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Homegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
West Essendon Community Centre 9 Bradshaw Street, Essendon WestHomegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
West Essendon Community Centre 9 Bradshaw Street, Essendon WestHomegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
West Essendon Community Centre 9 Bradshaw Street, Essendon WestWeek of Events
Any Moment, a new musical by Bradley McCaw
Any Moment, a new musical by Bradley McCaw
Celebrating the release of the Any Moment ‘Studio Concept Recording’, Melbourne will get the exclusive first look at a new work from award winning writer/performer Bradley McCaw. Featuring an all-star cast including John O’Hara (School of Rock, #VAL) and Helpmann winner Kerrie-Anne Greenland (Les Miserables, Pictures) and the writer himself, Bradley McCaw (Becoming Bill). Set …
Fem ‘n ‘n Organ
Fem ‘n ‘n Organ
Spicy songs & taboo tunes are not exclusive to the ‘noughties’. Lyrics have been teasing listeners’ ears for years. Granted, the sass wasn’t on the surface as it is today, but that’s part of what made it even better. Award winning, international jazz chanteuse, Fem Belling, brings to life the rare and racy songs of …
Melbourne Cabaret Festival 10th Anniversary Show
Melbourne Cabaret Festival 10th Anniversary Show
Dolly Diamond celebrates ten years of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival by inviting past and present performers to the stage. As part of Melbourne Cabaret Festival.
Any Moment, a new musical by Bradley McCaw
Any Moment, a new musical by Bradley McCaw
Celebrating the release of the Any Moment ‘Studio Concept Recording’, Melbourne will get the exclusive first look at a new work from award winning writer/performer Bradley McCaw. Featuring an all-star cast including John O’Hara (School of Rock, #VAL) and Helpmann winner Kerrie-Anne Greenland (Les Miserables, Pictures) and the writer himself, Bradley McCaw (Becoming Bill). Set …
Much Ado About Nothing: The Shakesbeer Sessions
Much Ado About Nothing: The Shakesbeer Sessions
Shakespeare as he intended, drunk. Following on from Sydney’s sold out season, Bar’d Work are now in Melbourne. Fast, funny and irreverent Shakespeare performed in your local pub. This troupe of actors will have you dying with laughter, singing along with pub classics, and most importantly, doing something you never thought you’d do. Love Shakespeare. …
Fem ‘n ‘n Organ
Fem ‘n ‘n Organ
Spicy songs & taboo tunes are not exclusive to the ‘noughties’. Lyrics have been teasing listeners’ ears for years. Granted, the sass wasn’t on the surface as it is today, but that’s part of what made it even better. Award winning, international jazz chanteuse, Fem Belling, brings to life the rare and racy songs of …
Neighbourhood Watch
Neighbourhood Watch
Brother and sister Martin and Hilda Massie live together, leading a quiet, Christian existence in the confines of the Bluebell Hill Development. Just as they are preparing for a housewarming gathering, their peace is shattered by a young trespasser in their garden. The Massies’ neighbours congregate in their living room and together they agree to …
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
On the moors of Mandacrest manor, something is amiss. Lord Edgar Hillcrest, a leading Egyptologist has taken a new wife, Lady Enid, an actress who is having a perfectly horrid time adjusting to life as the leading lady of the manor. The portrait of Lord Edgar’s previous wife, Irma Vep, is watching her every move, …
A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance
This beautifully woven musical takes place in Dublin in 1964. Alfie Byrne, a middle-aged bachelor living with his spinster sister, is a bus conductor by day but spends his evenings as the artistic director of St Imelda’s Players. Alfie is dedicated to the plays of his hero, Oscar Wilde, but when he declares the troupe’s …
Amy Winehouse: Resurrected
Amy Winehouse: Resurrected
Amy Winehouse has been resurrected, revived and reimagined in this brand new, hilarious and uplifting show starring world-renowned actor and singer, Alexis Fishman, direct from New York. After the news arrives that her idol Tony Bennett would give anything to record with her again, Amy Winehouse finds her way back from wherever it is she …
I Really Don’t Care
I Really Don’t Care
Melania airs some fake laundry. Starring Kate Yaxley, I Really Don’t Care allows us to spend an evening with the Melania you never knew – unleashed, for the first time, from the bonds of White House protocol (if such a thing still exists in the era of Trump). Aside from the occasional inflammatory jacket or …
Amy Winehouse: Resurrected
Amy Winehouse: Resurrected
Amy Winehouse has been resurrected, revived and reimagined in this brand new, hilarious and uplifting show starring world-renowned actor and singer, Alexis Fishman, direct from New York. After the news arrives that her idol Tony Bennett would give anything to record with her again, Amy Winehouse finds her way back from wherever it is she …
Crazy Arms
Crazy Arms
Crazy Arms – A Few Centuries of Piano Tinkering, is a preposterously zany, musical adventure that spans the origins of the piano from its birth in 1709 through to the 20th century. With absurd, improvised humour, musical wizardry and incredible stories about the piano and its players, acclaimed writer & pianist, Damon Smith, from critically …
Neighbourhood Watch
Neighbourhood Watch
Brother and sister Martin and Hilda Massie live together, leading a quiet, Christian existence in the confines of the Bluebell Hill Development. Just as they are preparing for a housewarming gathering, their peace is shattered by a young trespasser in their garden. The Massies’ neighbours congregate in their living room and together they agree to …
Homegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
Homegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
Play 1 – The Consultation By Andrzej Marczynski Directed by Andrzej Marczynski Synopsis: Gordon is a practicing psychotherapist who lives a privileged but indulged lifestyle where money is the main concern. He loathes his job and refuses to admit it. The client from hell arrives and upends all the certainties in his life and makes …
Mr Bailey’s Minder
Mr Bailey’s Minder
by Deborah Oswald and directed by Martin Gibbs. Leo Bailey is one of Australia’s greatest living artists, whose genius battles to survive the effects of alcohol, cynicism and self-loathing. Only one of his many children, his daughter Margo, is prepared to help, but she does so at arm’s length. Margo finds a live-in-minder, Therese, who …
Last Cab to Darwin
Last Cab to Darwin
In conjunction with The Yellow Agency & Reg Cribb Sherbrooke Theatre are proud to present the Non Professional debut of Reg Cribb’s incredible “Last Cab to Darwin” This beautifully written quintessential Australian piece is based around the true story of one man’s determination to find some dignity, but in his journey, he discovers more about …
A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance
This beautifully woven musical takes place in Dublin in 1964. Alfie Byrne, a middle-aged bachelor living with his spinster sister, is a bus conductor by day but spends his evenings as the artistic director of St Imelda’s Players. Alfie is dedicated to the plays of his hero, Oscar Wilde, but when he declares the troupe’s …
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
On the moors of Mandacrest manor, something is amiss. Lord Edgar Hillcrest, a leading Egyptologist has taken a new wife, Lady Enid, an actress who is having a perfectly horrid time adjusting to life as the leading lady of the manor. The portrait of Lord Edgar’s previous wife, Irma Vep, is watching her every move, …
Amy Winehouse: Resurrected
Amy Winehouse: Resurrected
Amy Winehouse has been resurrected, revived and reimagined in this brand new, hilarious and uplifting show starring world-renowned actor and singer, Alexis Fishman, direct from New York. After the news arrives that her idol Tony Bennett would give anything to record with her again, Amy Winehouse finds her way back from wherever it is she …
I Really Don’t Care
I Really Don’t Care
Melania airs some fake laundry. Starring Kate Yaxley, I Really Don’t Care allows us to spend an evening with the Melania you never knew – unleashed, for the first time, from the bonds of White House protocol (if such a thing still exists in the era of Trump). Aside from the occasional inflammatory jacket or …
Rumours from a True Story
Rumours from a True Story
Rumours – a mixture of truth and gossip, passed along the grapevine and also the name of one of the best selling rock albums of all times. Fleetwood Mac have been innovators in music for more than 5 decades. Despite perpetual conflict and troubled personal lives, the band continued to inspire generations. A snapshot into …
Crazy Arms
Crazy Arms
Crazy Arms – A Few Centuries of Piano Tinkering, is a preposterously zany, musical adventure that spans the origins of the piano from its birth in 1709 through to the 20th century. With absurd, improvised humour, musical wizardry and incredible stories about the piano and its players, acclaimed writer & pianist, Damon Smith, from critically …
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Ararat Musical Comedy Society is very excited to be putting on Les Misérables in June 2019. This international smash-hit may be the most popular musical in the world. In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks …
Homegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
Homegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
Play 1 – The Consultation By Andrzej Marczynski Directed by Andrzej Marczynski Synopsis: Gordon is a practicing psychotherapist who lives a privileged but indulged lifestyle where money is the main concern. He loathes his job and refuses to admit it. The client from hell arrives and upends all the certainties in his life and makes …
Neighbourhood Watch
Neighbourhood Watch
Brother and sister Martin and Hilda Massie live together, leading a quiet, Christian existence in the confines of the Bluebell Hill Development. Just as they are preparing for a housewarming gathering, their peace is shattered by a young trespasser in their garden. The Massies’ neighbours congregate in their living room and together they agree to …
Mr Bailey’s Minder
Mr Bailey’s Minder
by Deborah Oswald and directed by Martin Gibbs. Leo Bailey is one of Australia’s greatest living artists, whose genius battles to survive the effects of alcohol, cynicism and self-loathing. Only one of his many children, his daughter Margo, is prepared to help, but she does so at arm’s length. Margo finds a live-in-minder, Therese, who …
He’s Every Woman
He’s Every Woman
Starting back when they were two little gays, Justin Clausen (‘The Lady Is A Tramp’, ‘Butch Masters: Man of Destiny’) and Jamie Burgess (’39 Forever’, ‘Adulting’) will take you on a journey through their ‘hairbrush singing years’, re-imagining the iconic GIRL songs that shaped their world-view, and encouraged them both to sing out loud and …
Last Cab to Darwin
Last Cab to Darwin
In conjunction with The Yellow Agency & Reg Cribb Sherbrooke Theatre are proud to present the Non Professional debut of Reg Cribb’s incredible “Last Cab to Darwin” This beautifully written quintessential Australian piece is based around the true story of one man’s determination to find some dignity, but in his journey, he discovers more about …
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
On the moors of Mandacrest manor, something is amiss. Lord Edgar Hillcrest, a leading Egyptologist has taken a new wife, Lady Enid, an actress who is having a perfectly horrid time adjusting to life as the leading lady of the manor. The portrait of Lord Edgar’s previous wife, Irma Vep, is watching her every move, …
A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance
This beautifully woven musical takes place in Dublin in 1964. Alfie Byrne, a middle-aged bachelor living with his spinster sister, is a bus conductor by day but spends his evenings as the artistic director of St Imelda’s Players. Alfie is dedicated to the plays of his hero, Oscar Wilde, but when he declares the troupe’s …
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Nefertiti LaNegra may be Queen of the Nile, and the thicc Dutchess of the Thigh Gap, but she didn’t always start out that way. She was born in a small town in the middle of nowhere and by golly – it has taken a lot to get her here: to 2019, to the big city. …
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' Academy Award-winning 1991 animated musical film of the same name – which in turn had been based on the classic French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince …
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
On the moors of Mandacrest manor, something is amiss. Lord Edgar Hillcrest, a leading Egyptologist has taken a new wife, Lady Enid, an actress who is having a perfectly horrid time adjusting to life as the leading lady of the manor. The portrait of Lord Edgar’s previous wife, Irma Vep, is watching her every move, …
Mr Bailey’s Minder
Mr Bailey’s Minder
by Deborah Oswald and directed by Martin Gibbs. Leo Bailey is one of Australia’s greatest living artists, whose genius battles to survive the effects of alcohol, cynicism and self-loathing. Only one of his many children, his daughter Margo, is prepared to help, but she does so at arm’s length. Margo finds a live-in-minder, Therese, who …
We’ve Never Been In Love Before
We’ve Never Been In Love Before
Falling in love is wonderful … so they say! Join the incredibly charming Alister Kingsley and Owen McCredie as they sing their way through the greatest Love Songs of Broadway, all the while figuring out for themselves exactly what love is! Featuring songs from hit Broadway shows like Guys and Dolls, Oliver, Hairspray, Sound of …
Woodstock, A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Woodstock, A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Woodstock, A 50th Anniversary Celebration Presented by VCAbaret (VCA Music Theatre and the Melbourne Cabaret Festival). 1969. A rainy weekend on a dairy-farm Northwest of New York City. The Woodstock Music Festival celebrates over 400,000 inter-generational lovers, fighters and dreamers in the name of peace and music. Fifty years on, the tie-died mark of this …
I Really Don’t Care
I Really Don’t Care
Melania airs some fake laundry. Starring Kate Yaxley, I Really Don’t Care allows us to spend an evening with the Melania you never knew – unleashed, for the first time, from the bonds of White House protocol (if such a thing still exists in the era of Trump). Aside from the occasional inflammatory jacket or …
Rumours from a True Story
Rumours from a True Story
Rumours – a mixture of truth and gossip, passed along the grapevine and also the name of one of the best selling rock albums of all times. Fleetwood Mac have been innovators in music for more than 5 decades. Despite perpetual conflict and troubled personal lives, the band continued to inspire generations. A snapshot into …
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Ararat Musical Comedy Society is very excited to be putting on Les Misérables in June 2019. This international smash-hit may be the most popular musical in the world. In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks …
Crazy Arms
Crazy Arms
Crazy Arms – A Few Centuries of Piano Tinkering, is a preposterously zany, musical adventure that spans the origins of the piano from its birth in 1709 through to the 20th century. With absurd, improvised humour, musical wizardry and incredible stories about the piano and its players, acclaimed writer & pianist, Damon Smith, from critically …
Neighbourhood Watch
Neighbourhood Watch
Brother and sister Martin and Hilda Massie live together, leading a quiet, Christian existence in the confines of the Bluebell Hill Development. Just as they are preparing for a housewarming gathering, their peace is shattered by a young trespasser in their garden. The Massies’ neighbours congregate in their living room and together they agree to …
Mr Bailey’s Minder
Mr Bailey’s Minder
by Deborah Oswald and directed by Martin Gibbs. Leo Bailey is one of Australia’s greatest living artists, whose genius battles to survive the effects of alcohol, cynicism and self-loathing. Only one of his many children, his daughter Margo, is prepared to help, but she does so at arm’s length. Margo finds a live-in-minder, Therese, who …
Homegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
Homegrown – A Series of One Act Plays
Play 1 – The Consultation By Andrzej Marczynski Directed by Andrzej Marczynski Synopsis: Gordon is a practicing psychotherapist who lives a privileged but indulged lifestyle where money is the main concern. He loathes his job and refuses to admit it. The client from hell arrives and upends all the certainties in his life and makes …
He’s Every Woman
He’s Every Woman
Starting back when they were two little gays, Justin Clausen (‘The Lady Is A Tramp’, ‘Butch Masters: Man of Destiny’) and Jamie Burgess (’39 Forever’, ‘Adulting’) will take you on a journey through their ‘hairbrush singing years’, re-imagining the iconic GIRL songs that shaped their world-view, and encouraged them both to sing out loud and …
Last Cab to Darwin
Last Cab to Darwin
In conjunction with The Yellow Agency & Reg Cribb Sherbrooke Theatre are proud to present the Non Professional debut of Reg Cribb’s incredible “Last Cab to Darwin” This beautifully written quintessential Australian piece is based around the true story of one man’s determination to find some dignity, but in his journey, he discovers more about …
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
On the moors of Mandacrest manor, something is amiss. Lord Edgar Hillcrest, a leading Egyptologist has taken a new wife, Lady Enid, an actress who is having a perfectly horrid time adjusting to life as the leading lady of the manor. The portrait of Lord Edgar’s previous wife, Irma Vep, is watching her every move, …
A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance
This beautifully woven musical takes place in Dublin in 1964. Alfie Byrne, a middle-aged bachelor living with his spinster sister, is a bus conductor by day but spends his evenings as the artistic director of St Imelda’s Players. Alfie is dedicated to the plays of his hero, Oscar Wilde, but when he declares the troupe’s …
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Nefertiti LaNegra may be Queen of the Nile, and the thicc Dutchess of the Thigh Gap, but she didn’t always start out that way. She was born in a small town in the middle of nowhere and by golly – it has taken a lot to get her here: to 2019, to the big city. …
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' Academy Award-winning 1991 animated musical film of the same name – which in turn had been based on the classic French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince …
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Ararat Musical Comedy Society is very excited to be putting on Les Misérables in June 2019. This international smash-hit may be the most popular musical in the world. In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks …
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
The Mystery Of Irma Vep
On the moors of Mandacrest manor, something is amiss. Lord Edgar Hillcrest, a leading Egyptologist has taken a new wife, Lady Enid, an actress who is having a perfectly horrid time adjusting to life as the leading lady of the manor. The portrait of Lord Edgar’s previous wife, Irma Vep, is watching her every move, …
We’ve Never Been In Love Before
We’ve Never Been In Love Before
Falling in love is wonderful … so they say! Join the incredibly charming Alister Kingsley and Owen McCredie as they sing their way through the greatest Love Songs of Broadway, all the while figuring out for themselves exactly what love is! Featuring songs from hit Broadway shows like Guys and Dolls, Oliver, Hairspray, Sound of …
Mr Bailey’s Minder
Mr Bailey’s Minder
by Deborah Oswald and directed by Martin Gibbs. Leo Bailey is one of Australia’s greatest living artists, whose genius battles to survive the effects of alcohol, cynicism and self-loathing. Only one of his many children, his daughter Margo, is prepared to help, but she does so at arm’s length. Margo finds a live-in-minder, Therese, who …
Woodstock, A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Woodstock, A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Woodstock, A 50th Anniversary Celebration Presented by VCAbaret (VCA Music Theatre and the Melbourne Cabaret Festival). 1969. A rainy weekend on a dairy-farm Northwest of New York City. The Woodstock Music Festival celebrates over 400,000 inter-generational lovers, fighters and dreamers in the name of peace and music. Fifty years on, the tie-died mark of this …
A Man of No Importance
A Man of No Importance
This beautifully woven musical takes place in Dublin in 1964. Alfie Byrne, a middle-aged bachelor living with his spinster sister, is a bus conductor by day but spends his evenings as the artistic director of St Imelda’s Players. Alfie is dedicated to the plays of his hero, Oscar Wilde, but when he declares the troupe’s …