2025 Season
April/May Season - The Lady in the Van
Presented by Old Mill Theatre
Written by: Alan Bennett
Production Dates: 26/04/2025 – 10/05/2025
Directed by: Barry Park
Alan Bennett draws from his memoirs to offer a dramatized account of the genteel vagrant, Miss Shepard, who parked her van in his driveway for fifteen years. Maggie Smith starred in London's West End.
May Season – 8 Women
Presented by Playlovers
Written by Robert Thomas
Performance Dates: 22/05/2025 - 31/05/2025
Directed by: Paul Treasure
A family gathers together to celebrate the holiday season only to find that their beloved patriarch Marcel, has been murdered. Eight women, each with a secret, each a suspect! All have a motive but only one can be guilty. Cut off from the outside world, the women are forced to unravel the truth from a web of family secrets and accusations.
June - Take Two
An evening of Rhythm & Blues, Jazz Standards, Rock & Roll
Performance Date: 6/06/2025
Featuring Rod Christian & Greg 'Bazz' Clarke
Between them, Rod Christian and Greg 'Bazz' Clarke play seven instruments . They have both been in many iconic Perth bands for the last 45 years. Take Two perform some great hits from a variety of artists includng Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, The Shadows, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and more. Don't miss this exciting showcase of talent.
June Season - Losing Sinatra
Presented by Maverick Productions
Performance Dates: 13/06/2025 - 28/06/2025
Written and Directed by: Noel O'Neill
In the heart of Greenwich Village, New York, a struggling artist with grandiose ideas of being the next Picasso, grapples with his past and moves ever so closer to the edge of insanity after the death of his greatest idol, Frank Sinatra. His devoted, yet (not so) patient sister, a psychiatrist, helps to guide her brother to a new life outside of the four walls that have become his sanctity, whilst contending with his evermore infuriating memory lapses.
Storytelling at its best, penned by multi-award winning and highly respected Perth Hills writer, Noel O’Neill.
July Season – Chicago (Teen Edition)
Presented by: Bel Canto Performing Arts
Performance Dates: 11/07/2025 - 19/07/2025
A musical based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Music by: John Kander
Lyrics by: Fred Ebb
Book by: Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
Directed by: Blake Jenkins
In “Roaring Twenties” Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap... until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal.
"Chicago: Teen Edition" is a version of the musical "Chicago" adapted for high school and youth theatre productions, with modifications to the content to make it suitable for younger casts and audiences. It maintains the core storyline and music of the original but removes or tones down more mature themes and language.
August Season – Keep on Laughing
Presented by Old Mill Theatre
Performance Dates: 08/08/2025 - 23/08/2025
Directed by: Dale James
They're back! The ladies of Exit Laughing are as zany and funny as ever, but now Connie’s daughter, Rachel, has married her 28-year-old stripper boyfriend, Bobby, and they are expecting twins.
Connie, Leona and Millie have been touring the world and having the time of their lives, returning to tell hysterical stories of their adventures. But this time, one of their adventures has gotten out of hand. Level-headed Connie has met a man in Paris, and he’s proposed to her. Everyone should be happy, but Rachel and Bobby are not - Connie’s new boyfriend is the same age as Bobby.
Join the ladies once more as they discover all the fun you can have if you look at life in new ways.
September Season – Don't Dress for Dinner
Presented by Serial Productions
Production Dates: 05/09/2025 - 20/09/2025
Directed by: Rob Warner
Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has arranged for a cordon bleu cook to prepare gourmet delights, and has invited his best friend, Robert, along too to provide the alibi. It's foolproof; what could possibly go wrong? Well.... suppose Robert turns up not realizing quite why he has been invited. Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers, and consequently determined that Jacqueline will NOT leave for the weekend. Suppose the cook has to pretend to be the mistress and the mistress is unable to cook. Suppose everyone's alibi gets confused with everyone else's.
An evening of hilarious confusion ensues as Bernard and Robert improvise at breakneck speed.
October Season – I maneggi per maritare una figlia (in Italian)
Presented by: Italian Theatre of WA
Production Dates: 08/10/2025m- 19/10/2025
The play is performed in Italian and is about "The subtle art of marrying off one’s daughter"
More details coming soon . . .
October/November Season – Monopoly: The Unauthorised Musical
Presented by: Roundhouse Theatrical Co
Production Dates: 28 October 2025 - 8 November 2025
Details coming soon . . .