Community Theatre

Supernatural Nöel Coward Comedy to Haunt Roleystone Theatre

What happens when a man is offered the best of both worlds, in the present and the afterlife?

Noel Coward’s popular comedy Blithe Spirit comes to Roleystone Theatre (WA) from September 7, directed by Finley award-winning theatre veteran Stephen Lee.

Set just before World War II, the comedy follows an author trying to research his upcoming book on a psychopathic clairvoyant by arranging a séance.

His spirit of his ex-wife appears, only visible to him, much to the chagrin of his current wife.

Student Theatre Company tackles RENT.

Some musicals are performed to provide the audience with fond moments of happiness, joy and an all round good night out. But in 2012 Melbourne company Burwood Student Theatre Company (BuST Co.) have chosen present theatre-goers with a challenging musical with such powerful themes as love, loss, death, and greed.

BuST Co’s producer Alexandra Cole told Stage Whispers that the company has chosen a musical that is on many a performer’s ‘must-do-this-show’ list and comes with a fair whack of expectations.

Life After George for Melville Theatre

LIFE, love and politics are the driving forces behind Life After George, playing at Melville Theatre (WA) from September 7.

Written by Hotel Sorrento author Hannie Rayson and directed by Val Riches, it follows the intertwined stories of some intriguing, but ultimately flawed, characters.

After the sudden death of Professor Peter George in a light plane crash, the AWGIE award-winning play explores what impact the loss has on the women he left behind.

Engadine Comes Alive with The Sound of Music

Engadine Musical Society’s production of classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music, from August 17, marks the return to the EMS stage after a six-year break of Kerrie Hartin in the role of the Mother Superior.

Kerrie was just nine years old when she first saw the movie of The Sound of Music. It added to her growing love of all things Rodgers and Hammerstein who remain, to this day, her favourite composers of musical theatre.

Musical Man-Eating Plant for Shire

Shire Music Theatre’s finest talent is on the menu as the company presents Little Shop of Horrors at Sutherland Memorial School of Arts in Sydney’s south from August 17, 2012

Lining up to strip off.

When the amateur rights to The Mousetrap, Agatha Christie’s 60 years old blockbuster, became available to Australian and New Zealand community theatre companies there was an immediate and eager queue. Although there was only a two-year ‘window of opportunity’ in which to perform the famous whodunit, amateur groups couldn’t wait to sign on. And those smart enough to head the queue have been rewarded by full houses.

Fab Nobs Theatre Celebrates 10 years!

Could there be a more fitting way to celebrate 10 years, than with a retrospective concert with songs taken from the last 10 Years? Could this be your chance for some “Therapy” or perhaps you’re still wondering about… The Kid Inside … And do you remember that It Sucks To Be You?

Fab Nobs (Bayswater, Vic.) invites you to Return to the Forbidden Planet and share the journey the company has taken over this exciting 10 years!

Oh Boy! The Buddy Holly Story for SE Queensland

Tease your hair and slip on your bobby socks.

Phoenix Ensemble presents Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story over five weekends, opening on 10 August, 2012, and audience members are encouraged to come along dressed in 50s fashion to help set the mood.

In 1959, the man who changed the face of popular music tragically died in a plane crash aged 22. Now,Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story tells the story of the three years in which he became the world’s top recording artist.

The 39 Steps for Castle Hill

Alfred Hitchcock made the movie. John Buchan penned the book. Patrick Barlow wrote the stage play – and in July, the Pavilion Theatre at Castle Hill (NSW) raises the curtain on The 39 Steps.

World Premiere Musical Satirises Reality Show Contestants

WITH Australian Idol, The Voice, Australia’s Got Talent, The X Factor and Popstars all producing a variety of winners for more than a decade, is there an over-abundance of reality show singers?

It’s a question explored in the world premiere of Falling To The Top at Playlovers (WA) this August and September, a new musical written by director Tyler Jones and musical director Robert Wood.

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