Miranda Musical Theatre Company will present School of Rock the musical at the Pavilion Performing Arts Centre in Sutherland this September 13-17, 2023.
A FAST-paced saucy romp satirising religious hypocrisy and naivety is coming to Limelight Theatre, WA in September 2023, giving a modern spin to a play almost 360 years old.
Rockdale Town Hall will soon transform into the cathedral of Notre Dame for The Regals Musical Society’s production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, based on the novel by Victor Hugo and featuring the songs from the Academy Award-nominated Disney animated film including “Topsy Turvey”, “Hellfire”, and “God Help the Outcasts”.
The Crucible, set during the Salem, USA, witch trials in the late 17th century, offers an exploration of a community gripped by fear, paranoia, and the intoxicating allure of power.
Directed by Rebecca Fletcher, the gripping masterpiece by Arthur Miller will leave audiences questioning the dangers of unchecked power and the consequences of mass hysteria. Although it may seem like a piece of history, there is an undeniable relevance to the present day, just as Arthur Miller intended when he wrote it. It serves as an allegory that continues to unfold before our eyes.
Celebrating its 67th year of One-act Play Festivals, Ipswich Little Theatre is again playing host to a plethora of plays during the weekend 11,12,13th August, 2023, to be held at the beloved Incinerator Theatre in Burley Griffin Drive (near Queen’s Park).
Since the inception of the Drama Festival in 1955, the competition has gone from strength to strength and attracts many local and regional drama groups to the area.
Wyong Drama Group and Red Tree Theatre are pleased producing the Australian play Two Weeks With The Queen, based on the popular novel by Morris Gleitzman and adapted for the stage by Mary Morris, from August 18th to August 26th, 2023.
Wollongong Workshop Theatre is bringing a set of local one-act plays to the stage in August 2023. Written by Illawarra playwright David Sharpe, Sharpies is a smorgasbord of eight one-act plays in one show:
Maggie & Miklos: A reclusive widow goes on an unexpected rescue mission.
Chain of Events: A chance discovery makes an ordinary couple turn to crime.
Mrs Smith of Sydney: An aging rock star meets an old friend with a new story.
Superstar Productions and The Darwin Chorale have rightfully celebrated a sell-out 2023 season of their production of Evita at the Darwin Entertainment Centre. Days before the first of only two performances, social media was abuzz with punters desperately trying to secure a spot in the 1,000 seat Playhouse Theatre – with no luck. The producers kindly offered to share a selection of Reuben Gore’s evocative photography of the performances with Stage Whispers.
The new production at Arts Theatre Cronulla is Things I Know to be True, a beautifully crafted play from Andrew Bovell that is a compelling, intense, unexpectedly funny and complex story of love in many of its forms.
Musical Theatre companies in New Zealand are slowly returning to their pre-Covid level of production, although some are still wounded following cancellations.
