Community Theatre

When CLOC Musical Theatre’s World Amateur Premiere of The Phantom of the Opera hits the stage of St Kilda’s National Theatre on Friday May 10, Laura Slavin will appear as Christine Daae.

A doctor by profession, working in a major inner city hospital, Laura has successfully balanced performing with medical school and a busy professional life as a medical registrar since graduation.

What attracted Laura to audition for The Phantom of the Opera?

“Christine has been a dream role for me for as long as I can remember.

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.

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?

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.