Schools on Stage

International Theatre Festival Arrives in Melbourne

The city of Melbourne is set to host its very first Junior Theatre Celebration Melbourne (JTC Melbourne) on July 27, 2024 at the Bunjil Place Theatre in Narre Warren. This event offers an opportunity for students and teachers passionate about musical theatre to come together, share their talents, and learn from industry professionals.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By William Shakespeare. Holy Cross College Senior School Drama. Directed by Shelly Miller. New Norcia Building, Holy Cross College, Ellenbrook, WA. July 17-20, 2024

Holy Cross College Senior School Drama present A Midsummer Night’s Dream in their nicely appointed black box theatre. The Bard is a challenge for actors of any age, and these young performers approach the task with enthusiasm and gusto.

Disney’s Aladdin Jr

By Alan Menken, Howard Ashman, Tim Rice, and Chad Beguilin. Primadonna Productions. Directed by Carole Dhu. Pinjarra Civic Centre, WA. Jun 28-29, 2024

Primadonna Productions, just a week after their previous production, have mounted a very short season of Disney’s Aladdin Jr, with a cast ranging from tots to older teens. A most endearing production, this show features all Primadonna’s young performance troupe, with seven performing for the very first time.

Popstars! The 90s Musical

It's boy band vs girl band in this hilarious musical from the writing team that brought you the previous Xavier production, Back to the ‘80s.

Popstars is packed with smash hits from the hyper-coloured 1990s by artists such as The Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, MC Hammer and many more.

It's set in a school in the 1990s where Mark (Lennox Broadley) is head over heels in love with his girlfriend, Queen Bee, Shannon Van de Witt (Evie Sargent).

Catch Me If You Can

 

Book by Terrence McNally. Score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.  Rosny College, Tasmania. Clare Latham (Direction). Roz Wren (Set). Suze Quinn and Matthew Ives (Musical Direction). Hannah Marmion and Madison Heidenreich (Choreography). Gareth Keys (Lighting). Samantha James-Radford (Vocal Coaching). Nicole Ottrey (Costumes). The Dwight Brown Auditorium. 6-15 June, 2024 

Mary Poppins Jr

By Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a book by Julian Fellowes. Bel Canto. Directed by Blake Jenkins. Old Mill Theatre, South Perth WA. May 31 - Jun 3, 2024

Legally Blonde Jr

By Laurence O’Keefe, Nell Benjamin and Heather Hach. Western Theatrics. Directed by Stephen Carr. Koorliny Arts Centre, Kwinana, WA. May 24-26, 2024

Western Theatrics is presenting Legally Blonde Jr for a short season at Koorliny Arts Centre. Presented in tandem with “little sister” production Finding Nemo Jr., this production features a predominantly older and more experienced cast, all of whom are still youth performers.

Disney Pixar Finding Nemo Kids

By Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Lindsay Anderson and Myrna Conn. Western Theatrics, Directed by Peregrine Carr. Koorliny Arts Centre, Kwinana, WA. May 23-26, 2024

Finding Nemo Kids is a youth theatre production from relatively new theatre group Western Theatrics. Presented by a dynamic young cast, it is running for a short season at Koorliny Arts Centre, sharing a performance season with sibling production Legally Blonde Jr.

Finding Nemo Jr.

Book, Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson–Lopez and Robert Lopez.  Book adapted by Lindsay Anderson.  Music/orchestrations adapted and arranged by Myrna Conn. Producer and Director Madeleine Johns for Roar Academy at Theatre 102, Redcliffe. May 18 & 19, 2024

Training Up in Tech

Does your school or community group have students or volunteers who are interested in working backstage?

Outlook, one of Victoria’s leading audio and full production companies, is putting out the welcome mat. 

Outlook is offering an opportunity for students, who don’t want to be on stage, to train alongside some of Melbourne’s best radio mic technicians or be mentored in mixing sound front of house.

Outlook is one of the only companies that allows such involvement.