Confronting, unsettling, thought-provoking and heart-wrenching, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is the next production from Phoenix Theatre (WA), opening on November 8.
Adapted from the popular Ken Kesey novel for stage by Dale Wasserman in 1963, it explores institutionalised mental health patients, invasive medical proceduresand the delicate nature of the human psyche.
Most famously, it was made into a multiple Academy Award-winning film with Jack Nicholson in 1975 – although the film was based on the novel, not the play.
Was the Australian Government involved in the death of 15,000 innocent people? Robert Cockburn’s The Hotel Hibiscus, an Australian political thriller, which has its World Premiere at Chatswood’s Zenith Theatre (NSW) from October 19, questions Australia's complicity and silence in war crimes carried out just 20 years ago.
The Pine Rivers Musical Association (PRIMA), Is a young and rapidly expanding theatrical group formed relatively recently in the Pine Rivers area (Brisbane), presents Oliver! from October 19 – 27.
The director and cast of Gold Coast Little Theatre’s production of Calendar Girls, which opens in November, have gone all the way, even getting their gear off for their own ‘nude’ calendar.
One of pop music’s greatest Divas will be celebrated Chatswood’s Zenith Theatre in November when Chatswood Musical Society (NSW) presents DUSTY: The Original Pop Diva, a musical about the life and music of Dusty Springfield.
THE Australian premiere of a musical written by the team behind Chicago and Cabaret opens in Perth on November 9, 2012.
Written by Kander and Ebb and directed by Alida Chaney at Playlovers, The Rink is set in a rundown 1970s rollerskating rink on the US east coast.
It’s a story of forgiveness between a mother and daughter – played by Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli in the original Broadway production – as they try to find a way of letting go of the past to move into the future.
The Regals Musical Society (Sydney, NSW) bring The Hatpin to St George Bank Auditorium from October 12. Their new base in Kogarah is ideally suited to this intimate musical that retells one of Australia’s most gripping crime stories.
The hit Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is taking up residence at Bexley RSL from 12 October, courtesy of Canterbury Theatre Guild.
Based on the true story of a legendary Texan brothel known as the Chicken Ranch which operated from the 1840s to 1973, Whorehouse opened on Broadway in 1978 and ran for 1,584 performances
Normanhurst Uniting Church Musical Society presents the Andrew Lloyd Webber rarity By Jeeves, and leading the company is Kent Blackmore, a veteran of 35 shows with NUCMS.
The show, based on the classic P. G. Wodehouse characters is close the Kent’s heart as he grew up on the classic English humour of Bertie Wooster and his eccentric friends and acquaintances.
“Wodehouse's pre-war characters are so cleverly drawn that you will recognise them in your own friends today.”
It may have cute puppets and catchy songs, but adults-only musical Avenue Q is a whole different thoroughfare from Sesame Street.
Phoenix Ensemble (Qld) is pushing the envelope with its October / November show, a crazy comedy featuring humans and puppets. With racy sexual content (including a puppet sex scene) and bad language, Avenue Q: The Musical is not for everyone, and comes with a 16+ recomendation.
