Community Theatre

Behind-the-scenes Look at Performer’s Farewell

STIRLING Theatre (WA) is starting its 50th year in 2020 with a farewell performance, as seen in the play The Actress, with a famous stage performer deciding to retire.

Written by Peter Quilter and directed by Carryn McLean, the touching comedy is set in a dressing room with the family of Lydia Martin – including her ex-husband, theatre colleagues and fiancé – wanting to wish her well.

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Community Theatre Seasons 2020

NOTE: Most Communuity Theatre productions have been postponed for the moment due to Covid19. All our advertisements have links back to the relevant theatre companies, so please click on the ads to go to their websites for the latest news. In the listings, the names of our subcriber groups have been hyperlinked, so you also can simply click on those links as well, to check out your local company.

Jukebox is set to provide the soundtrack for Community Musical Theatre in 2020.

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2019 CITY OF NEWCASTLE DRAMA AWARDS (CONDAS)

THE 2019 City of Newcastle Drama Awards (CONDAs) showed that performers and backstage workers in and around Newcastle are increasingly revealing their talents at a comparatively early age.

Two shows that each won four CONDAs – Playing Face (Bearfoot Productions) and Mamma Mia! (The Very Popular Theatre Company) – had many people in their teens and early 20s in their teams.

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Wicked Bendigo Scoops Guild Awards

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GOLD COAST AREA THEATRE AWARDS 2019 WINNERS

Draculas Cabaret restaurant was the new venue to host the Gold Palm Theatre Awards formerly Gold Coast Area Theatre Awards) on Monday 2 December 2019.

It was the 11th presentation night of the award which covers not only the Gold Coast community theatre but also those in Ipswich, Toowoomba and Morton Bay. Hosted for the sixth time by musical theatre star Ian Stenlake it was night of celebration with musical acts drawn form the nominees.

Image: (L-R) Tony Sheldon (Guest of Honour), Kate Peters (Convenor), Ian Stenlake (Compere).

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Next to Normal for Campbelltown

Shannon O’Connell previews Campbelltown Theatre Group’s November 2019 production of the Pulitzer Prize winning musical Next to Normal.

As a lover of theatre, especially musicals, my favourite shows are the ones that have a clever story line with complex characters, are brave in the themes and issues they explore, have a musical score you can fall in love with and most of all, make you feel something.

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Little Women for WA Stage

A TIMELESS classic will be lifted from the page to the stage during November 2019.

Adapted by Peter Clapham from Louisa May Alcott’s famous novel, Little Women is being presented by ARENAarts and directed by Christine Ellis at the Roxy Lane Theatre in WA.

The story follows the lives of the four March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – as they grow up happily together while battling poverty and wait for news of their father in the American Civil War.

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Sufficient Carbohydrate at The Guild Theatre, Rockdale

The November 2019 production at The Guild Theatre is Sufficient Carbohydrate by Dennis Potter.

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Gypsy Baron Waltzes into Rockdale

Rockdale Opera Company proudly presents The Gypsy Baron at Rockdale Town Hall for a limited run of four performances from November 9 to 17, 2019.

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Rock of Ages to Rock Limelight

THE ’80s are back at Limelight Theatre (WA) in the hit Broadway musical Rock of Ages, during November and December 2019.

Written by Chris D’Arienzo and directed by Ashlee Torrens and Kathleen Del Casale, it’s an LA love story where big hair meets big dreams in a rock’n’roll comedy romance.

A small-town girl, fresh off the bus and hoping to become a Hollywood star, meets a big-city dreamer who, while currently a busboy, is an aspiring rocker.

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