Community Theatre

Pulling together all the pieces of the jigsaw to stage a musical is challenge for most of us – but imagine what it would be like if many in the cast had a disability. Heather Cook, the Director of Nadrasca's Music Theatre in Melbourne, explains how she has climbed that mountain, even staging productions of Les Misérables and Chicago.

The Mousetrap Theatre Company in Redcliffe, Queensland chose To Whom It May Concern by Daniel Keene as its entry into the Murrumba Drama Festival in 2012.

Sandra Hines, the Director, had first seen this play at La Boite Theatre many years before and knew that, with the right cast, this play would make a very strong, emotional impact on all who saw it.

What do you get when you combine a “Top Dog”, a “Naval Officer” and a “Tap-a-holic”?

Three Entertainment Luminaries who generously shared their experiences and “tips of the trade” with the cream of the Gold Coast Community Theatre Family.

Val Lehman, Ian Stenlake and Jack Webster were guests of the Gold Coast for a Master class and the Awards Presentation evening and a nicer and more approachable group of thespians would be hard to find.

Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite plays at the Old Mill Theatre (WA) from November 30.

Directed by Susie Conte, Plaza Suite looks at three couples who successively occupy the same room at a New York City hotel.

Each act chronicles a moment in time:

• A suburban couple with their marriage in tatters take the suite while their house is being painted and discover it’s the same one they honeymooned in 23 years before.