Community Theatre

Rockdale Celebrates Czech Opera’s Anniversary

Rockdale Opera Company is celebrating the 150thanniversary of Bedřich Smetana's classic Czech comic opera with four performances this November as part of their 2016 season. We sat down with the Opera Australia resident director Luise Napier to talk about her new adaptation of the Smetana classic.

Luise joined the Australian Opera Chorus in 1973, performing a number of principal roles before accepting the position of Resident Director in 1989. She is also the Associate Director for Rusalka (Opera North, UK).

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Association of Community Theatre Hall of Fame

The Association of Community Theatre (NSW) was proud to induct three new members - Dr Robert Lang, Col Peet and Carla Moore - into its Hall of Fame for outstanding service to the sector.

Patron Nancye Hayes AM presented the awards at ACT’s Stagecraft conference dinner in October 2016.

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Blitzing Perth With World War II Musical

THE indomitable spirit of Londoners at the height of the Blitz comes to the fore in a stirring musical at Limelight Theatre during November and December 2016.

Written by Lionel Bart – best known as composer of Oliver! – and directed by Alan Brock, Blitz! is a musical full of family feuds, fun and forbidden love, sprinkled with nostalgic wartime melodies and rich characters.

The story focuses on the intense mutual dislike of Cockney stallholder Alfred Locke and his neighbouring Jewish trader Mrs Blitztein.

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Grease Is The Word At Manly In November

Manly Musical Society brings the rock n’ roll celebration of teen angst, fast cars, and first loves to the Star of the Sea Theatre in Manly during November 2016.

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Songs for a New World for Brisbane

New production company New World Theatre will stage the ‘exquisitely crafted’ Songs For A New World in Brisbane this November.

After auditioning for over 2 days, the New World Theatre team were able to narrow their cast down to just four roles.

The tight-knit cast features Lara Boyle (Jo, Little Women), Simon Chamberlain (Price Eric, Little Mermaid), Natalie Ridoutt (Eva, Evita) and Liam J O'Byrne (Laurie, Little Women).

Artistic Director and company co-founder, Melanie Evans, is excited to bring the show to the north-Brisbane region.

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One Man, Two Guvnors for Perth

A QUEST for fish, chips and mushy peas in the 1960s leads to a hilarious and politically incorrect caper at Melville Theatre during November and December 2016.

Written by Richard Bean and directed by Vanessa Jensen, One Man, Two Guvnors is based on the most famous of Carlo Goldoni’s works, A Servant of Two Masters, originally written in the 1740s.

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A Little Princess in Perth

Playlovers (WA) is presenting A Little Princess, a musical based on the classic Victorian-era novel: a young girl’s resilience and the power of her imagination change the world, at Stirling Theatre, Innaloo, from October 27 to November 4, 2016.

Written by Tony-nominated composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa (The Addams Family, The Wild Party) and award-winning book-writer and lyricist Brian Crawley (Violet), A Little Princess is the story of a little girl with a great big imagination.

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Creepy, Kooky Addams Family Musical for Perth

THEY’RE creepy and they’re kooky – and they’re appearing in the stage musical version of The Addams Family during November and December 2016.

Presented by Dark Psychic Productions at Phoenix Theatre, in Hamilton Hill, W.A., The Addams Family features an original story as Wednesday, the ultimate princess of darkness and all grown up, falls in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family.

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Man-Eating Musical Plant Invades Roleystone

ONE of the longest-running off-Broadway shows of all time – an affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies and musical comedies – plays at Roleystone Theatre during November and December 2016.

Directed by Lys Tickner, Little Shop of Horrors has a score by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who redefined animated musical films with Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.

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Youth Jungle Book for Sydney’s North

The Jungle Book – Rudyard Kipling’s tale of the child raised by animals – comes to Sydney’s North in irresistible musical form from November 18, 2016.

Mowgli, the 'wolf-cub child’ and friends Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Kaa the python, transport us to the jungle in Lane Cove Theatre Company’s production of Kipling's unforgettable tale.

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