A thriller by Joanna Murray-Smith;
Directed by Helen Ellis.
Somewhere in the Swiss Alps, grande dame of crime literature Patricia Highsmith lives with an impressive collection of books and a somewhat sinister collection of guns and knives. She finds solace in her solitude, her cats, and cigarettes. But when a mysterious international visitor arrives at her perfectly secluded home, her love of fictional murders becomes a dangerous reality.
By Arrangement with Currency Press on behalf of Joanna Murray-Smith
Adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan
A Highway 1 Production directed by Michael Jewell
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have “The 39 Steps” – a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre.
In “The 39 Steps”, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she’s a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon after, a mysterious organization called “The 39 Steps” is hot on the man’s trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale!
From the team that brought “The Lady in the Van” to The Basin Theatre in 2022 comes this unforgettable evening of wildly-inventive stagecraft and pure pleasure.
By Arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company
Tom Wright’s chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s classic novel, five performers struggle to solve the mystery of the missing girls and their teacher. Euphoria and terror reverberate throughout the community, as the potential for history to repeat itself becomes nightmarishly real.
In Austria, 1938, an exuberant young governess brings music and joy back to a broken family, only to face danger and intrigue as the Nazis gain power. The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world’s most beloved musical.
Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi.” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen and the title number, The Sound of Music won the hearts of audiences worldwide, earning five Tony Awards and five Oscars. The inspirational story. based on the memoir of Maria Augusta Trap, follows an ebullient postulate who serves as governess to the seven children of the imperious Captain von Trapp. bringing music and joy to the household. But as the forces of Nazism take hold of Austria, Maria and the entire von Trapp family must make a moral decision.
Windmill Theatre Company, producers of award winning musicals The Little Mermaid , Chicago, We Will Rock You, Beauty and the Beast and Jersey Boys present an all new full scale production of Seussical; a musical spectacle based on the collective works of Dr Seuss.
Join the Cat in the Hat as we follow the stories of Horton the Elephant, Jojo, Gertrude Mc Fuzz, The Sour Kangaroo, and all your favourite characters in this fun filled extravaganza to entertain the young and the young at heart.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many “thinks”. Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Seussical is fun for the whole family and is playing for a strictly limited season exclusively at Bunjil Place Theatre in June 2023.
Music by Stephen Flaherty Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Book by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Co-Conceived by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Eric Idle
Based on the Works of Dr. Seuss
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
Built around songs made famous by Elvis Presley, All Shook Up takes place in 1955 in a square little town in America. Where one girl’s dream and a surprise visit from a mysterious leather-jacketed, guitar-playing, motorcycle-riding stud help a small town to discover the magic of romance and the power of rock and roll.
This hip-swivelling, lip-curling musical fantasy will have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as Heartbreak Hotel, Jailhouse Rock, Love Me Tender, Don’t Be Cruel and Can’t Help Falling in Love.
The popular mechanicals are Shakespeare’s greatest clowns – the endearingly amateur acting ensemble led by Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Here, they take centre-stage in a wild imagining of what goes on in the wings.
The result is a riotously funny mix of Shakespearean verse, songs and dance that is lewd, rude and ingenious. Clowning, vaudeville, slapstick, farce, stand-up comedy and some hilarious puppetry come together to create an unhinged feast of wit and profanity.
Confusions consists of a series of five interconnected one-act plays; ‘Mother Figure’, ‘Drinking Companion’, ‘Between Mouthfuls’, ‘Gosforth’s Fete’ and ‘A Talk in the Park’. First staged in 1976, the scenes are all loosely linked by characters or locations, but more subtly through the common underlying themes of obsession, isolation and human desire for companionship.
Ayckbourn shows his comedic genius with five stories that runs the gamut of comic technique from situation comedy to outright farce.
GUEST DIRECTORS:
Mother Figure: Steve Saul
Drinking Companion: Erin O’Hare
Between Mouthfuls: John Riddell
Gosforth’s Fete: Amy Calvert
A Talk in the Park: John Riddell
A sweet romantic comedy-drama by Bernard Slade and directed by Lisa Niven
Preview – Thursday 20 April 2023 – Gala Opening – Friday 21 April 2023
“Anniversaries should be spent with the ones you love…. even if you are not married to them”
Same Time Next Year follows a love affair between two people, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Over twenty-five years, they develop an emotional intimacy deeper than what one would expect to find between two people meeting for a clandestine relationship just once a year. During the time they spend with each other, they discuss the births, deaths, and marital problems each is experiencing at home, while they adapt themselves to the social changes affecting their lives.
Join lovers Doris and George in this sweet romantic comedy-drama exploring the morals and manners hilariously and touchingly played out over more than two decades. Yet another award-winning play from one of America’s finest playwrights, Bernard Slade. Directed by the talented Lisa Niven this is a must-see production.
by Derek Benfield and directed by Bob Bramble
A comic romp about relationships between two couples living in the same street.
Rachel’s husband Victor never suspects that she is keeping an assignation with a young man in the house of her good friend Georgina.
Why should he? He has other things on his mind- in the shape of the said Georgina, who he is meeting secretly while her husband Henry, an actor, is safely occupied in the theatre.
But Henry returns home unexpectedly, and the two couples are forced into a riotous whirlwind of lies and misunderstandings …
By Arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company
