Community Theatre

THE 5TH ANNUAL GOLD COAST AREA THEATRE AWARDS

The Gold Coast had it’s real life “TONY” awards night on Tuesday December 10, 2013 at the Paradise Room, Arts Centre Gold Coast, with the Awards Patron, Aussie Showbiz royalty, Tony Sheldon and his partner Tony Taylor, present for the first time (a wonderful change after so many DVD messages from “Priscilla” dressing rooms in London or New York).

Once again the evening was hosted by Ian Stenlake.

The judging panel considered a total of 675 nominations, from 64 shows.

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The Victorian Drama League Awards: 2013 Winners.

The 2013 Victorian Drama League Awards, the 17th annual awards, were presented on Sunday December 8. 27 productions from 27 companies were entered this year. Best Drama Production went to The Basin Theatre Group’s The Woman in Black, which took out a total of six awards. Best Comedy Production went to Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor, with a total of three awards.

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It’s A Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play for Christmas

Phoenix Ensemble (Qld) presents an adaptation of Frank Capra’s much loved Christmas story, It’s A Wonderful Life, as its final show of 2013.

It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is performed as a 1940s live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Ten actors perform the dozens of characters in the radio play as well as produce the sound effects.

The Phoenix production, directed by Steve Pearton, will play at the boutique Pavilion Theatre in Beenleigh over two weekends from December 6, including Sunday matinees.

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Ballarat National Theatre Turns 75

The Ballarat National Theatre celebrates 75 years with a short documentary filmproduced by Wind & Sky Productions.

The film features core members of the Ballarat National Theatre, past and present, and reflects on the significance and history of the company.

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Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Open Section Nominations 2013

Nominations have been announced for the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria's 27th Annual Bruce Awards, to be presented on December 14, 2013 at Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts, Ballarat. Bookings: 0438 711 378.

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Carnivorous Musical Plant Invades Manly

Will Musical Theatre’s favourite man-eating plant devour the unsuspecting populace of Sydney’s Northern Beaches during November 2013.

Manly Musical Society’s 10th production will be comedy horror rock musical Little Shop of Horrors, by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, based on the 1960 black comedy film.

Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of hapless, nerdish florist Seymour, who harbors a crush on co-worker, the ditzy blonde and ever-vulnerable Audrey.

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Melodrama, Mystery and Music Hall for Adelaide Rep

You can’t keep former professional music hall actors in the wings forever. They keep breaking out in song and dance! This time it’s with The Adelaide Repertory Theatre for its end of year musical parody, The Mystery of the Hansom Cab.

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Epicentre Blackrock To Help Combat Violence

Epicentre Theatre Company (NSW) follows the success of its October production of Calendar Girls (which raised over $4000 for Leukemia research) with a powerful modern Australian classic Blackrock, which shines a light on a dark episode of our recent past, this time raising funds to combat violence.

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Regals Celebrate the Imagination with Seussical

The Regals Musical Society (NSW) challenges audiences to step into their imagination and the wonderful world of Doctor Seuss during November 2013, with Seussical The Musical.

Since the closure of the soon to re-open Rockdale Town Hall, The Regals have been fortunate to perform at Bexley RSL and this November, they will be offering the family and friends of the RSL an opportunity to take a trip down memory lane and step into the wonderful world of Seuss.

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UTS Students Produce Quack

Student theatre society Backstage UTS (NSW) is staging Ian Wilding’s Australian play Quack from November 15 to 23, 2013. The Griffin Theatre Company recently commissioned Quack after Ian Wilding won the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award in 2009. Only the play’s second Australian production, is being produced by Backstage in association with the student union of the University of Technology Sydney.

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