Arts Theatre Cronulla’s second production for 2023 is The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race, directed by Kathy Petrakis. Inspired by true events, this Australian comedy is an effervescent, hilarious and big-hearted tale about women taking action and showing the world that there’s more than one way to win a race.
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA presents A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr and Nicholas Dante, the show that changed the course of musical theatre. Rejecting traditional sets, costumes and big stars, the show introduces gritty psychological realism to musicals. For many years the longest running musical on Broadway, it is a peep backstage into the cutthroat world of musical theatre and its effect on the people that did what they did for love.
Big musicals productions in the top end are about as rare as sightings of an albino crocodile. The local production company Superstar Productions – run by the community choir The Darwin Chorale – tries to get one staged every two to three years. Geoffrey Williams speaks to Annette Gore the production manager for the upcoming July performances of Evita.
PLOS Musical Productions has announced details of the cast and creative team for its July-August 2023 season of the all Australian musical, Strictly Ballroom The Musical.
Strictly Ballroom The Musical will open at the Frankston Arts Centre on July 28July 2023 for a limited season.
Mitchell Smith will star as Scott Hastings in this production, bringing a strong theatre resume and experience to the role and is excited to undertake the lead role.
Returning to PLOS; after a few years away and cast in the role of Fran is Guada Bañez.
Willoughby Theatre Company on Sydney's North Shore is presenting The Sound of Music, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony and Oscar Award winning musical inspired by the lives of the von Trapp family, at The Concourse, Chatswood this May, transporting audiences to hills of Austria for an evening of love and nostalgia.
Stage Whispers readers outside South Australia will mainly know Barry Hill as a reviewer, occasionally also reviewed for his direction, or for his stage performances. A stalwart of Adelaide theatre, we congratulate Barry, who was honoured with the Order of Australia Medal on Australia Day, thanking him for his lengthy, passionate ‘service to the Performing Arts’. We asked Barry to share some of his theatrical highlights.