Community Theatre

Anne Frank at Cronulla

For its final production for 2015, Arts Theatre Cronulla presents The Diary of Anne Frank. The adaptation by Wendy Kesselman from the original stage play by Goodrich and Hackett is directed by Neil Moulang.

Murderously Funny Mystery at Javeenbah

Javeenbah Theatre’s latest play The Game’s Afoot is a hilarious murder mystery full of mayhem and madcap adventure.

The award-winning comedy is written by Ken Ludwig and takes to the stage on November 13th – 28th, 2015, directed by Javeenbah regular Jim Dickson.

Sondheim's Company Provides Adelaide's Answer to The Bachelor

Musical theatre’s answer to The Bachelor is heading to the Stirling Community Theatre in Adelaide this November, for the first time in 16 years.

On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor Robert contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks, and even a wedding, his “married friends” explain the pro’s and con’s of taking on a spouse. The habitually single Robert is forced to question his adamant retention of bachelorhood during a hilarious array of interactions.

WA Premiere of A Man of No Importance

Playlovers and the Irish Theatre Players join forces in November and December 2015 to stage the WA premiere of A Man of No Importance by Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty – the same team behind Seussical and the Tony Award-winning Ragtime.

Based on the 1994 film starring Albert Finney, the musical is set in 1964 Dublin and follows bus driver Alfie Byrne, whose heart holds secrets he can’t share with anyone but his imagined confidante Oscar Wilde.

Cheers meets Red Dwarf meets Rocky Horror in Cult UK Musical

POLISH your disco balls and set your glitter beams to fabulous – the cosmic cabaret Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens blasts off in November and December 2015.

Produced by Blak Yak Theatre in collaboration with Phoenix Theatre, the UK cult musical has been described as Cheers meets Red Dwarf meets Rocky Horror in a galaxy far, far away.

All is not well at Saucy Jack’s space bar, as the evil shadow of a serial killer looms with cabaret acts killed off one by one, stabbed by the heel of a sequinned slingback shoe.

West Side Story Heads North to Chatswood

Classic Broadway musical West Side Story plays at the Zenith Theatre in Chatswood this November.

Famously based on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet and featuring Stephen Sondheim’s brilliant lyrics and Leonard Bernstein’s extraordinary score, West Side Story places star crossed-lovers Tony and Maria squarely at the centre of a New York City gang war.

Controversial Classic Explores Anzac Day’s Meaning

A PLAY that created a public furore when first released – and is now regarded as an Australian classic – comes to the Old Mill Theatre (WA) in October 2015.

Written by Fremantle-born Alan Seymour and directed by Brendan Ellis, The One Day of the Year follows the Cook family during the week of Anzac Day and, while family patriarch Alf sees it as the one time of year old Diggers can get together and be commemorated, his son Hughie regards it merely as an excuse for them all to get drunk.

Joyfully Celebrating Female Sexuality on Stage

Eve Ensler’s world-famous tribute to female identity and sexuality comes to Sydney’s North Shore!

Lane Cove Theatre Company present The Vagina Monologues from 6-13 November 2015 at the Northside Baptist Church in Crows Nest.

“Women have entrusted Eve with their most intimate experiences, from sex to birthing … I think men as well as women will emerge with a feeling more free with themselves - and about each other.” - Gloria Steinem

Sydney’s North Shore Turns Pink for Legally Blonde at The Concourse

A hit Hollywood film, a multi-award winning Broadway and West End musical and now it’s the turn of Chatswood in Sydney’s North Shore to get a dose of pink, as Legally Blonde – The Musical opens at the Concourse Theatre from October 16th.

Presented by Willoughby Theatre Company as part of their 2015 season, the well-loved story of Elle Woods is based on the novel Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film starring Reece Witherspoon.

House of Usher Chills and Thrills Castle Hill

Castle Hill Players’ production of Fall of the House of Usher promises a masterpiece of suspense and terror. This macabre story is set in the dilapidated and ancestral house of Roderick Usher. The play, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s Gothic short story, is set to have audiences have you holding their breath and gripping the seats with their fingernails.

 

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