Community Theatre

We Will Rock You Will Rock Chatswood

We Will Rock You, opens at Zenith Theatre in Chatswood on Friday 18th October 2024. We Will Rock You is a popular musical worldwide with more than 16 million people globally witnessing the epic extravaganza. The North Shore Theatre Company (NSTC) production is on for a limited season of 8 performances, closing on Saturday 26th October.

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Community Theatre Hall of Fame

The Association of Community Theatre has inducted eight new members into its Hall of Fame for outstanding service to the sector including Stage Whispers Editor Neil Litchfield.

ACT – is an umbrella organisation for community theatre companies in New South Wales which offers promotion, training and insurance coverage for member companies.

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Willoughby Set to Makes a Splash With Singin’ in the Rain

Willoughby Theatre Company (WTC) presents the stage version of classic MGM movie musical Singin' in the Rain at The Concourse Theatre in Chatswood from October 12 to 27, 2024.

Redolent with all the glitz, glamour, and joy of Hollywood's golden age to life, it captures the transition from silent films to "talkies" with a mix of comedy, romance, and dazzling spectacle, and featuring unforgettable songs like "Good Morning," "Make 'Em Laugh," and the iconic title number "Singin' in the Rain".

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The 39 Steps at University of Adelaide Theatre Guild

“Although clearly dangerous, he is quite good-looking, actually”

A whisky, two stubborn singletons bound by handcuffs, and a chase from London to the Scottish Highlands, The 39 Steps takes a Hitchcock masterpiece based on the ground-breaking spy novel by John Buchan and transforms it into a theatrical spectacle of comedy, action, romance, and fresh fish.

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All Aboard For Comedy Suspense Thriller!

It is, as they say, a dark and stormy night. The train pulls in. Three stops from nowhere, you and your fellow travellers are unloaded into a railway station waiting room with both an unhelpful stationmaster and arguably the most annoying man on earth. There are no more trains until tomorrow. What could possibly be worse?

Well, it could be a haunted railway station with a lethal ghost train due to arrive any minute.

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Ruddigore at Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria

Image above from the 2012 GSOV production of Ruddigore

Gilbert and Sullivan’s witty and ghastly melodrama Ruddigore (or The Witch’s Curse),will be presented by Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria from 6-8 September, 2024, at the Alexander Theatre, Clayton.

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The Regals Musical Society Presents Kiss Me, Kate

The Regals Musical Society is staging Cole Porter’s timeless, award-winning musical Kiss Me, Kate at Rockdale Town Hall from 12-20 October 2024.

Kiss Me, Kate is a witty and vibrant reimagining of a Shakespearean classic, blending the charm of the Bard's work with the lively world of 1940s Broadway.

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Reaching the Stars and the Moon.

An all-abilities Melbourne community theatre is bringing ‘life changing experiences’ for both disabled artists and their mentors. Actor and entertainment journalist Tayla Ham reports.

Have you ever attended a theatre production where the lead actor had a disability or a musical in which half the cast members had disabilities? Chances are that you haven't.

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New Locally Written Play at Guild Theatre, Rockdale

Where there’s a will ... There’s a family!

‘Family is what matters, isn’t it?’

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Bringing the Words to Life at Henry Lawson Theatre

Written by Australian playwright Finnegan Kruckemeyer, the play “Where Words Once Were” is set in an uncertain time and an uncertain future where it is unclear how the last remaining people on Earth are living.

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