{"id":13001,"date":"2025-09-19T11:11:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=13001"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:11:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:11:58","slug":"observer-local-theatre-report-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2025\/09\/19\/observer-local-theatre-report-28\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSERVER: Local Theatre Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shows<\/strong><br>Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: The Importance of Being Earnest (by Oscar Wilde) Until September 27 at the Lilydale Mechanics\u2019 Institute, Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Katie-Jane Amery. Bookings: lilydaleatc.com<br>Frankston Theatre Group: Emma (by Jane Austen, adapted by Michael Bloom) September 25 \u2013 October 5 at Frankston High School Performing Arts Theatre<br>97 Foot Street, Frankston. Director: Candice Mitrousis. Bookings: frankstontheatregroup.com.au<br>The Basin Theatre Group: Dead Man\u2019s Cell Phone (Sarah Ruhl) October 2 \u2013 12 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: John Putman. Bookings: 0494 065 006.<br>The 1812 Theatre: Speaking in Tongues (by Andrew Bovell) October 2 \u2013 25 at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Dexter Bourke. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.au<br>CLOC Musical Theatre: Juliet October 10 \u2013 25 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. Director: Karl McNamara; Musical Director: Dan Heskett; Choreographer: Felicity Bender. Bookings: cloc.org.au<br>Babirra Music Theatre: Grease October 10 \u2013 18 at The Round, Whitehorse Rd., Nunawading. Bookings: theround.com.au\/whats-on\/grease-babirra<br>Encore Theatre: The Revlon Girl (by Anthony Docking) October 10 \u2013 19 at the Clayton Community Centre, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: David Krause. Bookings: encoretheatre.com.au<br>Ballarat National Theatre: God of Carnage (by Yasmina Reza) October 16 \u2013 19 at the Ballarat Mechanics\u2019 Institute, 117-119 Sturt St., Ballarat Central. Director: Ruby Abbott. Bookings: bnt.org.au<br>Warragul Theatre Company: The Game\u2019s Afoot (by Ken Ludwig) October 16 \u2013 19 at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, 1 Civic Place, Warragul. Director: Justin Stephens. Bookings: Coming soon.<br>CPP Community Theatre: Urinetown October 17 \u2013 24 at the Rowville Performing Arts Centre, Humphreys Way, Rowville. Director: Mitchell E Roberts; Vocal Musical Director: Brodie Sainsbury-King; Orchestral Musical Director: Scott Huddleston; Choreographer: Molly Daley. Bookings: Trybooking.<br>Moonlite Theatre: Rope (by Patrick Hamilton) October 17 \u2013 25 at Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hall, 19 Gisborne Rd., Baccus Marsh. Director: Shannon Nicholson. Bookings: trybooking.com\/DBPIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bairnsdale Production Line Theatre Co.: The Heartbreak Choir (by Aidan Fennessy) October 17 \u2013 26 at the Forge Theatre and Arts Hunb, 80 McKean St., Bairnsdale. Director: Susan Gibson. Bookings: eastgippsland.vic.gov.au\/leisure\/whats-on-and-buy-tickets<br>Torquay Theatre Troupe Inc: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (by Christopher Durang) October 23 \u2013 November 1 at Shoestring Playhouse @ The MAC, 77 Beach Rd., Torquay; Director: Zina Carman. Bookings: Trybookng.com.au<br>PEP Productions: Love, Loss and What I Wore (by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Illene Beckerman) October 24 \u2013 November 1 at The Doncaster Playhouse, 679 Doncaster Rd., Doncaster. Director: Jennifer Pacey. Trybooking.<br>Malvern Theatre Company: Perfect Wedding (by Robin Hawdon) October 24 \u2013 November 8 at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: Pip Le Blond. Bookings: 300 131 552, or online via our website: malverntheatre.com.au\/book-tickets<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Auditions<\/strong><br>The 1812 Theatre: Summer of the Aliens (by Louis Nowra) October 4 at 2pm; October 6 at 7pm at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Liam Mitchinson. Audition bookings: mr_mitchinson@hotmail.com or 0455 078 143<br>Malvern Theatre Company: The Tin Woman (by Sean Grennan) October 5 and October 6 at 7.30pm at 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Brett Turner-Valenta. Audition enquiries: bturnsta63@gmail.com<br>Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: The Game\u2019s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays (by Ken Ludwig) October 4 at 2pm and October 7 at 7pm at Lilydale Theatre, Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Lucia Morris. Audition bookings: 0419 585 720 or lucia.morris1@outlook.com<br>Mordialloc Theatre Company: The Great Divide (by David Williamson) October 19 at 2pm; October 20 at 7.30pm at Unit 8, 417-419 Warrigal Rd, Cheltenham. Director: Damian Jones. Audition bookings: mordialloctheatre.com.au\/auditions-the-great-divide\/<br>The 1812 Theatre: Clue on Stage (adapted from the Paramount Pictures film by Jonathan Lynn and the board game from Hasbro, Inc.) October 26 at 7pm, October 27 at 6.30pm at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Amy Calvert. Audition bookings: outlook.office.com\/book\/AuditionBookings@theatreperson.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShowsLilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: The Importance of Being Earnest (by Oscar Wilde) Until September 27 at the Lilydale Mechanics\u2019 Institute, Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Katie-Jane Amery. Bookings: lilydaleatc.comFrankston Theatre Group: Emma (by Jane Austen, adapted by Michael Bloom) September 25 \u2013 October 5 at Frankston High School Performing Arts Theatre97 Foot Street, Frankston. 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