Community Theatre

Shlock Rock Horror Musical: Little Shop at PLOS

PLOS Musical Productions presents comedy horror rock musical Little Shop of Horrors at Frankston Arts Centre (Vic) from Friday July 19.

What is Little Shop of Horrors?

Comedy Behind Legendary Hollywood Line

Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn!’

It’s arguably the most famous line in Hollywood history. But how it came to be spoken by Clark Gable’s raffish Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind is one of Hollywood’s best kept secrets. That is, if you believe Moonlight and Magnolias, the next play to open at the Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill (NSW) from August 2.

Spotlight Awards Recognise Musical Theatre Stalwarts

Theatre companies in Sydney’s southern suburbs have honoured four of their finest servants.

Members of the Engadine Musical Society, Miranda Musical Society, Rockdale Musical Society and The Regals Musical Society have inducted Andrea Munn, Barbara Glance, James Worner and Laurel Gee into their Hall Of Fame.

The induction happened at the Spotlight Awards, held for the second time at a sparkling dinner/concert at Club Central Menai last Saturday night (July 13, 2013).

Jon English to Frock Up as Edna in Parramatta Hairspray

Jon English frocks up as Enda Turnbald in Packemin Productions’ production of Hairspray at Parramatta’s  Riverside Theatre from July 26, partnered with Helpmann Award nominated Wayne Scott Kermond as Wilbur, while Cle Morgan will also be reprising the role of Motormouth Maybelle which she played in the original Australian production.

The trio of professionals will share the stage with some of Sydney’s best community theatre performers.

Bell, Book and Candle Bewitching Brisbane

Gillian is a witch who falls in love with her neighbour, Shep. She uses her magic powers to meet Shep but witches who fall in love with humans lose their powers. What will Gillian do?

Partly the inspiration for the hit television show, Bewitched Nash Theatre’s production of Bell, Book & Candle by John Van Druten features Aaron Bernard as Shep, Nikki McCrea as Gillian, Andrew Whitmore as Nicky, Sandra Harman as Queenie, Stewart Kirkland as Sidney, and Vincent as Pyewacket.

Bedroom Farce Antics for Redcliffe

In the manner of British farces, the story-line of Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce is manic.

Ernest and Delia go out to dinner to celebrate their wedding anniversary. When this is a failure they return home and prepare to celebrate with pilchards on toast in bed.

Malcolm and Kate are preparing a house-warming party:  Nick and Jan have been invited to this but Nick has hurt his back and prepares to rest quietly in bed.

Koorliny Arts Centre 2014 Season

In what might be the country's first 2014 Season Launch, Koorliny Arts Centre, in Kwinana (WA) announced its 2014 line up at a well attended ceremony on the 12th of July.

Guests included the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, many City of Kwinana Councillors, local politicians, managers of other Arts Centres, Koorliny's sponsors and members of the WA Independent Theatre community.

Nude Scene the Easy Part in Calendar Girls

In Calendar Girls, playing at Limelight Theatre (WA) during August, members of the local Women’s Institute in Yorkshire (similar to Australia’s Country Women’s Association) decide to make a nude calendar to raise funds for the local hospital after one of their husbands dies from leukaemia.

Based on a true story, Calendar Girls  was originally an award-winning 2003 film with Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, before Tim Firth adapted it for the stage in 2008.

Woody Allen Comedy Warms Up Winter Nights

Despite the Winter hibernation that grips the Southern Highlands this time of year, Highlands Theatre Group (Mittagong, NSW) promises that the laughs will make it well worth coming out for in their production of Woody Allen play Don’t Drink The Water.

Boy’s Own Mcbeth Rocks Marrickville

A classic Aussie rock musical is being updated by a young theatre company in Sydney for a July season.

Boy’s Own Mcbeth by Grahame (Aunty Jack) Bond and Jim Burnett toured Australia for two years back in the early 1980s and even had an outing in Los Angeles.

The star is Terry Shakespeare. He really is the school old boy. At 32 he’s been in year 12 for 16 years and his two children Dopey and SS are in the same class. But he’s not silly - it’s all a tax dodge.

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