Community Theatre

ONE of Australia’s darkest child murder cases seems an unlikely topic for a musical – but despite its macabre origins, The Hatpin is a story of hope, courage and a mother’s undying love for her child.

Written by WA Academy of Performing Arts graduates James Millar and Peter Rutherford, the musical makes its WA premiere at the Old Mill Theatre from July 11 – 26, 2014, directed by Graeme Johnson with musical direction from Paul Lawrence Olsen.

Tony Award winning musical, The Secret Garden, is Beenleigh Theatre Group’s forthcoming production at Crete Street Theatre, Beenleigh from 27 June until 12 July, 2014, bringing the musical to the extended theatre audiences of Brisbane, Logan and Gold Coast.

Perth’s Regal Theatre will come alive with The Sound of Music during the 2014 July school holidays with the ICW production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, featuring the talents of leading West Australian performers and the full ICW Arts Orchestra and chorus.

SOCIAL snobbery in all its guises comes to the fore in Melville Theatre’s (WA) July 2014 production, as old views of British society clash with contemporary attitudes of American culture.

Written by Noël Coward (Hay Fever, Private Lives, Blithe Spirit), and directed by Tarryn Harris (née Bullock), Relative Values is a comedy about the Earl of Marshwood choosing a Hollywood actress as his bride.