Community Theatre

On the weekend of November 1 & 2, 2014, the Gold Coast Theatre Alliance held its highly successful launch of shows 2015 at the Helensvale Cultural Centre and Auditorium with special guest stars Daniel Mallari, Lucy McIntosh, Keiarn Chesebro and Ian Lake wowing audiences. Professional MC Gregory Brown conducted proceedings and Patron of CGCTA  & Councillor Lex Bell and Councillor William Owens presented awards along with major sponsors including LocalSearch & Stage Whispers representatives.

Rockdale Opera Company is staging one of the most popular operettas of all time, Franz Lehar’s The Merry Widow at the Rockdale Town Hall in November 2014.

Set in Paris at the turn of the 20th century, The Merry Widow is one of the most frequently staged and well-loved operettas ever written, with clever witty dialogue and music by composer Franz Lehár. There have been continual revivals in theatres around the world since its première in Vienna in 1905.

A PINT-sized Puck, diminutive Demetrius and tall Titania are among the many characters in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream being brought to life in W.A. by The Drama Club, IntotheMask Theatre’s youth drama class.

Presented by Phoenix Theatre and directed by youth coordinator and teacher Alethea Bevilacqua, the 50-minute version has been adapted for the students and combines the seriousness of power and love with the silliness of magic and mayhem.

Through painstaking research and successful collaborations with international playwrights Adelaide’s Independent Theatre has brought some memorable Australian premieres to the South Australian community theatre scene over the years, including John Logan’s Peter and Alice this year.