Upcoming Shows & Screenings At Perform Australia
Here's What's On at Perform Australia... book your tickets online today! Due to limited audience sizes because of COVID 19, sometimes sessions book out and tickets are not always available at the door. We recommend you plan and book ahead. See you there!
You Can't Take It With You - A Radio Play
Directed by Sarah Carroll
Hear it online or over the airwaves...Tune into 1 RPH at 8:15pm on Christmas Eve (24 December, 2021):
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You Can't Take It With You is a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play premiered on Broadway in 1936 and played for 838 performances. The play won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was adapted for the screen as You Can't Take It With You in 1938, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.
How The Radio Play Came To Life At Perform Australia During COVID lockdown 2021, Perform Australia’s Term 3 and 4 classes were moved to an online platform and our students completed most of their subjects remotely. Last year Perform Australia’s Advanced Diploma of Performance students recorded a radio play, The Scarlet Pimpernel, which was aired on Radio 1 RPH in October 2020 and again on Christmas Day. This year our latest cohort of Advanced Diploma students were in lockdown for an extended period of their studies too, so we decided to record another radio play! This time we recorded “You Can’t Take It with You” a Pulitzer Prize winning play and Academy Award-winning film. The radio play was originally aired in 1939 by Radio Lux Theater. This year the class wanted to do a Christmas show to share with Radio 1RPH. As a teacher, my (Sarah Carroll’s) hope is always to share these student recordings with members of the community who have enjoy and appreciate audio works and/or are isolated from friends and family due to this ongoing pandemic. |
Performathon Canberra - 11th December 2021
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Performathon 2021 is a livestreamed performance of our ACT and NSW children's classes. Over a six-hour period on December 11, 2021 each class will perform a play with a 'brave' theme.
You can watch this performance at home, either live at the time of the broadcast, or afterwards. That means that your friends and relatives outside of Canberra can also buy a ticket to watch the show. But even better, your child can watch themselves perform once they go home, after the event. Students will perform at our Fyshwick theatre, and from there, their play will be broadcast via an online streaming platform. WHEN: Saturday 11th December 2021 WHERE: Livestreamed to your device TICKETS: $20 Download the program here:
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Acting 101 - Performance Night, Brisbane
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Join us for a short performance of scenes from Perform Australia's ‘Acting 101’ class.
For eight weeks our students have been learning the fundamentals of acting - learning all about performance skills and the rehearsal process. In this performance they'll present examples of what they've been working on. Thank you for supporting our performers! WHEN: 7PM, Tuesday, 14th December, 2021 WHERE: Perform Australia Studio, Brisbane - Lower Hall, St Lucia Uniting Church, cnr of Hawken Drive and Swann Road, St Lucia. TICKETS: Free - but you must book in advance. |
Past Shows & Screenings
Check Please: Stay-at-Home Edition
Presented by Perform Australia's Canberra Certificate IV in Acting students.
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Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother's bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dinner dates that couldn't get any worse - until they do.
Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel? Join our Certificate IV in Acting students as they stream their play live. WHEN: Thursday 2nd December 2021 at 7.30pm
WHERE: Livestreamed - you will receive a link to the show when you book a ticket TICKETS: $15 |
Certificate IV Showcase - Fishing For Fate
Presented by Perform Australia's Brisbane Certificate IV in Acting for Stage and Screen students.
Directed by Frances Foo
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“Taxi!” Imagine hailing a cab only to find your life suddenly taking a U-turn! A young man and woman meet under seemingly coincidental circumstances when they reluctantly agree to share a taxi.
But is anything really just coincidence? Our Certificate IV in Acting students will perform 'Fishing For Fate' alongside some other short pieces they've been working on over the past term. WHEN: Friday 3rd December 2021 at 7:00pm
WHERE: Perform Australia Studios, Lower Hall, St Lucia Uniting Church, cnr of Hawken Drive and Swann Road, St Lucia Qld TICKETS: $15 |
The Invited Audience, by Tigger Wise
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing, by Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Brendan Kelly & Craig Alexander
Presented by Perform Australia's Canberra Advanced Diploma of Performance students.
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The Invited Audience by Tigger Wise: Patsy has attended a new writers' playwriting course for a year. Tonight the short play she has written over the year is being put on in front of an invited audience. Dir. Brendan Kelly
In This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing, by Finegan Kruckemeyer, three sisters traverse the globe to find their true selves. Dir. Craig Alexander PERFORMANCES: 24-26 November 2021 at 7.30pm WHERE: Perform Australia, 11 Whyalla St Fyshwick, ACT 2609 TICKETS: Adults $25; Concession/Student $10 |
Performathon Brisbane - 5th December 2021
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Performathon Brisbane 2021 is a live showcase of our QLD children's classes. Over one day on December 5, 2021 each class will perform a play with a 'brave' theme.
Students will perform at Draney Theatre - Marist College Ashgrove WHEN: Sunday 5th December 2021 WHERE: Draney Theatre - Marist College Ashgrove,142 Frasers Road, Ashgrove QLD 4060 TICKETS: $20 |
11.00 am Show: Session 1 Petrie Footlights Petrie Company Corinda Footlights Corinda Company Everton Park Footlights 3.15pm Show: Session 2 Morayfield Razzle Dazzlers Morayfield Company Albany Creek Razzle Dazzlers Albany Creek Footlights Albany Creek Company 7.00pm Show: Session 3 North Lakes Razzle Dazzlers North Lakes Company MTX Primary MTX Teens |
Peter Pan Jr.
Presented by Perform Australia's musical theatre children's program.
Directed by James Scott
Directed by James Scott
**MORE TICKETS COMING SOON!**
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Peter and his mischievous fairy sidekick, Tinkerbell, visit the nursery of the Darling children late one night and, with a sprinkle of pixie dust, begin a magical journey across the stars that none of them will ever forget. In the adventure of a lifetime, the travelers come face to face with a ticking crocodile, a fierce Indian tribe, a band of bungling pirates and, of course, the villainous Captain Hook.
PERFORMANCES: 4th - 5th December, 2021 WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 TICKETS: General Admission $25/Earlybird $21 |
Three one-act plays at The Brisbane Arts Theatre
Presented by Perform Australia's Certificate IV and advanced Queensland high school students
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Fourteen
by Alice Gerstenberg – performed by Albany Creek Advanced Footlights, directed by Ryun Montenegro (25 minutes) The Internet is Distract—OH LOOK A KITTEN! by Ian McWethy – performed by Petrie Performance Team, directed by Gabie Kucks (35 minutes) The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza by Don Zolidis – performed by Certificate IV Morayfield, directed by Frances Foo (45 minutes) WHEN: Saturday 4th September 2021 at 7.30pm WHERE: Brisbane Arts Theatre, 210 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane QLD 4000 TICKETS: Adults $26/Concession $14 |
one wild and precious life
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Devised and Directed by Clare Moss
Performed by Perform Australia's Advanced Diploma students one wild and precious life is a new piece of theatre devised by director Clare Moss and the Advanced Diploma Students. Inspired by a poem by Mary Oliver; “Summer day”, we explore the notion of stepping out of mediocrity and reaching for one’s true potential. one wild and precious life contains coarse language WHEN: 23-25 June 2021 at 7.30pm WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 TICKETS: Adults $20/Concession $10 |
Far Away by Caryl Churchill
Directed by Matt Scholten
Presented by Perform Australia's Brisbane Certificate IV in Acting for Stage and Screen students.
Presented by Perform Australia's Brisbane Certificate IV in Acting for Stage and Screen students.
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Caryl Churchill's Far Away is a play in three short parts that looks at conflict and its unsettling effect on our lives. First performed over 20 years ago, its themes about modern life and war are still relevant today.
Performances: 25th June 7.00pm; 26th June 3.00pm & 7.00pm Venue: Urban Jungle Studios, 83 Doggett St, Newstead QLD 4006 Tickets: $15 Adult themes - suitable for audiences 14 years and over By arrangement with Origin Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company |
Good vs Evil & Acceptance
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Perform Australia's Junior, Intermediate and Teen Musical Theatre students present two fantastic shows for one night only - Good vs. Evil and Acceptance!
WHEN: Friday 25th June at 6.30pm VENUE: Morayfield Community Hall, 298 Morayfield Rd, Morayfield QLD 4506 TICKETS: $12 |
The Little Mermaid Jr.
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Presented by Perform Australia's musical theatre children's program.
Directed by Tijana Kovac 
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THE LITTLE MERMAID WILL BECOME A “PART OF YOUR WORLD”!
Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film, this classic Disney title contains all of the songs from the Academy Award® winning animated feature film as well as three new songs from the Broadway show. THE LITTLE MERMAID JR. takes place in a magical kingdom beneath the sea, where a beautiful young mermaid named Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. But first, she’ll have to defy her father, the king of the sea, escape the clutches of an evil sea witch and convince a prince that she’s the girl with the perfect voice. Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater Book by Doug Wright Music Adapted and Arranged by David Weinstein PERFORMANCES: 19th-20th June, 2021 WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 TICKETS: General Admission $25/Earlybird $21 |
She Kills Monsters
By Qui Nguyen
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Directed By Craig Alexander
Perform Australia’s full-time Certificate IV in Acting for Stage & Screen students present their graduation show, She Kills Monsters. This high-octane comedy, laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture, offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all. WHEN: 7:30pm, 9th, 10th & 11th June, 2021 WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 TICKETS: Adults $20/Concession $10 She Kills Monsters contains course language and explores adult themes – parental guidance recommended. By arrangement with Origin Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French A Concord Theatricals Company |
MTX Concert - Revive!
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Perform Australia is pleased to showcase our MTX students in their latest concert, Revive!
Students have been working on solo and group performances during Terms 1 & 2, and will present them on stage in Perform Australia’s theatre. The audience will enjoy a variety of songs from Broadway and beyond. This event is a great opportunity for our young musical theatre students to experience a performance in a large theatre, and to showcase all their musical theatre skills. WHEN: 7:30pm, Saturday 29th May WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 TICKETS: All tickets $15 |
Perform Australia 12th Birthday Gala Performance
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Perform Australia is pleased to present its Birthday Gala Concert!
Celebrating 12 years since its inception, this showcase presents the work of students and graduates of Perform Australia in a collection of works including songs, monologues, scenes and sketches, and more. Join us for a wonderful variety night of entertainment, and support the ongoing work of both Perform Australia and the wonderful charity, Save The Children. 50% of all ticket sales go to 'Save The Children' -www.savethechildren.org.au WHEN: 7:30pm, Saturday 15th May WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT 2609 |
Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.
Directed & Choreographed by Amy Orman
Presented by Perform Australia's musical theatre children's program.
Presented by Perform Australia's musical theatre children's program.
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Based on the award-winning Broadway musical and the smash hit motion picture, Legally Blonde The Musical JR. is a fabulously fun journey of self-empowerment and expanding horizons.
Music & Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin Book by Heather Hach Based on the novel by Amanda Brown And the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd, Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY) PERFORMANCES 27th-28th March, 2021 |
The So Who's Supposed To Say The Next Thing In Any Case?
Improv Show
Directed by Brendan Kelly
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Perform Australia's Advanced Diploma of Performance students take to the stage in a night of unscripted theatre.
Drawing on suggestions from the audience, as well as their own storytelling prowess, the performers promise to improvise their way to the end of the scene. Who knows where they'll end up? Come along for a night of fun and frolic! PERFORMANCES 17, 18 & 19 March at 7:30pm Venue: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT TICKETS: $15 Adult, $10 Concession |
Sanity
By Elizabeth Avery Scott
Directed by Clare Moss
Directed by Clare Moss
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Sanity is playwright Elizabeth Avery Scott's latest comedy. In an imaginary place that's part-dream world, part-modern home and part-asylum, dwell five women and two men. They can't go anywhere - they're in lockdown. Living lives that are limited by the walls around them, they muse about the meaning of life, God, battery hens, their hopes for the future, and whether or not they're sane.
This is a play for 2020 and beyond, reflecting on what we've been through and what we've yet to discover. Performed by Perform Australia's Certificate IV in Acting for Stage and Screen students. PERFORMANCES 16, 17, & 18 December at 7:30pm Venue: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT TICKETS: $20 Adult, $10 Concession |
Performathon 2020
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The Drowsy Chaperone
Directed by Amy Orman
Musical Director Teresa Wojcik
Musical Director Teresa Wojcik
The Drowsy Chaperone is an homage to American musicals of the Jazz Age, examining the effect musicals have on the fans who adore them.
The Man in Chair, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic, seeking to cure his "non-specific sadness", listens to a recording of a fictional 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. As he listens to this rare recording, he is transported into the musical. The characters appear in his dingy apartment, and it is transformed into an impressive Broadway set with seashell footlights, sparkling furniture, painted backdrops, and glitzy costumes.
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Original Broadway production of The Drowsy Chaperone produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Miller, Bob Boyett, Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag and Jill Furman.’
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
PERFORMANCES - 2-6 December At the Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT
The Man in Chair, a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic, seeking to cure his "non-specific sadness", listens to a recording of a fictional 1928 musical comedy, The Drowsy Chaperone. As he listens to this rare recording, he is transported into the musical. The characters appear in his dingy apartment, and it is transformed into an impressive Broadway set with seashell footlights, sparkling furniture, painted backdrops, and glitzy costumes.
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Original Broadway production of The Drowsy Chaperone produced by Kevin McCollum, Roy Miller, Bob Boyett, Stephanie McClelland, Barbara Freitag and Jill Furman.’
Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.
PERFORMANCES - 2-6 December At the Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT
Performance Day - Brisbane
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Perform Australia's Brisbane acting classes present their end-of-year plays - this year, around the theme of 'The Royal Court'. In class each week over the past term, students have been working on character, expressiveness, vocal development and a range of other acting skills, which they'll put into action in the short plays they are presenting. For some students this is the first time they've ever be on stage - so please support them with a huge round of applause!
The first performance at 4pm is presented by our Everton Park and Morningside classes (Cast 1), and the second and third performances are presented by our Corinda classes at 6:30pm and 7:30pm (Cast 2). Due to social distancing requirements, please be aware that the theatre has limited seating at the present time. PERFORMANCES - SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER Performance 1 - 4pm (Cast 1 - Everton Park and Morningside classes) Performance 2 - 6:30pm (Cast 2 - Corinda classes) Performance 3 - 7:30pm (Cast 2 - Corinda classes) |
The Park
By Elizabeth Avery Scott
Directed by Sarah Carroll
Directed by Sarah Carroll
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The park is a meeting place, a place of family, memories, romance and solitude. "You never know who you'll bump into in the park. Sometimes, just sometimes, it'll be yourself."
Join our Certificate IV part time students in this charming exploration of our humanity and the love that binds us all. WHEN: 7.30pm 13 & 14 November 2020; 5.00pm 15 November 2020 WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla Street Fyshwick ACT |
The Pirates of Penzance
By W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Directed by James Scott
Musical Director Amy Orman
Directed by James Scott
Musical Director Amy Orman
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Gilbert and Sullivan’s most popular show, The Pirates of Penzance, is a rollicking, delightfully funny tale of a band of soft-tempered pirates. Beloved since its premiere in 1879, The Pirates of Penzance is a delightful farce that is fun for all ages.
WHEN: 7.30pm 23 & 24 October 2020 WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla Street Fyshwick ACT |
Much Ado About Nothing
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By William Shakespeare
Directed by James Scott 
WHEN: 7:30pm, September 10 - September 13 WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick ACT TICKETS: $20 Adults, $10 Concession |
Perform Australia's Advanced Diploma students presents Much Ado About Nothing - one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, first performed in 1598, and back in Canberra in 2020!
Directed by James Scott, Much Ado About Nothing is the story of soldiers returning home from war victorious, to reunite with their prospective brides. The regal Don Pedro and charming Claudio hatch a plot to use gossip, hearsay and rumour to convince their confirmed bachelor friend, wise-cracking Benedick, and the witty firebrand spinster Beatrice, to fall in love with each other. But the malcontent Don Jon uses similar methods for darker purposes, slandering the innocent Hero on her wedding day and leaving her for dead. Beatrice, Benedick and their friends have to pick up the pieces – and confirm that it really was... much ado about nothing! |
MTX Concert - Let The Sun Shine In
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Perform Australia is pleased to showcase its MTX students this end-of-term concert, Let The Sun Shine In.
Students have been working on solo and group performances during Term 1-3 and will present them on stage in perform Australia’s theatre. The audience will enjoy a variety of songs from Broadway and beyond. This event is a great opportunity for our young musical theatre students to experience a performance in a large theatre, and to practise all their musical theatre skills: standing under lights and performing to a live audience, applying what they've rehearsed in class in real time, and using shared theatrical spaces on stage and backstage thoughtfully. WHERE: Perform Australia Theatre WHEN: Saturday 19th September 2020 at 3.00pm & 5.30pm TICKETS: All tickets $10 |
Contagion & Connection
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Directed by Sarah Carroll
Join our Advanced Diploma of Performance students as, through poetry, they explore two very important themes in our present day: contagion and connection. Featuring the works of Charlotte Bronte, Edward Lear, Banjo Paterson, Thomas Nash, Robert Frost, A.A. Milne, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Rupi Kaur and even Spike Milligan, the evening is sure to inspire, provoke thought and amuse. WHEN: 7:30pm, Perform Australia theatre, 11 Whyalla St, Fyshwick TICKETS: All tickets $10. Bookings essential due to social distancing requirements. |
Strange Tales Online
STRANGE TALES ONLINE Livestreaming: 7:30pm Friday June 19, 2020 4:00pm Saturday June 20, 2020 Ticket price: $15 per person Language warning - this show may not be suitable for young children. |
Four Short Plays Directed by Craig Alexander
Our Certificate IV in Acting for Stage and Screen students proudly present Strange Tales Online - a series of off-beat and twisted plays. This production will be livestreamed right to your device or living room. Purchase a ticket then we'll send you a link and password via email. THE PLAYS Baby Talk, from Unwrap Your Candy by Doug Wright By arrangement with Music Theatre International Australasia Pty Ltd, on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, Inc. A pregnant woman hears her child speaking before it's born... and it's not your average baby. The Bone Violin, from Unwrap Your Candy by Doug Wright By arrangement with Music Theatre International Australasia Pty Ltd, on behalf of Dramatists Play Service, Inc. A child prodigy creates his own violin... Tech Support by Henry Meyerson Performed by permission of the author A man struggles to get his mobile phone problems seen to... He's a Really Great Guy by Rory Leahy Performed by permission of the author Friends try to set up a man on a date, but he can't seem to stop himself speaking words of the devil... |