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THE DUCHESS OF MALFI Comes to Melbourne in February

Promising to be a true highlight at the onset of the 2024 Melbourne Arts Calendar, Arrant Knaves Theatre Company bring Melbourne audiences a dark and thrilling new adaptation of John Webster’s defining masterpiece, The Duchess of Malfi.
From Footman To Director: Ross Gumbley Revives Classic French Play LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES

32 years after his first involvement with Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Court Theatre's Artistic Director Ross Gumbley is back in the rehearsal room, directing the play that marked his first professional acting debut!
Big Hair, Big Laughs and Big Heart in STEEL MAGNOLIAS at The Court

Step back in time for big laughs, big tears and big hair. Steel Magnolias, opening at The Court Theatre, is a heart-warming celebration of togetherness and female friendship.
FRESH INK READINGS to Showcase New Zealand Playwrights

Over three consecutive Sunday afternoons, and accompanied by mulled wine which will be available for purchase, three brand new plays will be presented as 'works-in-progress'. Following each performance, audiences will be invited to provide feedback and engage in discussion about the work.
Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA Returns to The Court Theatre

One hundred and twenty years after it was first published, Anton Chekhov's celebrated masterpiece Uncle Vanya makes its way back onto The Court Theatre's stage.
Photo Flash: ROMEO & JULIET Set in East Jerusalem at Theatricum Botanicum

Director Ellen Geer re-sets William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in East Jerusalem, kicking off the 2016 summer repertory season at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum's outdoor amphitheater on June 11.
The Court Theatre's EDUCATING RITA Begins Today

From the writer of Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) comes his most acclaimed play, Educating Rita, an hilarious and moving story of a woman determined to better herself.
The Court Theatre Presents EDUCATING RITA This Autumn

From the writer of Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) comes his most acclaimed play, Educating Rita, an hilarious and moving story of a woman determined to better herself.
Theatricum Botanicum to Present ROMEO & JULIET, 6/4-10/2

Director Ellen Geer re-sets William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in East Jerusalem, kicking off the 2016 summer repertory season at Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum's outdoor amphitheater on June 4.
Court Theatre to Stage WINSTON'S BIRTHDAY

On the 51st anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, The Court Theatre's production of Winston's Birthday brings together four excessive personalities from this iconic British family at a luncheon to celebrate Winston's 88th birthday in 1962. The Churchills are forced to confront half a century of unfinished family business which includes family lies, evasions and resentments.
First New Zealand Production of Disney's MARY POPPINS Begins Tonight at The Court Theatre

The first ever New Zealand professional production of Disney's Broadway musical MARY POPPINS comes to the stage at The Court Theatre in time for Christmas. 
First New Zealand Production of Disney's MARY POPPINS to Play The Court Theatre This Christmas

The first ever New Zealand professional production of Disney's Broadway musical MARY POPPINS comes to the stage at The Court Theatre in time for Christmas. 
Photo Flash: GREEN GROW THE LILACS at Theatricum

The final entry in Theatricum Botanicum's 2015 "Americana" repertory season, Green Grow the Lilacs by Native American playwrightLynn Riggs is the rarely produced 1931 play that vied for the Pulitzer Prize and inspired the first mega-musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!. A rough-and-tumble love story with singing cowboys and classic folk music of the pioneering era, Green Grow the Lilacs will be directed byEllen Geer for a July 11 opening. Check out photos from the show below!
GREEN GROW THE LILACS Runs Now thru 9/26 at Theatricum Botanicum

The final entry in Theatricum Botanicum's 2015 'Americana' repertory season, Green Grow the Lilacs by Native American playwright Lynn Riggs is the rarely produced 1931 play that vied for the Pulitzer Prize and inspired the first mega-musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!. A rough-and-tumble love story with singing cowboys and classic folk music of the pioneering era, Green Grow the Lilacs will be directed by Ellen Geer for tonight's (July 11) opening.
GREEN GROW THE LILACS to Run 7/11-9/26 at Theatricum Botanicum

The final entry in Theatricum Botanicum's 2015 'Americana' repertory season, Green Grow the Lilacs by Native American playwright Lynn Riggs is the rarely produced 1931 play that vied for the Pulitzer Prize and inspired the first mega-musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!. A rough-and-tumble love story with singing cowboys and classic folk music of the pioneering era, Green Grow the Lilacs will be directed by Ellen Geer for a July 11 opening.
A Noise Within to Offer Reading of Georg Buchner's WOYZECK, 1/26

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre, presents a free, staged reading of Georg Buchner's Woyzeck, directed by Jeremy Rabb and performed by A Noise Within's resident company, on Monday, January 26 at 7 pm as part of Words Within, their ongoing series of free play readings by resident artists. Please RSVP via phone to 626-356-3100 x1 to reserve your seat.
BWW Reviews: MAMA WON'T FLY Showcases Classic Comedic Vaudeville Bits into Modern Road Trip Farcical Situations

Fans of sketch comedy TV shows such as The Red Skeleton Show, the Jackie Gleason Show and the Carol Burnett show will certainly recognize the many farcical vaudeville comedy bits in MAMA WON'T FLY, written by three of the most produced playwrights in America, Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, and directed by James Rice at Little Fish Theatre in San Pedro.
MAMA WON'T FLY to Open 6/20 at Little Fish Theatre

Little Fish Theatre today announced the opening of the next show of its thirteenth season, road trip comedy, MAMA WON'T FLY. Written by three of the most produced playwrights in America, Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, MAMA WON'T FLY is the third Jones Hope Wooten play to be produced at Little Fish, following THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB and THE HALLELUJAH GIRLS.
BWW Reviews: ROMEO AND JULIET, Pleasance Theatre, April 24 2014

Gary Naylor sees a stripped-down version of Shakespeare's enduring tragedy that gets plenty right and little wrong. What will the Daily Mail make of it? Underage sex, gang murders, drugs... and poetry.
Mark Hadlow Returns to the Court in WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING, 8-29 March

Renowned New Zealand actor Mark Hadlow (Dori from The Hobbit) returns home to The Court in a tightly wrought drama of interwoven connections, understandings and mysteries. When the Rain Stops Falling is a compelling family saga that reverberates through four generations of one family moving from the claustrophobia of a 1950s London flat to the heart of the Australian desert in 2039. The stand out international play is epic in its scope, yet at the same time exceptionally intimate.

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