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OIBSERVER: MTC 2027 Season

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director and CEO Anne-Louise Sarks has revealed the ambitious 2027 season – 11 productions spanning bold new Australian work,sharp provocations on classics, compelling dramas and international hits.“Our new season highlights who we are: a company that backs Australian artists, commissions new Australian work and gives artists the support to continue making…

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OBSERVER: Local Theatre Report

Shows CPP Players: Shrek the Musical September 25 – October 3 at the Rowville Performing Arts Centre, Humphreys Way, Rowville. Bookings: cppcommunitytheatre.com.au/shrek/Frankston Theatre Group: As You Like it (by William Shakespeare) Until October 4 at Frankston High School Performing Arts Theatre, 97 Foote St., Frankston. Director: Ruth Gilmour. Bookings: Trybooking.The 1812 Theatre: Switzerland (by Joanna…

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OBSERVER: Flicker

Pilot Comedy presents Flicker as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival from October 12 -18 at 7.10pm at the Motley Bauhaus Theatrette in Carlton.Flicker is described as ‘a modern-day sex farce that blazes a trail for authentic obsessive-compulsive disorder representation onstage – A Young(ish) Perspective.’After seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, London, this…

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OBSERVER: Triptych

World renowned, Australian choreographer and director, Lewis Major, presents a stunning Contemporary dance, lighting and sound fusion to delight audiences at the Fairfax Studio in the Arts Centre, Melbourne. Triptych consists of three short works – Prologue, Unfolding and Epilogue.This production is a perfect meld of modern technical effects and elite precision dance which enthrall…

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OBSERVER: Sisters In Crime

Sisters in Crime presents The Comfort of Cosy Crime on Friday, October 16 at 8pm at the Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan S, South Melbourne.Penny Tangey (What Rhymes with Murder), Kate Solly (The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up), and A.M. Stuart (Christmas at the Convent) will be exploring the joys (and challenges) of cosy crime…

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OBSERVER: Prickly Love

Monash University Student Theatre (MUST) presents the contemporary Australian play Prickly Love until October 3 at the MUST Space, Monash University.Written by Gita Bezard and directed by Tiara Pires, assisted by Nethuli Bandara, Prickly Love tells of the challenging climate of modern love, depicted with honest hilarity through messy breakfast breakups, bad dates with finance…

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OBSERVER: The Manager Is Me

Writer-performer Dayna Fallon, 2025 Victorian State Champion of the Australian Poetry Slam and National Finalist, presents her debut solo theatre work The Manager is Me as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, from October 8-17 at .Directed by Cathy Hunt, the story tells of Dayna Fallon’s husband having a seizure on the bathroom floor.In the…

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OBSERVER: Lord of the Flies

Narrative and theatre collide in this production of Lord of the Flies directed by Steven Mitchell Wright.First adapted for the stage in 1995 by Nigel Williams from William Golding’s novel, the story of English schoolboys going feral has become a classroom classic highlighting how easily the thin veneer of culture is broken.Wright has overemphasised production…

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OBSERVER: Pygmalion

Mornington Peninsula Theatre Company presents a new interpretation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, edited, designed and directed by Artistic Director Jonty Reason, from September 30 to October 4 at the Bellamy Hall Theatre, Albert St, Mornington.While retaining its traditional Edwardian setting, this production infuses the classic text with distinctly modern sensibilities, shifting the focus entirely…