Community Theatre

COMEDY, corruption and sexy 1940s charm come to the Old Mill Theatre from May 31 in Garson Kanin’s Born Yesterday.

The play follows the uncouth, corrupt and rich junk dealer Harry Brock and what happens when he brings his showgirl mistress Billie Dawn to Washington DC.

After realising it was a mistake, Brock hires a journalist to educate Billie so she stays out of the way, which proves to be another misstep.

Groundbreaking Pulitzer Prize winning rock musical next to normal, with its story of a woman’s struggle with bipolar and its impact on her family, will be presented by Newcastle Theatre Company from May 15, 2013.

Blue Mountains Musical Society presents Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street from May 24, 2013.

After 25 years of producing music theatre and concerts in the Springwood Civic Centre, the venue that has come to be known as home to Blue Mountains Musical Society is currently undergoing renovations, leaving them homeless for a few years. The community group has decided to take a big leap and stage their current production of Sweeney Todd in Penrith, at the Joan Sutherland Centre’s Q Theatre.

Beehives and 60s fashions are set to fill the stage at Limelight Theatre in Wanneroo (WA) during June. 

Adapted from the original 1988 John Waters movie, Hairspray is set in 1962 Baltimore and follows “pleasantly plump” teenager Tracy Turnblad and her dream to dance on The Corny Collins Show.

When her dream comes true, she becomes an overnight celebrity and launches a campaign to let the African-American teens dance with the white kids.