{"id":9744,"date":"2025-06-27T05:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=9744"},"modified":"2025-06-27T05:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:24:07","slug":"observer-local-theatre-report-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2025\/06\/27\/observer-local-theatre-report-19\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSERVER: Local Theatre Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SHOWS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Malvern Theatre Company: Macbeth (by William Shakespeare) Until July 5 at 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: David McLean. Bookings: 1300 131 552.<br>Williamstown Little Theatre: Rabbit Hole (by David Lindsay-Abaire) Until July 12 at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: John Bishop. Bookings: wlt.org.au\/book-tickets<br>Wangaratta Players: Rumours (by Neil Simon) Until July 6 at Stage Door Theatre, 4D Evans St., Wangaratta. Director: Steve Thornycroft and Leanne Kelly. Bookings: Trybooking.<br>MLOC Productions: The Pirate Queen (Boublil and Sch\u00f6nberg) Until July 19 at the Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St., Frankston. Director: Chris Ryan; Musical Director: Matthew Pines. Bookings: mloc.org.au<br>Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Company: The Diary of Anne Frank (by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett) July 3 \u2013 19 at the Lilydale Mechanics\u2019 Institute, Castella St., Lilydale. Director: Kellie Tweeddale. Bookings: lilydaleatc.com<br>Heidelberg Theatre Company: Love, Love, Love (by Mike Bartlett) July 4 \u2013 19 (2pm matinees on weekends) at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: George Werther. Bookings: htc.org.au<br>Off the Leash Theatre: Things I Know to be True (by Andrew Bovell) July 17 \u2013 20 at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, 1 Civic Place, Warragul. Director: Amy Moss. Bookings: offtheleashtheatre.com.au<br>Theatrical: Legally Blonde July 12-27 at the National Theatre, St Kilda. Director:&nbsp;Aimee Forrest; Musical Director:&nbsp;Kent Ross; Choreographer:&nbsp;Maggie Lynch, Bookings: booktickets.com.au<br>Fab Nobs Theatre: Zombie Prom &#8211; The Atomic Edition. July 11 \u2013 20 at Fab Nobs Theatre, 33 Industry Place, Bayswater. Director: Maeghan McKenzie; Choreographer: Dean Robinson; Musical Director: Sally McKenzie. fabnobstheatre.com.au<br>CPP Community Theatre: Seussical Jr. July 11, 12, 15, 17, 18 at 7.30pm; July 12,19 2pm; July 13 5pm at Boronia K-12 College, Performing Arts Centre, Albert Ave., Boronia (park at Rangeview Rd. end). Director\/Musical Director: Helen Taylor; Associate Director: Fiona Rosel. Bookings: cppcommunitytheatre.com.au\/<br>Darebin Arts Speakeasy:&nbsp;Gar\u00e7on with Wani Toaishara, July 16 \u2013 20 at the Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre, 189 High St, Northcote. Bookings:&nbsp;arts.darebin.vic.gov.au\/Programs-and-opportunities\/Programs\/Speakeasy-presentations\/garcon-by-wani-toaishara<br>Mordialloc Theatre Company: Lord Savile\u2019s Crime (by Constance Cox) July 24 \u2013 August 2 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Deborah Fabbro. Bookings: mordialloctheatre.com.au<br>Encore Theatre: Agatha Crispie (by Cenarth Fox) July 18 \u2013 27 at the Clayton Theatrette, Cooke St., Clayton. Director: David Dodd. Bookings: Trybooking.<br>Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria (GSOV): The Mikado July 17 \u2013 20 at The Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Clayton. Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria (GSOV): The Mikado July 17 \u2013 20 at The Alexander Theatre, Monash University, Clayton. Queenscliff Town Hall, July 26, Stawell Town Hall, August 2; Berninneit Theatre at Cowes, August 9. Bookings: gsov.org.au<br>PLOS Musical Productions: We Will Rock You. July 25 \u2013 August 2 at the Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St., Frankston. Director: Paul Watson. Bookings: plos.asn.au or 9784 1060.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Auditions<\/strong><br>Encore Theatre: The Revlon Girl (by Anthony Docking) July 1 at 7.30pm at Fleigner Hall, 31 Highland Ave, Oakleigh East. Director: David Krause. Audition bookings: encoretheatre.com.au<br>Heidelberg Theatre Company: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. July 27 at 10.30am and July 28 at 7.00pm at 36 Turnham Ave., Rosanna. Director: Tim Scott. Audition bookings: timascott56@gmail.com<br>Brighton Theatre Company: The Good Life (by Jeremy Sams based on TV series by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey) August 17 and August 18 at 7.00pm at the Bayside Arts and Cultural Centre, Cnr Wilson and Carpenter Sts., Brighton. Director: Joanne Gabriel. Audition Enquiries: Jo Gabriel at pukfam@bigpond.net.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHOWS Malvern Theatre Company: Macbeth (by William Shakespeare) Until July 5 at 29 Burke Rd., Malvern East. Director: David McLean. Bookings: 1300 131 552.Williamstown Little Theatre: Rabbit Hole (by David Lindsay-Abaire) Until July 12 at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: John Bishop. Bookings: wlt.org.au\/book-ticketsWangaratta Players: Rumours (by Neil Simon) Until July 6 at Stage Door&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9744","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=9744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9749,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9744\/revisions\/9749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}