigrave’s celebrated memoir of the same name, Tommy Murphy’s award-winning play is a breathtakingly honest, achingly funny and completely heart-wrenching account of a 15-year relationship that weathered disapproval, separation, temptation and, ultimately, death.  It is a story - and a celebration - that speaks across generations, sexual preference and cultures.

Williamson's Let The Sunshine in Perth

WHAT happens when people of widely different political views are forced to co-exist?

It’s a question posed in Let The Sunshine, a play from Australia’s most respected contemporary playwright, showing at Limelight Theatre during August 2017.

Written by David Williamson and directed by Tim Riessen, it’s a satirical comedy about 50-something sea-changers and their children.

When Toby, a hard-hitting documentary-maker, flees Sydney with his wife after a blow up with the media, he arrives at his old childhood haven. 

Other Desert Cities for Perth

Playlovers presents the gripping contemporary family drama at The Old Mill Theatre During August 2017.

Playlovers, one of W.A’s foremost and most awarded Community Theatre groups continues to survive with the aid of The Old Mill Theatre in South Perth.

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