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SUMMARY:The Removalists
DESCRIPTION:David Williamson’s The Removalists is still as provocative and relevant as it was at its debut. \nWhen The Removalists premiered at Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre in 1971 it put a wrecking ball through the walls of genteel Australian theatre. Profane\, honest and arresting in its depiction of the animal side of humanity\, its most surprising revelation is in how little has changed. \nSet in an inner-suburb of Melbourne\, Fiona and Kate report an act of violence to the police hoping things will be resolved peacefully. However\, the local constabulary like to handle things their own way. Over the course of one evening the hidden currents of competition\, desire and brutality flowing beneath polite society will be dragged out into the open. \nAnne-Louise Sarks directs the bracing revival of this dark satire in a production that sets its gaze on Australia – right here\, right now – and refuses to blink. \nMelbourne Theatre Company celebrates the ongoing legacy of La Mama Theatre’s bold\, unflinching contributions to the independent theatre scene by contributing $5 from the sale of each on-stage ticket during our 2025 season of The Removalists.
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/the-removalists/
LOCATION:Southbank Theatre\, 140 Southbank Boulevard\, Southbank\, VIC\, 3006\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jay":MAILTO:jay@thetheatre.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250326
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250406
DTSTAMP:20260424T214431
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SUMMARY:Jekyll & Hyde
DESCRIPTION:Bring your monster out to play! \nA Slightly Isolated Dog triumphantly returns to Melbourne with their original take on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella. \nRaucous\, irreverent and delightfully absurd\, Jekyll & Hyde uses the mayhem of theatre\, music and comedy to celebrate the darkness within us all. \nPresented by Nicholas Clark Management & A Slightly Isolated Dog
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/jekyll-hyde/
LOCATION:Chapel Off Chapel\, 12 Little Chapel Street\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jay":MAILTO:jay@thetheatre.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250407
DTSTAMP:20260424T214431
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SUMMARY:Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit
DESCRIPTION:It’s Agatha Christie\, improvised! After sell-out runs in 2024 in Melbourne\, Perth\, Adelaide and Brisbane\, the award-winning festival favourite Murder Village plays at Arts Centre Melbourne for the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. \nImmerse yourself in the cozy world of a 1950s Agatha Christie-style novel as Melbourne’s funniest improvisers craft eccentric characters and perplexing mysteries from your suggestions. Any of the village’s suspicious denizens could be dispatched at any moment\, and any of them could be the murderer. It’s your secret ballot votes that determine who lives\, who dies and who will be unmasked as the culprit. \nIn Murder Village\, the local police inspector may be incompetent but thankfully local busybody and amateur sleuth Verity Garner is on hand to sort the red herrings from the tell-tale clues. See if you can solve the crime first… whether you see one show or all of them\, no two chapters of this critically acclaimed show are the same! \n“Completely enthralling… ★★★★★” – Theatre People \n“Keeps you on the edge of your seat” ★★★★★ On the House! \n“Absolutely hilarious” ★★★★½ Glam Adelaide \n“Midsomer Murders meets Thank God You’re Here” ★★★★½ The Ponder Room \n“So funny\, it should be criminal. ★★★★” – Lilithia Reviews \n“Fully improvised and very funny… highly recommended. ★★★★” – Sydney Arts Guide \n“A delightfully entertaining show that brings the charm of Agatha Christie novels to life… ★★★★” – Sydney Scoop \n“This would easily be the most polished improv I have ever seen.” – Judge’s Pick Comment\, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023 \n“A classic English murder mystery that’s fully improvised and loaded with humour.” – The Age
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/murder-village-an-improvised-whodunnit-2/
LOCATION:Arts Centre Melbourne\, 100 St Kilda Road\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3004\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Murder%20Village":MAILTO:improvisedwhodunnit@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250327
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250421
DTSTAMP:20260424T214431
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SUMMARY:Sh!t-faced Shakespeare
DESCRIPTION:Sh!t-faced Shakespeare is the hilarious blend of an entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely sh!t-faced actor. What could possibly go right? With a genuinely inebriated cast member each night\, no two shows are ever the same in this raucous\, riotous\, rampage through one of Shakespeare’s most loved plays – A Midsummer Night’s Dream. \nWarning\, this show includes a genuinely drunk performer and anything could happen. This show may contain drinking\, swearing\, nudity\, simulated acts of a sexual nature\, terrible singing\, actual acts of a sexual nature\, and quite possibly – some actual Shakespeare.
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/sht-faced-shakespeare/
LOCATION:Athenaeum Theatre\, 188 Collins Street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jay":MAILTO:jay@thetheatre.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250407
DTSTAMP:20260424T214431
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SUMMARY:Shirley Valentine
DESCRIPTION:Natalie Bassingthwaighte stars in the award-winning Shirley Valentine! \nExperience the heartwarming\, hilarious\, and utterly inspiring story of Shirley Valentine\, brought to life by Australian stage and screen star Natalie Bassingthwaighte. Written by Willy Russell and directed by Lee Lewis\, this timeless West End and Broadway comedy will take you on a journey of self-discovery\, laughter\, and second chances. \nShirley is an unassuming housewife with a dream—and a passport. Talking to her kitchen wall\, she dreams of escape and wonders what happened to the adventurous girl she once was. \nWhen a friend invites her on a spontaneous holiday to Greece\, Shirley takes a bold leap into the unknown! \nWith Natalie Bassingthwaighte’s magnetic charm and powerhouse performance\, this one-woman tour de force will have you laughing\, crying\, and cheering for Shirley’s exciting new chapter. Don’t miss this must-see theatrical event in Adelaide! Whether you’re revisiting a beloved story or discovering it for the first time\, Shirley Valentine will leave you inspired and uplifted. \nRecommended for ages 12 and up \nThis production uses loud or unexpected noises\, a music soundtrack\, and a total blackout. It contains coarse language\, and references sexual assault\, abuse and violence. \nRuntime\n2 hours and 10 minutes\nIncludes one 20-minute interval
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/shirley-valentine-2/
LOCATION:Her Majesty’s Theatre Adelaide\, 58 Grote Street\, Adelaide\, SA\, 5000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Woodward%20Productions%20%26amp%3B%20Neil%20Gooding%20Productions":MAILTO:alex@woodwardproductions.com
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SUMMARY:The Thrill of Love
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThen she meets the wealthy\, womanising David\, a racing driver with whom she becomes obsessed. Fame comes — but not in the way she imagines. \nWhy does their relationship end in murder?\nWhy does she plead not guilty but offer no defence?\nWhy does she show no remorse?\nAnd who is she trying to protect? \nAmanda 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.
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/the-thrill-of-love/
LOCATION:bakery@1812\, 3 Rose Street\, Upper Ferntree Gully\, VIC\, 3156\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jay":MAILTO:jay@thetheatre.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250505
DTSTAMP:20260424T214431
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SUMMARY:Heisenberg by Simon Stephens
DESCRIPTION:A romantic adventure begins at a bustling London train station where 42-year-old American\, Georgie Burns\, kisses the neck of a much older Irish man\, Alex Priest\, a butcher. This electric encounter thrusts two perfect strangers into a fascinating and unlikely relationship\, part friendship\, part love-affair.
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/heisenberg-by-simon-stephens/
LOCATION:The Basin Theatre\, corner Doongalla Rd and\, Simpsons Rd\,\, Doongalla\, VIC\, 3154\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jason%20Triggs":MAILTO:publicity@thebasintheatre.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250526
DTSTAMP:20260424T214431
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SUMMARY:The Comeuppance
DESCRIPTION:The Comeuppance by American playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will get its Australian debut\, following its acclaimed world premiere at Off-Broadway’s Signature Theatre last year. Directed by the award-winning Gary Abrahams (Iphigenia In Splott\, Red Stitch; Yentl\, Arts Centre Melbourne; Admissions\, Melbourne Theatre Company)\, this masterful new work centres on a group of friends who gather on the night of their 20th high school reunion. What unfolds is a haunting\, timely satire that tests friendships\, while mortality looms at the edge of the party. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist\, Jacobs-Jenkins’ astute script is brilliantly witty and theatrical.
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/the-comeuppance/
LOCATION:Red Stitch: The Actor’s Theatre\, Rear 2 Chapel Street\, St Kilda East\, VIC\, 3182\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jay":MAILTO:jay@thetheatre.au
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250505
DTSTAMP:20260424T214431
CREATED:20250416T052417Z
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SUMMARY:The Boys
DESCRIPTION:A family bound by an unthinkable crime. A past that keeps repeating\, a lesson still unlearned. \nGordan Graham’s play\, The Boys\, is a powerful and unsettling exploration of family and gendered violence\, examining its ripple effects on the women left in its wake. Originally inspired by the events surrounding the Anita Cobby murder\, this fictionalised account offers an intimate look at the lives of three brothers and the forces that shaped them. \nGreen Room nominated Director\, Tess Walsh\, brings this urgent story to the stage with a modernised setting—underscoring that these cycles of violence are not relics of the past but continue to be deeply ingrained in our society. The production challenges the audience to confront the complexities of these issues and reflect on the role we all play in dismantling harmful attitudes. By placing this harrowing story in the safety of a theatre setting\, The Boys invites audiences to witness\, reflect\, and engage in vital conversations about change.
URL:https://thetheatre.au/event/the-boys/
LOCATION:Bluestone Church Arts Space\, 8A Hyde Street\, Footscray\, VIC\, 3011\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Play
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ORGANIZER;CN="Sevenfold%20Theatre%20Company":MAILTO:sevenfoldtc.prod@gmail.com
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