Community Theatre

Musical Parable Joseph for Chatswood

The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to life in the musical parable Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, presented by Chatswood Musical Society from 10-18 May at the Zenith Theatre.

Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat  was the original hit for composer/lyricist duo Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita).

For 45 years now, the show has been a favourite with family audiences the world over.

Next To Normal: WA Premiere for Bunbury.

Director Glen Perks of the Bunbury Musical Comedy Group is carving out a reputation for bringing premiere productions to WA, having already brought the premiere of Blackbeard to the West in 2009.

Perks’ next show is Next to Normal, a multiple award winning emotional powerhouse of a musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey with a thrilling contemporary score.

Phantom in Brisbane

When Savoyards opens their production of Phantom of the Opera on 25 May 2013, it will not only be the Queensland premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular work, but also the second amateur production of the musical in the world.

With a cast of 52 and a 27 piece orchestra it’ll be one of the largest productions Savoyards have ever mounted in their 52 year history and will play for 14 performances at the Iona Performing Arts Centre, Wynnum.

Rocking ‘The Dream’ at Normanhurst

A chance conversation two years ago has lead Normanhurst Uniting Church Musical Society (NUCMS) Director Ian Wesley on an adventure which culminates in May the year with the Australian premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Rock Musical.

Directed by Ian Wesley and Mel Hogan, with musical direction by Isaac Reefman and choreography by Mel Hogan, NUCMS presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Rock Musical from May 10 – 25, 2013.

He’ll be there, inside your mind, at the National Theatre, St Kilda.

Melbourne’s CLOC Musical Theatre is preparing to launch its 2013 season in May with a huge coup – the WORLD amateur premiere production of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary masterpiece The Phantom of the Opera.

Disco Zombies Invade WA in Horror Comedy

BE warned: zombies will be on the loose this May – and they’re accompanied by disco music.

Pop culture, apocalypse mayhem and the decade fashion forgot come together in Maul of the Dead, a dark horror comedy presented by Phoenix Theatre and Dark Psychic Productions (WA) from May 10.

Written by Mitch Brian and directed by Jayde Clark and Shaun Griffin, the show is set in the late 1970s and embraces a treasure trove of horror film clichés as ravenous hordes descend upon an abandoned shopping mall.

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Strathfield

Strathfield Musical Society (NSW) will present The Wizard of Oz from May 17 at the Latvian Theatre.

The production is to be directed by Christine Firkin, who explained some of her thoughts on the production.

Sondheim's Company for Subiaco

Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical Company, which won six Tony Awards – including best musical – when it was first produced in 1970, will be performed at the Subiaco Arts Centre (WA) in May 2013.

Sondheim (West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and Gypsy) has said Company was designed to explore upper middle-class people and their problems. 

Community Theatre Seasons 2013

They will be swinging from the chandeliers in 2013 as The Phantom of the Opera dominates the community / amateur theatre circuit. The World Amateur Premiere season of the Lloyd Webber hit at Melbourne’s CLOC, and subsequent productions across Australia and New Zealand, promise amongst the biggest and most complex productions ever staged by community theatres. Elsewhere the Calendar Girls juggernaut rolls on, while old favourites are being revived, sprinkled in with plenty of local play and musical premieres.

Pulitzer Winning Musical next to normal for Newcastle

Groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize winning rock musical next to normal, with its story of a woman’s struggle with bipolar and its impact on her family, will be presented by Newcastle Theatre Company from May 15, 2013.

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