Beenleigh Theatre Group (Qld.) is set to stage the World Premiere full-production of BILLY BUCKETT – A Rock ‘n’ Roll Love Story, at the Crete Street Theatre, Beenleigh, from April 26 to May 11, 2013.
What happens when a young man from the wrong side of the tracks dreams of rock’n’roll stardom? Will he get his big break and top the charts? Can he woo the girl of his dreams?
Will he ever be good enough to win over her class-conscious parents?
When three couples, English, French and Irish mistakenly end up in a luxury villa in Provence coupled with copious amounts of champagne, heightened sexual impulses and ingrained cultural differences, the European Union could well implode! A story of how a meticulously planned holiday can go so hilariously wrong!
Ballina Players has been producing an annual youth production since 2005, and gradually they’re moving closer to resident director of youth productions Mike Sheehan’s dream of an all-youth production. Geoff Marsh reports.
Bankstown Theatre Company’s production of the Kander and Ebb musical Kiss of the Spiderwoman posed unique casting problems for director/choreographer Edward Rooke.
“I want a chorus of men who look like they could be a believable bunch of South American gaol inmates. I need them big and small, young and mature. They must look interesting – and they must be able to dance,” he said.
Shire Music Theatre (NSW) presents the quirky Off-Broadway musical Zanna Don't! - A Musical Fairytale at Sutherland Memorial School of Arts from February 8, 2013.
Smash Theatrical, founded by Joanna Pearson and Shane Tooley, will launch onto the Brisbane stage in 2013 with their inaugural production of The Wedding Singer, the Broadway musical based on the Adam Sandler movie, will be presented at Brisbane’s historic Schonell Theatre from February 14 to 23 2013.
Following on from successful productions of Oliver! and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Packemin Productions will be presenting The Wizard of Oz in February 2013 at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta (NSW).
Heidelberg Theatre Company’s first production for 2013, The Dresser, opens on February 21.
Playwright Ronald Harwood was himself dresser to the great Shakespeare actor-manager Donald Wolfit for several years, and though he strenuously denies it, has clearly made great use of this experience in creating The Dresser.
British black comedy The Anniversary will take to the stage in March at Javeenbah Theatre on Queensland’s Gold Coast, promising laughs and gasps at one of the most wicked characters in modern theatre.
The play, by Bill McIlwraith, follows the story of ‘Mum’ who keeps a tight hold on all three of her sons with gifts, threats and ruthless exploitation of their weaknesses. But as the family is unwillingly brought together to celebrate Mum's wedding anniversary (regardless of deceased Dad), revolt is in the air.
MELVILLE Theatre (WA) is presenting two very different comedies from February 8 – the world premiere of the adaptation of an Australian short story, Someone Called Rob, and a classic British comedy, Hands Across The Sea by Noël Coward.
Martin Lindsay’s Someone Called Rob was featured in the book Best Australian Stories 2012 and he has now adapted it for the stage.
Jeffrey Hansen is directing the comedy, which explores the miscommunication and subsequent paranoia that can occur from a simple mistake.