Community Theatre

Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards Open Section Winners 2012

Presentations for the winners of the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards for 2012 were held at Costa Hall, Geelong on December 8, 2012.

Coral Drouyn reflects.

GOLD COAST AREA THEATRE AWARDS 2012 - MASTER CLASS AND PRESENTATION NIGHT

What do you get when you combine a “Top Dog”, a “Naval Officer” and a “Tap-a-holic”?

Three Entertainment Luminaries who generously shared their experiences and “tips of the trade” with the cream of the Gold Coast Community Theatre Family.

Val Lehman, Ian Stenlake and Jack Webster were guests of the Gold Coast for a Master class and the Awards Presentation evening and a nicer and more approachable group of thespians would be hard to find.

The Victorian Drama League Awards: 2012 Winners.

Williamstown Little Theatre’s production of Doubt; A Parable by John Patrick Shanley, which took out at total of eight awards including the Best Drama Production was the big winner at the 2012 Victorian Drama League Awards presented on Sunday December 2 at a presentation dinner at Merrimu Receptions,Dandenong Rd, Murrumbeena.

Eltham Little Theatre’s production of Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson took out the Best Comedy Production gong, one of four awards for the production.

 

 

 

 

Plaza Suite for Old Mill

Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite plays at the Old Mill Theatre (WA) from November 30.

Directed by Susie Conte, Plaza Suite looks at three couples who successively occupy the same room at a New York City hotel.

Each act chronicles a moment in time:

• A suburban couple with their marriage in tatters take the suite while their house is being painted and discover it’s the same one they honeymooned in 23 years before.

RENT: Seasons of Love for Shire

Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes..

How do you measure a year in the life?

Shire Music Theatre (NSW) presents Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock musical Rent from Friday November 30 2012.

CLOC Announces Cast for World Amateur Premiere of Phantom

CLOC Musical Theatre (Melbourne) has announced the cast for the World Amateur Premiere of The Phantom of the Opera

PRINCIPALS

Phantom: Toby Truscott

Christine: Laura Slavin

A Christmas Carol: Dickens at the Pavilion

Bah humbug! It’s coming up to Christmas, and the Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill, will celebrate the festive season in 2012 with a stage production of Charles Dickens’ famous novel A Christmas Carol.

Sunset Boulevard for Limelight in Perth.

Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard, based on the famed 1950 film, plays at Limelight Theatre, Wanneroo (WA) from November 22 to December 8.

Often described as one of the greatest films of American cinema, Sunset Boulevard was adapted into a stage musical in 1993 and scored eight Tony Awards in 1995.

The story follows Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the Los Angeles’ fabled Sunset Boulevard.

Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Open Section Nominations 2012

Nomuinations for the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards for 2012 have been announced. Winners will be announced at the 26th Annual Awards Night, to be held at Costa Hall, Geelong on December 8 at 8pm.

 

Winners now listed.

 

 

 

Female Jesus for Manly Godspell.

Manly Musical Society (NSW) presents Godspell at the Manly Black Box Theatre @ Manly Selective from November 16 to 24 2012.

Director Ella Arundel has been involved in every Manly Musical Society production since the company’s inception in 2008, across a range of activities including performing in a number of shows, Make-up design, costuming, sound tech and assisting the director. Now she is directing the company's production of Godspell.

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