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9 Feb 2025 - 6 Dec 2025
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Holmes and Watson

Mordialloc Theatre Co. Inc.
27 Feb 2025 - 8 Mar 2025

VDL Awards Entry: 2025

Author: Jeffrey Hatcher

Director: Amy Calvert

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The world knows the great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. But as Holmes’ body was never retrieved, a number of frauds, fakes, and charlatans have come forward since to lay claim to his identity, and it falls to Dr. Watson to disprove them. Then a telegram arrives informing Watson that three men, each claiming to be Holmes, have been committed to a remote asylum off the coast of Scotland. Now Watson must discover if one of the mad men is the real Sherlock Holmes.

Ladies in Black

Beaumaris Theatre Inc.
7 Mar 2025 - 22 Mar 2025

Author: Book by Carolyn Burns Music and Lyrics by Tim Finn Based on the novel “The Women in Black” by Madeline St John

Director: Debbie Keyt

Genre: Musical

Agent: David Spicer

Synopsis

Ladies in Black is a coming-of-age story, set in Sydney in the 1950s the musical tells the story of a young, intelligent, bookish school leaver, Lisa who embarks on a summer job between completing her Leaving Certificate and following her dreams of a Literature Degree at Sydney University. Lisa joins the sales staff in the fashionable department store, F.G. Goode’s and it’s a summer that changes her life as she befriends the colourful denizens of the women’s clothing department. Each of the characters are on the precipice of change- facing independence, working for a living and what it means to be a woman.

SEX PLEASE, WE’RE SIXTY

Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group Inc.
13 Mar 2025 - 22 Mar 2025

Author: Michael Parker, Susan Parker

Director: Luisa Romeo

Genre: Comedy

Agent: Origin Theatrical

Synopsis

Mrs. Stancliffe’s Rose Cottage Bed & Breakfast has been successful for many years. Her guests (nearly all women) return year after year.
Her next-door neighbour, the elderly, silver-tongued Bud “Bud the Stud” Davis, believes they come to spend time with him in romantic liaisons. The prim and proper Mrs. Stancliffe steadfastly denies this but really doesn’t do anything to prevent it. Henry, a retired chemist has proposed to marry Mrs Stancliffe for over twenty years, will he ever get a “yes”?
Three spirited female B&B guests discover they are the targets of “Bud the Stud’s” unsolicited romantic intentions. Uproarious consequences occur as a mischievous plan is set in motion to turn the tables on him. Has Bud finally met his match?
One can only imagine what mayhem may manifest itself!!

“If you need a rollicking good time filled with laughter, this is a must-see play.”
The City Wire

Love, Love, Love

Essendon Theatre Co.
20 Mar 2025 - 29 Mar 2025

Author: Mike Bartlett

Director: Casey Bohan

Genre: Comedy

Agent: ORiGiN Theatrical

Synopsis

Are baby boomers to blame for the fact that their children’s generation is debt-ridden and adrift? Love, Love, Love takes on the baby boomer generation as it retires, and finds it full of trouble.

It’s 1967. Kenneth and Sandra know the world is changing and they want some of it. Smoking, drinking, affectionate and paranoid, they journey forty years from initial burst to full bloom.

Their children, on the other hand, bitterly rail against their parents’ irresponsibility and their relaxed, laissez-faire attitude.

This play explores the complexities between the two generations asking; Did the Boomers really change the world for better or worse or are their kids just a generation that ‘moans, but does nothing.’?

When the Wind BLows

Warrandyte Theatre Company
28 Mar 2025 - 12 Apr 2025

Author: Raymond Briggs

Director: David Tynan

Genre: Drama

Agent: Origin Theatrical

Synopsis

In this story from the cold war (the first cold war …) elderly married couple Hilda and Jim Bloggs have their quiet, simple lives in the English countryside interrupted when they learn of an impending nuclear attack. Not completely understanding the gravity of their situation, Hilda and Jim try to do the correct thing but the official advice is flawed and their preparations laughably inadequate. The story takes a dark turn as the radiation begins taking its toll on the unsuspecting couple.

The Thrill Of Love

The 1812 Theatre Ltd.
3 Apr 2025 - 3 May 2025

Author: Amanda Whittington

Director: Pip Le Blond

Genre: Drama

Agent: An Amateur production by arrangement with ORiGiN Theatrical

Synopsis

A divorcee with a young child to care for, Ruth works in the kind of nightclubs where there’s more than just a drink on offer. The girls work hard, play hard and dream of a movie-star life.
Then she meets the wealthy, womanising David, a racing driver with whom she becomes obsessed. Fame comes — but not in the way she imagines. Why does their relationship end in murder? Why does she plead not guilty but offer no defence? Why does she show no remorse? And who is she trying to protect?
Amanda Whittington’s play The Thrill of Love tells the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, and takes a fresh look at the woman behind the headlines.

Noises Off

F.A.M.D.A. Inc.
4 Apr 2025 - 13 Apr 2025

VDL Awards Entry: 2025

Author: Michael Frayn

Director: Pater McAlpine

Genre: Comedy

Agent: ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company

Synopsis

Frequently referred to as “the funniest farce ever written,” ‘Noises Off’ presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called
‘Nothing’s On’.
Doors slamming, on and offstage love triangles, plus plates and plates of sardines all feature in the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play.

Things I Know To Be True

Williamstown Little Theatre Inc.
23 Apr 2025 - 10 May 2025

Author: Andrew Bovell

Director: Shirley Sydenham

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Is unconditional love absolute? Or is there a step too far? This touching, humorous and brave play is centred around that dichotomy. Over a year, each member of an Adelaide family deals with truths that impact their lives.
“People aren’t perfect. Even the people you love. Especially the people you love.” A family torn apart can reunite. But not always as expected.
Andrew Bovell‘s beautifully written play weaves many threads that may make us consider our own attitudes and biases.

Haunted

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre Co. Inc.
24 Apr 2025 - 10 May 2025

Author: Eric Chappell

Director: Nicholas Ryan

Genre: Comedy

Agent: ORiGiNtm, On Behalf of Samuel French - A Concord Theatricals Company

Synopsis

Aspiring playwright Nigel Burke is neurotic, Agoraphobic and hasn’t written a word for three months, to the chagrin of his wife, who is at the end of her tether. His agent is desperate for him to start writing again. A mysterious man who knows of Nigel’s interest in Lord Byron, gives him a goblet used by the poet. Nigel drinks from it and there is a change in his confidence and manner. Then Byron himself appears. Part ghost story, part thriller, part battle-of-the-sexes comedy.

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

Heidelberg Theatre Company
25 Apr 2025 - 10 May 2025

Author: Simon Stephens [from the novel by Mark Haddon]

Director: Karen Wakeham

Genre: Drama

Agent: ORiGiN™ Theatrical on behalf of Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals Company

Synopsis

Christopher Boone is an extremely clever and intelligent young man, whose mild autism sometimes makes it difficult for him to understand what is unfolding around him. But when he finds his neighbour’s dog Wellington murdered in mysterious circumstances, Christopher turns detective. His investigation takes him on a very surprising and challenging journey.

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