Community Theatre

Halfway through the Sitzprobe of Anything Goes, the Sydney University Musical Theatre Ensemble (MUSE) takes a break after a long and productive afternoon of singing, dancing and channelling the 1930s. Whether it be MUSE Stalwart Natasha Stanton mastering the songs of the evangelical gospel singer Reno Sweeney, or the lively chorus numbers such as Blow Gabriel Blow, the show is piecing itself together, in what promises to be an energetic and enjoyable production.

Adelaide’s Therry Dramatic Society begins its 2014 season with a perennial favourite, Deathtrap by Ira Levin.

The play had its Broadway premiere at New York’s Music Box Theatre in February 1978, going on to secure the record for the longest running comedy thriller on Broadway.

The original Broadway cast consisted of John Wood, Marian Seldes, Victor Garber, Marian Winters and Richard Woods. Seldes, as Myra Bruhl, appeared in every one of the production’s nearly 1,800 Broadway performances, earning her a mention in the Guinness Book of Records.

Sutherland Theatre Company presents Better Left Said, an original play by local writers Scott Brawley and Robert Stewart, as their first production for 2014.

In mid 2012 Scott and Robert set out to write a 1930’s style radio play in the hope that it would be staged at the Sutherland Memorial School of Arts. Some 20 months later, they find opening night approaching. A curious thing happened along the way, however, their radio play morphed into Better Left Said, a contemporary comedy/drama with a cast of four.

Next up at Castle Hill (NSW) in the Pavilion Theatre’s Adventures in the Foyer series comes a riotous, tongue-in-cheek romp through the good book - The Bible: The Complete Work of God (Abridged) by Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor.