Eighteen Twelve Theatre & redfox3 – SIDEWAYS
Writer: Lex Pickett Director: Justin Stephens
Two Friends on an hilarious journey into the heart of wine country
4 April – 4 May bakery@1812, 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully
1812theatre.com.au 9758 3964
Williamstown Little Theatre – THE EXORCISM
Writer: Don Taylor Director: Les Hart
Christmas guests are invited to a newly renovated 17th Century cottage . . .
17 April – 4 May 2 – 4 Albert Street, Williamstown
wlt.org.au 0447 340 665
Mordialloc Theatre Company – BUYING THE MOOSE
Writer: Michael Wilmot Director: Peter Newling
Strap in for two acts of delightful miscommunication and quirky plot twists
26 April – 11 May Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Road, Parkdale
mordialloctheatre.com 9587 5141
Malvern Theatre Company – STRANGERS ON A TRAIN
Writer: Craig Warner Director: Horrie Leek
Two complete strangers meet in the dining car and decide to swap murders
26 April – 11 May 29a Burke Rd, East Malvern
malverntheatre.com.au 1300 131 552 * VDL Awards Entry *
Croydon Parish Players – CALENDAR GIRLS
Writer: Tin Firth
Come and laugh your socks off
May Melba College Theatre, 20 Brentnall Rd, Croydon (new venue)?
www.CroydonParishPlayers.com 0447 014 584 (7pm to 9pm)
Williamstown Musical Theatre Company – ROCK OF AGES
Writer: Chris D’Arienzo Director: Stuart Dodge
Jukebox musical built around classic rock songs from the 1980s, especially glam metal bands
3 – 11 May Centenary Theatre, Williamstown High School, 71 Railway Place
wmtc.org.au
Geelong Repertory Theatre Company – MR BAILEY’S MINDER
Writer: Debra Oswald Director: Geoff Gaskill
Gifted artist and chronic alcoholic, Leo Bailey, can no longer take care of himself so his daughter hires a minder desperate for a fresh start
3 – 18 May Woodbin Theatre, 15 Coronation St., Geelong West
www.geelongrep.com Tix: gpac.org.au 5225 1200
Heidelberg Theatre Company – A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Writer: Arthur Miller Director: Chris McLean
This masterpiece is a dark and passionate tale of love, betrayal and revenge
3 – 18 May 36 Turnham Ave, Rosanna
htc.org.au 9457 4117
Bairnsdale Production Line Theatre – THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Music: Richard Rodgers, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse Director: Michelle McLean
The hills will come alive . . .
3 – 19 May 7:30 Fridays & Saturdays 2pm Sundays & Saturday 18 May
Forge Theatre & Arts Hub, McKean St.
bairnsdaleproductionline.org 5152 1482
Nova Music Theatre – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Music: Alan Menken Lyrics: Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Book: Linda Woolverton Director: Noel Browne
A Disney treatment based on the classic French fairy tale
4 – 19 May Whitehorse Centre, 397 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading
novamusictheatre.com.au 1300 304 433 or 9262 6555
The Mount Players – TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Writer: Reginald Rose Directors: Frank Harvey & Leo Vandervalk
A classic courtroom drama
3 – 26 May Mountview Theatre, 56 Smith St., Macedon
themountplayers.com 5426 1892 * VDL Awards Entry *
Phoenix Theatre Company – AMERICAN IDIOT
Music: Green Day Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong Book: Armstrong & Michael Mayer
Winner of two Tony Awards® and the Grammy® Award for Best Musical Show Album, The story of Jesus of Suburbia, a lower-middle-class American adolescent anti-hero, and his two boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9/11, Trumpian-suburbia, discovering love, loss, drugs, sex and rock and roll along the way
10 – 18 May Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster
phoenixtheatrecompany.org 9012 5897 0414 883 393
Frankston Theatre Group – STOP KISS
Writer: Diana Son Director: Teghan Webster
Set in 1998 New York City, two people meet and are caught unawares when their new friendship develops into an unexpected romance
10 – 19 May 8pm Fridays & Saturdays 2pm Sundays
Mechanics Institute, 1A Plowman Place
www.frankstontheatregroup.org.au 1300 665 377
Wyndham Theatre Co – STEPPING OUT
Writer: Richard Harris Directors: Renee Belsey & Rachel Brooks
Comedy as some amateur tap dancers attempt to overcome their inhibitions and left feet in a low-rent dance studio in North London
10 – 25 May Crossroads Theatre, Cnr. Duncans Rd & Synnot St, Werribee
www.wyndhamtheatrecompany.org.au www.trybooking.com/YVQO
0401 932 893 * VDL Awards Entry *
Torquay Theatre Troupe – THE MEMORY OF WATER
Writer: Shelagh Stephenson Director: Sandy Fairthorne
13 – 25 May * VDL Awards Entry *
CLOC Music Theatre – KINKY BOOTS
Music & lyrics: Cyndi Lauper Book: Harvey Fierstein Director: Chris Bradke
It’s all about the shoes
17 May – 1 June National Theatre, 20 Carlisle Street, St Kilda
cloc.org.au 1300 362 547
Brighton Theatre Company – I HATE HAMLET
Writer: Paul Rudnick Director: Alan Burrows
A successful television actor struggles with taking on the dream role of Hamlet, a girlfriend who is keeping a firm grip on her chastity and playing host to the ghost of John Barrymore
17 May – 1 June Bayside Cultural Centre, Carpenter St., Brighton
brightontheatreco.com 1300 752 126
The Basin Theatre Group – A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Writer: Robert Bolt Director: Malcolm Sussman
Events leading to Sir Thomas More’s execution for high treason
17 May – 8 June Cnr Simpson & Doongalla Roads, The Basin
thebasintheatre.org.au 1300 784 668
Strathmore Theatre Arts Group (STAG) – THE TIN WOMAN
Writer: Shaun Gruenan Director: Stephen Andrews
The story of a woman who receives a heart transplant and her eventual meeting with the family of the donor
23 May – 1 June Strathmore Community Hall, Loeman Street, Strathmore
stagtheatre.org 9382 6284
Lilydale Athenæum Theatre Company – THE WISDOM OF EVE
Writer: Mary Orr Director: Katie-Jane Amey
An engrossing and revealing “inside” story of life in New York’s theatre world, told in terms of an unscrupulous ingénue, who she lies, cheats and blackmails her way to Broadway stardom and a Hollywood career.
23 May – 8 June Athenæum Theatre, 39–41 Castella Street, Lilydale
lilydaletc.com 9735 1777
Eighteen Twelve Theatre – THE MOUSETRAP
Writer: Agatha Christie Director: John Mills
A timeless tale of “whodunit,” with seven strangers in a country house during a blizzard discovering there is a murderer in their midst
23 May – 15 June 1812 Theatre, 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully
1812theatre.com.au 9758 3964
MLOC Productions – HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser Book: Abe Burrows Director: Karim Shaker
Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, celebrating the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with power, poignancy & passion
24 May – 1 June 8pm Fridays, Saturdays & Thursday 30 May 5pm Sunday & 2pm Saturday 1 June
Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkers Road, Parkdale
www.mloc.org.au
Warragul Theatre Company – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
The French fairytale gets the Disney treatment with Alan Menken’s music
24 May –1 June 7:30 Fridays, Saturdays & Thursday 1:30 Saturdays & Sundays
West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul http://www.wgac.com.au 5624 2456
Beaumaris Theatre Inc. – COMPANY
Music & lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: George Furth
Director: Colin Armstrong
Trailblazing dark-comedy, modern-musical, winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Score, Lyrics & Book
24 May – 8 June 82 Wells Rd, Beaumaris
beaumaristheatre.com.au 9583 6896
Wonthaggi Theatrical Group – LES MISÉRABLES
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics: Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer
Director: Karen Milkins Hendry
The masterpiece, newly re-imagined
25 May – 9 June Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre, Graham St
wtg.org.au 5671 2178
Babirra Music Theatre – THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Music: Richard Rodgers, lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
Book: Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse Director: Tyler Hess
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s last musical
31 May – 16 June Whitehorse Centre, Nunawading
babirra.org.au 9262 6555
Peridot Theatre – CRIMES OF THE HEART
Writer: Beth Henley Director: Michelle Swann
A tragicomedy with three sisters who reunite at the Old Granddaddy’s home in Mississippi, after one of them shoots her abusive husband
7 – 22 June Unicorn Theatre, Mt. Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Road
peridot.com.au 9808 0770 * VDL Awards Entry *
Windmill Theatre – BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Music: Alan Menken, lyrics: Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
Book: Linda Woolverton
A French fairytale with Disney magic
8 – 23 June Bunjil Place, 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren
www.windmilltheatre.com.au 9705 5200
Sherbrooke Theatre Company – AFTER DINNER
Writer: Andrew Bovell Director: Damian Jones
An acutely observed and tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour
14 – 22 June June 14, 15, 19, 20, 21 & 22 at 8pm Matinées 16 & 22 at 2pm
Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd
www.sherbrooketc.org.au 1300 650 209
Essendon Theatre Company – HOMEGROWN
A series of one act plays written & directed by Essendon Theatre Company members under the mentorship of Award Winning Playwright Michael Olsen
20 – 29 June 8pm Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays 2pm Sunday
West Essendon Community Centre, 9 Bradshaw St, Essendon (Entry off Buckley St)
www.essendontheatrecompany.com.au
Malvern Theatre Company – THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP
Writer: Charles Ludlum Director: Andrew McMillan
On the moors of Mandacrest manor, something is amiss. Lord Edgar Hillcrest, a leading Egyptologist has taken a new wife, an actress who is having a perfectly horrid time adjusting to life as the leading lady of the manor.
21 June – 6 July 29a Burke Rd, East Malvern
malverntheatre.com.au 1300 131 552
Mordialloc Theatre Company – MR BAILEY’S MINDER
Writer: Debra Oswald Director: Martin Gibbs
Australian living treasure and alcoholic, Leo Bailey, can no longer care for himself so his daughter hires a minder who is fresh out of jail.
21 June – 6 July Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Road, Parkdale
mordialloctheatre.com 9587 5141
Williamstown Little Theatre – A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
Music: Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty Book: Terrence McNally
Director: Barbara Hughes Musical Director: Janet Provan
Set in Dublin in 1964 with a bachelor who is a bus conductor by day and spends his evenings as the artistic director of St Imelda’s Players
29 June – 15 July 2 – 4 Albert Street, Williamstown
wlt.org.au 0447 340 665
Geelong Repertory Theatre Company – THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING
Adapted by Richard Tulloch from the novel by Guus Kuijer
Director: Ryan Bentley * VDL Awards Entry *
Thomas is nine years old and he can see things nobody else can see . . .
5 – 20 July 7:30 Woodbin Theatre, 15 Coronation Street, Geelong West
geelongrep.com Bookings: www.gpac.org.au 5225 1200
