Melville Theatre is pleased to announce our 2011 lineup.

March - Zastrozzi by George Walker, directed by Kirrilee Lennerts

May - Crimes Of The Heart by Beth Henley, directed by Sue Lynch

add new comment | read more | email this forum topic | 34 reads

I would just like peoples opinions with this. I have been involved with theatre quite a lot over the years, but in the last 5 years or so have settled down and become an active patron rather than a participant. Up until the last 12 months or so I have been quite happy with my local theatre company. They produced many good shows in the last few years from Fiddler on the Roof, some good one act plays, to Oliver and Little Shop of Horrors. At one point they even had a very strong youth branch. Sadly this has been in rapid decline over the past 12 months since the companies committee changed. There has been little advertising if any of auditions, and the shows picked are from what I have heard pretty dodgy, so much so that there have been no auditionees attending and some of the shows have had to be cancelled. The youth branch no longer does any shows, I don't even know if they are still around. The brilliant reputation of Musicals that have been done in the past five years or so has been cut to pieces as there is no show to the community that the company is interested in quality. Furthermore the one act plays that have been recently shown have the companies name immalgimated with a company that is no longer in existence. I have had little to do with the company I know, but it is sad to see a strong reputation and good company go down the drain the way it is currently. I have also heard from others more involved with the company that they have ostrisized many people that were active participants and were even producing new Australian work that has won awards outside of the company.

1 comment | read more | email this forum topic | 86 reads

Please note that we have had another Spammer attempt to infiltrate our site. Some of you may have received a message along the lines of the example posted below. Please remove all messages from this user. They have also been blocked from the site.

4 comments | read more | email this forum topic | 88 reads

Before I open them, are my 'ln Box' messages from Susie Baby a virus?

1 comment | email this forum topic | 65 reads

Old Mill Presents

Shorts

A Season of Short Plays

Dont miss this fantastic season of plays with fresh new writing and award winning casts.

1 comment | read more | email this forum topic | 85 reads