Oct 2024: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Two con men “play the palace” in this family-friendly humorous adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s satirical tale.
Stitch and Sew wreak havoc at Wits End Palace when they present the Emperor with a special gift: an exquisitely beautiful “magic” suit of clothes, invisible to all but the wisest of people. The dangers of vanity are hilariously addressed with a host of delightful characters as Emperor Maximilian the Most dons his most expensive, least visible outfit...
Aug 2023: Kackawackadoo Bay
How will they "Save our town"?
Who can they go to for some really smart advice?
Who is the most intelligent, knowledgeable and clear-thinking person in Kackawackadoo Bay?
And what use is a big fish anyway?
Sept-Oct 2022: Motherhood – The Musical
The good, the bad and the laundry!
Having a baby is just the beginning... motherhood is for life!
In Motherhood the Musical, four women share their insights, challenges and pleasures at a baby shower. In 90 minutes of fun, you'll get a peek into the friendship of Amy, a soon-to-be-first-time mum; Brooke, a hard-working lawyer; Barb, a stressed-out mother of five; and Tina, a single mum seeking to balance work, her family and her divorce.
Motherhood is a funny, yet loving look at being a mum at any age. It's climbing the emotional mountain only to find that there's laundry at the top!
** Some subjects mentioned in this performance are of Adult themes, i.e. intimate relations, haemorrhoids, breast feeding, breast size, etc. GRTG suggests parental guidance for persons under 10 years of age.
March 2022: The Mooder of Mr Tudor
Proudly written, directed and produced by members of the Golden Rivers Theatre Group.
"Join us for a murder mystery meal. Stay for a meal, get the show for free! Three course meal included, BYO drinks, bar available."
Returning from a closed season due to COVID-19 pandemic, the production team launched back into performing with a self-written and performed murder-mystery cabaret show. The four evening meal shows and one matinee meal show, had attendees salivating: not just from the delicacies on offer, but the delicious mystery that unfolded around their tables... Who did it? Who was it?
Jan 2020: Cosi
Inspired by playwright Louis Nowra's own life, this heartwarming production follows young director, Lewis, as he attempts to direct Mozart's opera, Così fan tutte, at a local psychiatric hospital, with a cast who can't sing, act or speak Italian. What could possibly go wrong?
2019: We Will Rock You
The musical takes place in a future age on a planet once called Earth that is now controlled by a mighty corporation... Rock music is unheard and all musical instruments are banned. The hope of breaking free rests with an unlikely resistance-an alliance of rebel Bohemians.
2019: Barbecue
Barbecue is a play about many things, including the Australian cultural ritual, the ‘barbie’. The play centres on a family who unexpectedly find themselves financially well off and move from their working-class suburb, to an up-market suburb.
Implications of a ‘class-based’ society in Australia and societal pressure for change and conformity are explored in a mostly humorous way.
2018: Alice in Wonderland
Based on Lewis Caroll's timeless story of the same name, Alice in Wonderland is a whimsical musical journey down the fabled rabbit hole and into the off-kilter world of Wonderland. Inquisitive young Alice, formerly of Victorian England, encounters the eccentric inhabitants of this fantastical land, including mock turtles, punctual rabbits, and dancing flora. Our young heroine struggles to make sense of her surroundings and - most of all - to figure out a way to get home.
2017: The Outback Debutante Ball
In an attempt to get funding to save their hall, an outback community hall committee tries to impress a member of parliament during their visit for the debutante ball. As expected, things never go as planned and Murphy's Law of the Outback ensures everything goes wrong!
2016: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Taking place in New York City in 1922, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz - a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever.
2015: Oliver!
Oliver! was the first musical adaptation of a famous Charles Dickens work to become a stage hit. The plot of Dickens' original novel is considerably simplified for the purposes of the musical, with Fagin being represented more as a comic character than as a villain, and large portions of the latter part of the story being completely left out.
2014: Arabian Nights
This show takes us on a magic carpet ride to a new destination and follows the story of the King and Sheherazade, who tells him a new story of wonder and amazement every night in order for him to spare her life.
2013: Disco Inferno
The show is packed with over 30 classic seventies floor fillers, flared trousers and glitter-ball spinning action. A seriously fun show for all involved!
2012: Cinderella
The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Originally presented on television in 1957 starring Julie Andrews, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella was the most widely viewed program in the history of the medium.
October 2010: Love Line
Love Line is an evening of one act plays from playwright Hugh O'Brien (Farmer Will Swap Combine Harvester For Wife).
June 2010: Paris
Paris is about the the triumph of love and the fall of Troy. A story embedded in the most fantastic of Greek myths and legends. With sweeping music, the original star crossed lovers and a few funny surprises this musical is a treat for performers and audiences.
November 2009: Farmer Will Swap Combine Harvester For Wife
When 59-year-old bachelor farmer Cyril Evans runs a personal ad in Queensland Country Life offering to swap his reconditioned John Deere 9750 STS combine harvester in return for a wife of “breeding age” - all hell breaks loose!
April - May 2009: HMS Pinafore
The story takes place aboard the British ship H.M.S. Pinafore. The captain's daughter, Josephine, is in love with a lower-class sailor, Ralph Rackstraw, although her father intends her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, the First Lord of the Admiralty.
2008: Little Women
Little Women tells the much-beloved story of the four March girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as they grow to adulthood in 19th-century New England.
2007: Beauty And The Beast
Based on the classic French fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Belle, an intelligent young woman scorned by her townspeople for being a bookworm, weary of fighting off the advances of the arrogant Gaston, and dreaming of escape.