Community Theatre

Things I Know to be True at Cronulla

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. 

New Black Comedy about Tudor Queens

Meet the Tudor Queens as you’ve never seen them before in Ladies Who Wait, a black comedy premiering at the Subiaco Arts Centre in August 2023.

It’s execution day for Anne Boleyn and she’s got some visitors. There’s Jane, the next woman lining up to marry Henry VIII, and her predecessor Catherine. Throw in her unlikely ladies in waiting, Alice and Agnes, and it’s a rather unconventional final morning for the soon-to-be-late Queen Anne…

Three Generations Combine For Wait Until Dark at Guild

Three generations of performers will come together for Wait Until Dark at the Guild Theatre, Rockdale. Glenda Kenyon, the director of the play, is joined by her daughter, Lauren Eade, who will be playing the lead role of Susy Henderson, and her granddaughter, Finlay Thomas, who is making her Guild debut as Gloria.

Mr Bailey’s Minder in Adelaide

Themes of aging, family relationships, teenage rebellion and marital breakdown are tempered by those of love, kindness and forgiveness in Debra Oswald’s immersive play, Mr Bailey’s Minder.

To be staged from August 3rd to 13th by St Jude’s Players, Brighton, SA, the play is centred around its principal characters of Leo Bailey, a renowned artist and Therese, his minder, and enhanced throughout by the discussion of Leo’s art.

Cloudstreet at Lane Cove

Lane Cove Theatre Company’s brings Nick Enright and Justin Monjo’s adaptation of the Tim Winton novel Cloudstreet  at The Performance Space @ St Aidan’s in Longueville from August 11 – 27.

An epic tale of two Australian families dealing with heartbreak and joy over the course of two decades  following the war, united by their co-habitation of a sprawling Perth house with a haunted past.

All Sorts - It Certainly Is!

Enjoy an evening of “snack-sized” short plays written by some of Henry Lawson Theatre’s (HLT) talented members alongside Australian and international playwrights. 

 

In the Next Room at Castle Hill

Image: L-R: Catherine Givings (Kate Gandy), Mr Daldry (Chris Scarpellino), Sabrina Daldry (Lana Hill), Annie (Kimberlea Smith) Photo Chris Lundie

Packemin Les Misérables Returns to Riverside Parramatta

Be transported to nineteenth-century France as the team behind Packemin Productions’ Kinky Boots, Mamma Mia!, Jesus Christ Superstar, Shrek, Wicked and The Phantom of the Opera bring one of the world's most iconic musicals – the multi-award-winning classic, Les Misérables back to the Riverside Theatres stage this July/August after a sell-out season in 2020.

Be More Chill in Perth

Fan-favourite sci-fi musical Be More Chill plays at the Don Russell Performing Arts Centre in WA this July.

Presented by Art in Motion (AIM) Theatre Company, sci-fi musical Be More Chill follows ‘average’ high-schooler Jeremy who struggles to connect with his classmates – until he swallows a pill called a ‘SQUIP’ which materialises into his own personal guide which tells him what to say and do.

Terry Pratchett’s The Truth on Stage in Perth

A STORY about corruption and freedom of the media comes alive in a production of Terry Pratchett’s The Truth in Perth from July 7, 2023

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