Community Theatre

Castle Hill Players complete their 2022 season of plays at the Pavilion Theatre with Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, from October 18 to December 10.

The production is directed by CHP veteran Dave Went (The Cripple of Inishmaan, How the Other Half Loves, Wanted: One Body, Leading Ladies), and dedicated in loving memory to the late Jewell Johnson.

With CLOC Musical Theatre's production of Chicago now hitting the stage, Karen Greenwood reports on the drama faced by Melbourne’s largest community theatre company on the dramas involved in finally getting their previous production to the stage.

With full orchestra, talented soloists and chorus, new sets and authentic costumes recently imported from the UK, this is a dramatic tale of romance and bravery: a new production of this G&S Masterpiece from Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria, “Australia’s foremost exponent of light opera” (The Age).

The Boy from Oz tells the story of the life of legendary Australian entertainer and songwriter Peter Allen, from humble beginnings in the 1950s, growing up in Tenterfield NSW, to his rise to fame as a global phenomenon.

Peter was singing in country pubs at age 11. He survived family tragedy, to become a teenage TV star. Discovered by Judy Garland, he married her daughter Liza Minnelli and went on to achieve international stardom as a performer and song writer.