Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre
The Diary of Anne Frank
Few more poignant true stories emerged from World War II than the diary of a young Anne Frank.
Published in long after the end of the war by her father, the only family survivor, records the minutiae of the 25 months that two Jewish families spent in hiding from the Gestapo in an Amsterdam warehouse attic.
The constant secrecy, the growing hunger and the friction of living in such cramped conditions could not dull Anne’s vibrant personality or her passion for living.
Season: Thursday 2 July – Saturday 19 July.
Bookings: 9725 1777
1812 Theatre
Sweeney Todd On the Razor’s Edge -presented by Centrestage Youth Theatre
“They will remember Sweeney Todd when all of you have been forgotten” cries the Demon Barber of Feet Street.
His name provokes delicious shudders still – now, if you dare, return to the penny dreadful where his legend was born.
An apprentice finds himself in peril when he learns why people go missing in his master’s shop, a young woman dons a disguise to find out the fate of her beloved at sea, and in the cellar of a cheerful piemaker’s shop, a prisoner discovers the terrible truth of what goes inside the flaky crust.
Based on the String of Pearls, the story that was Sweeney’s debut, Sweeney Todd: On the Razor’s Edge is a melodrama that takes you into the cobblestone streets of London for a thrilling adventure.
Season: 1 – 12 July.
Bookings: 9758 394
The Playhouse Arts Centre Melbourne
Mr Ripley
Following the triumphant success of Julia, Murray-Smith returns with director Sarah Goodes to masterfully transform this seductive page-turner into an electrifying, world-premier stage experience.
Will McDonald plays Tom Ripley, an orphan and a striver, barely scraping by in 1950s New York.
But beneath his woebegone exterior, tom cultivate certain talents that set him apart, an extraordinary capacity for mimicry and deception.
He is a man with a face no-one remembers.
Whereas no one could forget Dickie Greenleaf. He is everything Tom isn’t; confident, stylish, and heir to a large fortune.
Tom is hired by Dickie’s father to bring his son home and so plunges him into the glittering world of luxury, beauty and hedonism on the Italian Riveria.
Intoxicated with this new social scene, Tom begins to fashion himself after his target.
He begins dancing like Dickie, dressing like him., and drinking like him.
Tom begins to imagine another version of himself.
A better one .. and he’ll kill for it.
Content advisory: Recommended for ages 15+.
This performance contains strong language, mature themes including violence, cigarettes and theatrical blood.
Season: 28 October – 23 November.
