Community Theatre

The Hills District theatrical community, based at the Pavilion Theatre on Castle Hill Showground, is in deep shock and mourning today, following the tragic, sudden loss of one of its own.

Fiona Churchward Whitehouse was killed in a traffic accident last Friday night, June 14th, as she travelled with her husband to attend the opening night performance of ‘Enemy of the People.’

A recent rehearsal for Beenleigh Theatre Group’s production of Oliver! was interrupted by eight police officers responding to a report of assault.

Company members were busy rehearsing when a security camera outside picked up two actors rehearsing the famous scene of Nancy’s murder.

Rehearsals were stopped halfway when two police officers pulled up in a squad car, closely followed by four other police on foot and two officers on bikes.

Metropolitan Players Inc. have commenced rehearsals for the NSW Non-Professional Premiere of The Phantom of the Opera at the stunning Civic Theatre, Newcastle (August 29 – September 7, 2013).

The production will feature a cast of 46 and a 27-piece orchestra.

Phantom is Mets 42nd production, and the 36th Mets production directed by Julie Black, in her 30th year of directing.

The Hills Musical Society’s first show in its new venue, the stage musical version of The Wedding Singer, hits the stage at the Castle Hill RSL on June 13, 2013.

Breaking technology’s stranglehold on society, the production of The Wedding Singer promises to take audiences back to a time before Facebook, before the internet, before mp3s, before One Direction and Taylor Swift; back to a time when hair was big, parachute pants were cool, and CD players were only for the rich.