Community Theatre

Big the musical: Recreating the Walking Piano at MLOC

Trish Carr, director of MLOC’s big the musical, was determined to recreate the Big Piano, which is played by the user’s feet tapping the keys to make music, best known for its appearance in the 1988 comedy Big, starring Tom Hanks.

This Walking Piano is a synthesizer, invented in 1976 by Pennsylvania, PA kinetic artist and inventor Remo Saraceni, merging dance, music and play

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Police Prevent Murder at Oliver! Rehearsal

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.

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Melville Twelfth Night Blends Modern and Traditional

Melville Theatre (WA) is bringing the curtain up on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night from June 21, 2013.

Director Jeffrey Watkins says people either treated the play as a dark drama or dark comedy – but he had never seen it that way.

“Every time I read Twelfth Night, I always find it full of incredible humour, tensions, drama and fun,” the self-confessed lover of Shakespeare said.

“I have never found it dark and thought this would be an opportunity to investigate this approach of finding the fun in the play.”

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Phantom to Haunt Newcastle Civic

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.

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New Enemy of the People for Pavilion

Two brothers, Thomas and Peter Stockmann, one a doctor, the other their town’s mayor, join forces to support the opening of a medicinal bath-house. At first the project seems wildly successful. Tourists, money and prestige pour in hand over fist. But then Thomas discovers the bath-house’s waters are polluted -- and the people who trusted them are falling ill. As the magnitude of the disaster is revealed, one by one the town’s people start to take sides, testing loyalties to breaking point.

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The Wedding Singer Ushers in New Era for The Hills

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.

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But What Is It Called?

Well nothing…or, to be more precise [title of show]. No, that’s not a mistake on my part…[title of show] really is the…er….title of the new show opening at my favourite theatre group Fab Nobs on Friday June 7th. Essentially it’s a musical about two guys who are….er….writing a musical. And two guys did in fact write this musical about two guys who…..oh never mind, it’ll all make sense when you see it. Or maybe not, but you’ll be laughing and cheering so it won’t matter.

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Goodbye grey skies, hello blue!

After sold-out performances of their recent DIVAS LIVE concert, St George Theatre Co (under the banner of Rockdale Musical Society) is presenting two seasons of the NSW Premiere of HAPPY DAYS - A New Musical!

Created by Garry Marshall with lyrics by Oscar winning composer Paul Williams, HAPPY DAYS - A New Musical is based on the TV series of the same name.

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Stepping Out at Miranda

Miranda Musical Society will be Stepping Out on the Sutherland Memorial School of Arts stage from June 14 in a good-natured tap-dancing comedy by Richard Harris.

Stepping Out chronicles several months in the life of a beginners’ dance class (the Hollywood version starred Liza Minnelli and Julie Walters).

Each of the eight students - who come from a variety of backgrounds - has their own reason for being there:

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‘Peanuts’ Musical for Darling Harbour

The lights are set, the floorboards polished, and the ‘Peanuts’ gang have their sights set on Darling Harbour. This June 7th and 8th, the Backstage Theatre Society is presenting You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, the 1967 musical written by Clarke Gesner, at the Lend Lease© Darling Quarter Theatre in Sydney.

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