{"id":21925,"date":"2026-10-23T00:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=21925"},"modified":"2026-10-23T00:18:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T13:18:02","slug":"observer-local-theatre-report-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2026\/10\/23\/observer-local-theatre-report-60\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSERVER: Local Theatre Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shows<\/strong>
Mordialloc Theatre Company: Cock (by Mike Bartlett) Until October 31 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Travis Handcock. Bookings: mordialloctheatrecompany.com.au
Malvern Theatre Company: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Until November 7 at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Alan Burrows. Bookings: malverntheatre.com.au
Fab Nobs Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar Until November 7 at 33 Industry Place, Bayswater. Enquiries: fabnobstheatre.com.au
Avid Theatre at 1812 Theatre: Closer (by Patrick Marber) October 28 \u2013 November 7 at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Michael Fenemore. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.au
Moonshoes Productions: The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee November 6 \u2013 14 at the TLC Church, Bayswater. Director: Liv Mcilfatrick; Musical Director: Zac Jones. Bookings: Trybooking.
Brighton Theatre Company: A Simple Act of Kindness (by Ross Mueller) November 6 – 21 at Brighton Theatre, Carpenter St., Brighton. Director: Blake Stringer. Bookings: brightontheatrecompany.com.au
Williamstown Musical Theatre: & Juliet November 6 \u2013 21 at Altona Theatre, 115 Civic Pde., Altona. Director: Joel Anderson; Musical Director: Jem Sherwill; Choreographer: Dylan Henry. Bookings: wmtc.org.au
Beaumaris Theatre: Georgy Girl the Musical. November 6 \u2013 21 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Debbie Keyt; Musical Director: Rhonda Vaughan; Choreographer: Camilla Klesman. Bookings: beaumaristheatre.com.au
Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): 39 Steps (by Patrick Barlow and John Buchan) November 12 \u2013 21 at the Strathmore Community Theatre, Loeman St., Strathmore. Director: George Benca. Bookings: stagtheatre.org
The 1812 Theatre: A Murder is Announced (Agatha Christie) November 12 \u2013 December 5 at 3 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Steve Saul. Bookings: 1812theatre.com.au
Frankston Theatre Group: Jimmie the Beatle (Written and Directed by Tim Byron) November 20 \u2013 December 6 at the Mt Eliza Community Hall, 90-100 Canadian Bay Rd, Mount Eliza. Bookings: frankstontheatregroup.org.au\/events\/jimmie-the-beatle
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria: A G. and S. Christmas Carol, November 19 \u2013 22 at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Bookings: Trybooking
The Basin Theatre Group: The Railway Children (Adapted by Jason Triggs based on the novel by Edith Nesbit) November 26 to December 6 at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: Jason Triggs. Bookings: thebasintheatre.au
OSMaD: Titanic the Musical December 3\u201312 at the Geoffrey McComas Theatre, Scotch College, Hawthorn. Director: Penn Valk; Musical Director: Simon D\u2019Aquino; Choreographer; Cassie Pennecuik. Bookings: osmad.com.au
Mordialloc Theatre Company: Breaking Down All the Walls (Written and directed by Nicholas Bufalo) December 3-12 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Bookings: mordialloctheatrecompany.com.au
PLOS Musical Productions: Grease December 31 \u2013 January 10 at the Frankston Performing Arts Centre, Davey St., Frankston. Director: Brad Fischer; Musical Directors: Sue Fletcher and Malcom Huddle; Choreographers: Hayley Moseley and Cassie Pennicuik. Bookings: plos.asn.au<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Auditions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mornington Peninsula Theatre Company (MPTC): The Tempest (by William Shakespeare) to be performed January 19 \u2013 24, 2027 outdoors in Bellamy Hall Theatre Courtyard. Director: Jonty Reason. Expressions of Interest to be emailed to: auditions@mptc.net.au<\/a>
Essendon Theatre Company: Seventeen (by Matthew Whittet) November 7 at 2pm and November 8 at 10am at the Bradshaw Street Community Hall, 9 Bradshaw St., Essendon. Director: Jennifer Bite. Audition bookings: essendontheatrecompany@gmail.com<\/a>
The Basin Theatre: Midnight Murder at Hamlington Hall (by Mark Kilmurry and Jamie Oxenbould) November 2 at 7pm and November 7 at 10am at The Basin Theatre, Doongalla Rd., The Basin. Director: James Banger. Audition enquiries: james.banger@outlook.com<\/a>
Williamstown Little Theatre: Anna K (by Suzie Miller) November 4, 9 at 7pm or 8.15pm at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Natasha Boyd. Audition enquiries: natashaboyd74@gmail.com<\/a>
Beaumaris Theatre: A Child of Science (by Gareth Farr) November 12, 15 and 16 at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd., Beaumaris. Director: Candice Mitrousis. Audition bookings: beaumaristheatre.com.au\/auditions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ShowsMordialloc Theatre Company: Cock (by Mike Bartlett) Until October 31 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Travis Handcock. Bookings: mordialloctheatrecompany.com.auMalvern Theatre Company: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Until November 7 at Malvern Theatre, 29 Burke Rd., Malvern. Director: Alan Burrows. Bookings: malverntheatre.com.auFab Nobs Theatre: Jesus Christ Superstar Until November 7 at 33 Industry…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21932,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21925\/revisions\/21932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}