What’s On
Mordialloc Theatre Company – SEASON’S GREETINGS – a black, though often farcical, English comedy about four days in the life of a dysfunctional family, starting on Christmas Eve
22 June – 7 July Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Road, Parkdale
www.mordialloctheatre.com 9587 5141
Frankston Theatre Group – THE TAMNG OF THE SHREW – Shakespearian comedy that inspired Kiss Me Kate
29 June – 8 July * VDL Awards Entry *
www.frankstontheatregroup.org.au
Geelong Repertory Theatre Company – BAREFOOT IN THE PARK – a Neil Simon comedy
29 June – 14 July Woodbin Theatre, 15 Coronation Street, Geelong West
www.geelongrep.com Bookings: www.gpac.org.au 5225 1200
Williamstown Little Theatre – UNDER MILK WOOD – in a much loved radio play, a narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of a fictional small Welsh seaside village
29 June – 15 July 2 – 4 Albert Street, Williamstown
www.wlt.org.au 9885 9678
Fab Nobs Theatre – HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL – Romeo and Juliet with a modern Disney treatment
6 – 15 July The Fab Factory, 33 Industry Place, Bayswater
fabnobstheatre.com.au 0499 442 839
Heidelberg Theatre Company – PRIVATE LIVES – this plot-perfect marital farce by Noël Coward is a sparklingly witty and wickedly vicious theatrical favourite
6 – 21 July 36 Turnham Ave, Rosanna
www.htc.org.au 9457 4117
Leongatha Lyric Theatre – ANNIE – 1930s America in depression and a little girl who believes you are never fully dressed without a smile
6 – 21 July Mesley Hall, Leongatha
www.lyrictheatre.net.au 0490 252 482
Eltham Little Theatre – ALICE IN WONDERLAND – first published in 1865, Lewis Carrol’s book has enchanted both young and old for generations.
6 – 22 July Eltham Performing Arts Centre, Main Rd Research
www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au 9437 1574
Ballarat National Theatre – MR BAILEY”S MINDER – Leo Bailey, one of Australia’s greatest living artists, can no longer take care of himself and his daughter hires a minder fresh out of jail
7 – 14 July 8pm Friday 7 & 11th – 13th July 2pm Sunday 8 & Saturday 14 July
www.bnt.org.au 0401 609 335
Encore Theatre – THE WEEKEND – Michael Palin’s play about the perils of a weekend visit from a couple’s daughter and family
13 – 28 July Clayton Community Centre Theaterette, Cooke St., Clayton
www.encoretheatre.com.au 1300 739 099
PLOS Musical Productions – THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – Based on French writer Gaston Leroux’s novel, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece – running on Broadway since 1988!
20 – 28 July Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street, Frankston
www.plos.asn.au Bookings: www.artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au 9784 1060
CenterStage Geelong – WE WILL ROCK YOU – the Queen Musical
20 July – 4 August Geelong Performing Arts Centre
www.gpac.org.au 5225 1200
Latrobe Theatre Company – SWEET CHARITY – The adventures of a girl who wanted to be loved
20 July – 5 August Little Theatre, Latrobe Performing Arts Centre, Traralgon
www.latrobetheatrecompany.org.au 5176 3333
Eighteen Twelve Theatre – DIAL M FOR MURDER – an ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wife murdered. When things go wrong, he improvises a new plan – to frame her for murder instead
26 July – 18 August Lowe Auditorium, 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully
www.1812theatre.com.au 9758 3964
The Mount Players – LES MISÉRABLES – Much-loved musical following the fortunes and misfortunes of Jean Valjean in his journey through life
3 – 26 August Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith Street, Macedon
www.themountplayers.com 5426 1892
Williamstown Musical Theatre Company – ELF Jnr – a young orphan child mistakenly crawls into Santa Claus’ bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole . . .
10 – 19 August Centenary Theatre, 71 Railway Place, Williamstown
www.wmtc.org.au
Peridot Theatre – THE SHOE-HORN SONATA – In 1945 Sheila & Bridie were freed from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the jungles of Sumatra. Fifty years later they meet again and discover a shoe-horn’s role in their ‘uncommon bond’
10 – 25 August Unicorn Theatre, Mt. Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Rd, Mt Waverley
www.peridot.com.au 9808 0770
The Basin Theatre Group – BOURKE’S COMPANY – an award winning drama, a recreation of the disastrous 1860 Burke and Wills’ expedition.
10 August – 1 September Cnr Simpson & Doongalla Rd., The Basin
www.thebasintheatre.org.au 1300 784 668
Strathmore Theatre Arts Group (STAG) – 27 WAGONS FULL OF COTTON & SOMETHING UNSPOKEN – Two plays by Tennessee Williams set in deep South USA
16 – 26 August Strathmore Community Hall, Loeman Street, Strathmore
www.stagtheatre.org 9382 6284
Brighton Theatre Company – OTHER DESERT CITIES – an emotionally charged play about a family coming to terms with long held secrets expressed in funny and witty yet lacerating ways.
16 August – 1 September Bayside Cultural Centre, Carpenter St., Brighton
www.brightontheatreco.com 1300 752 126
Lilydale Athenæum Theatre Company – MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS – Based on historical events, the making of David O. Selznick’s famous movie “Gone With The Wind” with a script writer who hasn’t read the book
16 August – 1 September Lilydale Athenæum Theatre, 39 – 41 Castella Street, Lilydale
www.lilydaletc.com 9735 1777
Beaumaris Theatre Inc. – ECHOES – Even the frailest of old ladies now living in nursing homes were once beautiful young women who fell in love. Our memories make us what we are – and sometimes they hold the secrets of the past.
17 August – 1 September 82 Wells Rd, Beaumaris
www.beaumaristheatre.com.au 9583 6896
Essendon Theatre Company – AN UNSEASONABLE FALL OF SNOW – by Gary Henderson, directed by Div Collins
23 August – 1 September Bradshaw Street Hall, West Essendon
www.essendontheatrecompany.com.au 0422 029 483
PEP Productions – CRY-BABY – a rockabilly musical by some of the Hairspray team
23 August – 2 September Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd.
pepproductions.org.au 0418 549 187
Off the Leash Theatre – RENT – Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winning masterpiece with the La Bohème story restyled from 19th Century Paris to 1990s New York
24 August – 1 September West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul
www.offtheleashtheatre.com.au 0407 444 430
Malvern Theatre Company – DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE – Jean is sitting in a café when a man’s cell phone rings and keeps on ringing. The man doesn’t answer because he’s dead . . .
24 August – 8 September 29a Burke Rd, East Malvern
www.malverntheatre.com.au 1300 131 552
SOUTH GIPPSLAND ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL
25 & 26 August Foster War Memorial Arts Centre
CPAC (Cardinia Performing Arts Company) – ROCK OF AGES – a jukebox musical with classic rock songs from the 1980s
25 August – 7 September 40 Cardinia Cultural Centre, Lakeside Blvd., Pakenham
www.cardiniaperformingarts.com 0407 090 354 or 9587 1750
Warrandyte Theatre Company – VERE – an uproarious yet poignant play as the battle of science versus religion is fought out in the crumbling mind of a physics professor as he succumbs to Alzheimers.
31 August – 8 September Warrandyte Mechanics Institute, Corner Yarra St & Mitchell Ave, Warrandyte
warrandytehallarts.asn.au/theatre
Mordialloc Theatre Company – PACK OF LIES – Based on a true story, the plot centres on a couple and their teenage daughter who are friendly with their neighbours, Peter and Helen Kroger, until they are arrested and charged with espionage in 1961
31 August – 16 September Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale
www.mordialloctheatre.com 9587 5141
