Community Theatre

ACTEWAGL CAT AWARDS: WINNERS 2012

The 2012 CAT Awards (Canberra Area Theatre Awards) were presented at a Gala Awards Night on February 16, 2013.

BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A PLAY - Sam Lloyd - Seasons Greetings - Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A MUSICAL - Wendy Glover (concept) and Mal, Donna and Amy Copeland (construction and artistry) - Crazy for You - MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong

Eurobeat Prepares Penrith for Eurovision

Penrith Musical Comedy Company (NSW) presents Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision at the Q Theatre, Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre this May. Fresh of their sold out season of Hairspray last year the company wants their audience to come and laugh out loud at this take-off of Eurovision, ahead of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest mid-May.

The Challenge of Dressing Phantom at CLOC

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera is almost as well known for its visual splendour and special effects as for its score.

Sets and costumes combine in this show with voices, performances and plotline to produce an all encompassing piece of theatre that is a joy to all the senses.  

Engadine Musical Society on the Yellow Brick Road

Engadine Musical Society will head down the yellow brick road to Sutherland Entertainment Centre from May 15 – 19 for their production of The Wizard of Oz.

Cast members Susie Hoggard, Chiz Watson and Lauren Beatson shared their thoughts on this much-loved classic with Stage Whispers.

The production is quite a family affair for the Hoggards (pictured left): Susie Hoggard is playing Glinda, son Tyler is playing Tinman and daughter Sarah is in the Adult Ensemble.

Is Susie enjoying the family experience?

Drugs, Sex and Popaganda Parody in Queensland Musical Premiere.

Phoenix Ensemble is set to take audiences on a wild trip of drugs of debauchery – but it’s all in the name of poking fun at propaganda.

Reefer Madness, playing at Beenleigh’s Pavilion Theatre for five weekends in May and June, is a parody musical inspired by a 1936 ‘educational’ film of the same name. The Phoenix production marks its Queensland premiere.

A ‘sure-fire flop’ for JYM?

Has producing hit musicals like Avenue Q, Spelling Bee, The Witches of Eastwick, Cabaret, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweet Charity, Fame! and Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat for over a decade become a bit of yawn for JYM theatre company? This time, they have set themselves the challenge of producing Mel Brooks’ musical about an enormous, hilarious, stage disaster.

Nevermore: Edgar Allen Poe Musical for Perth

A mysterious new musical based on the life, loves and creative passions of Edgar Allen Poe, Nevermore will be staged by Playlovers (WA) from May 3 – 18, 2013.

The lyrics to the songs and much of the dialogue of Nevermore have been taken from Poe’s poetry and prose, with the splashes of his macabre stories.

St Trinian’s Musical Romp for Redcliffe Stage

St Trinian's, the fictional girls’ school created by English cartoonist RonaldSearle in 1941, best remembered through a popular series of comedy films, is also the basis for David Barrett musical comedy, which will be presented by Mousetrap Theatre Company (Redcliffe, Queensland) from May 10 – 25.

Saint Trinian's, Saint Trinian's your buildings stand so bold,

Saint Trinian's, Saint Trinian's your story must be told.

Musical Theatre New Zealand

Stage Whispers TV takes you exclusively to the number one event on the community theatre scene in New Zealand.

Each year Musical Theatre New Zealand hosts a superbly organised conference (and party). In 2013 it was held in Dunedin, known as the Edinburgh of the south.

Enjoy a taste of the entertainment on offer, take a peak at the glorious 1928 Regent Theatre and the impressive club house of Musical Theatre Dunedin.

More coverage will be in our May / June 2013 print edition.

 

2013 AGM and Party - Dunedin

 

AIDA Next for SQUIDS Theatrical

SQUIDS Theatrical (Qld) presents Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA for seasons at Redcliffe Cultural Centre and the Schonell Theatre from May 9, 2013.

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