Past Productions

Mentone City Hall

Year Play
1945
Cuckoo in the Nest
1946
The House of Thrills
Apple Pie Order
Indoor Fireworks

Mechanics Institute Hall - Mordialloc

Year Play
1947
Leave It To Leander
The Evil That Men Do
The Crimson Coconut
Ladies In Waiting
Postal Orders
1948
The Blue Goose
Wise Tomorrow
Strange Parallel
Love In A Mist
Down On The Farm
1949
Lady-Killer
Candied Peel
Five Minutes
Quiet Weekend
The Press Desires
1950
Fools Rush In
Good Morning, Bill
The Camel’s Back
We Were Dancing
Night Must Fall
Rebecca
It’s Quicker To Telephone
1951
Arsenic And Old Lace
The Happiest Days of Your Life (Dir. by Jack Lawson)
Dark Victory
Love From A Stranger
Rookery Nook
The Startled Saint
1952
The Girl In Question
That Woman
Fly Away Peter (Dir. by Lorraine Madsen)
Who Lies There?
1953
Message For Margaret (Dir. by Margaret Flynn)
Murder At The Vicarage
A Woman’s Place
1954
The White Sheep Of The Family (Dir. by Audrey Downe)
Gaslight
The Hollow
One Wild Oat
1955
Blithe Spirit
See How They Run (Dir. by Audrey Downe/Edna Robinson)
Freida (Dir. by Graham Hunter)
1956
The Shop At Sly Corner
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Black Chiffon
1957
Intent To Murder (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Madam Tic Tac (Dir. Lorraine Madsen)
Man From Toronto
As Long As They’re Happy
1958
The Secret Tent
The Browning Version
Running Riot (Dir. by Bill McLorinan)
Mad About Men (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Bonaventure
Master Dudley
1959
The House By The Lake
The Gentle Rain
The Pigeon With The Silver Foot
Sailor Beware (Dir. by Edmund Thornton)
The Whole Truth (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Dry Rot
1960
Toad In The Hole
No Man’s Land
The Girl Who Couldn’t Quite
Something To Hide
The Reluctant Debutant (Dir. by Edmund Thornton)
Reluctant Heroes
1961
Will Any Gentleman? (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Pity My Betrayer (Dir. by Audrey Downe)
Double Yolk
Before The Flood
The Deep Blue Sea (Dir. by Frank Dufty)
Beside The Seaside (Dir. by Bert Benney)
Woman At Large
My Three Angels (Dir. by Bill McLorinan)
1962
Dial ‘M’ For Murder (Dir. by John Gould)
The Waiting Room
The Silver Whistle
Guests Of A Nation (Dir. by Conzee McLorinan)

Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkers Road, Parkdale

Year Play
1962
The Man Who Came To Dinner (Dir. by Lorraine Madsen)
1963
Time, Murderer, Please (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
The Gentle Guardsman
Make Mine Mayfair
All For Mary (Dir. by John Gould)
Harvey (Dir. by Edmund Thornton)
Lawson
The Desperate Hours (Dir. by Bert Benney)
1964
Only An Orphan Girl (Dir. by Bill McLorinan)
Simon And Laura
Johnny Belinda
The Amorous Prawn
Sit Down A Minute, Adrian
Under One Robe
The Asset (Dir. by Noelle Christensen)
Husbands Supplied (Dir. by Noelle Christensen)
1965
The Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll
The Devil And Daniel Webster (Dir. Bert Benney)
Rock-a-Bye Sailor Edmund Thornton
The Heiress (Dir. Noelle Christensen)
Doctor At Sea (Dir. Bert Benney)
1966
Celebration (Dir. by Bob Budden)
Come Back Little Sheba (Dir. by John Budden)
The Diary Of Anne Frank (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Assisted Passage (film)
The Shirt (Dir. by Bert Benney)
Feathertop (Dir. by Bert Benney)
Post Horn Gallop (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
1967
The Teahouse Of The August Moon (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
A Night Out (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
Beth (Dir. by John Devereux)
Breakfast With Julia (Dir. by Audrey Downe)
1968
Woman In A Dressing Gown
The Miracle Worker (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Goodnight Mrs Puffin (Dir. by Noelle Christensen)
Pygmalion (Dir. by Bert Benney)
Call Me A Liar (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
1969
Roar Like A Dove (Dir. by John Gould)
One For The Pot (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
The Brides Of March (Dir. by Bert Benney)
The Hasty Heart (Dir. by Noelle Christensen)
The Bad Seed (Dir. by Bob Budden)
1970
Barefoot In The Park (Dir. by John Gould)
The Trapper
Friday Night at the Schrammers (Dir. by John Gould)
Charley’s Aunt (Dir. by Bert Benney)
Billy Liar (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
People In The Wind
The Shifting Heart (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
The Hasty Heart (repeat) (Dir. by Noelle Christensen)
1971
The Long And The Short And The Tall (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
And The Big Men Fly
Blithe Spirit (2) (Dir. by Noelle Christensen)
Love Rides The Rails (Dir. by Keith Lowe)
1972
Rattle Of A Simple Man (Dir. by Bert Benney)
Oh! What A Lovely War (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Not Now, Darling (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
Say Who You Are (Dir. by Linda Currie)
1973
The Anniversary (Dir. by John Gould)
The Odd Couple (Dir. by Keith Lowe)
Enemy (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
Stand By Your Bedouin (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
1974
Enemy (repeat) (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
Alfie (Dir. by Ted Hutchinson)
Busybody (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
All In Good Time (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Chase Me, Comrade (Dir. by Reg Murphy)
1975
Dangerous Corner (Dir. by John Gould)
Old Time Music Hall (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
There’s A Girl In My Soup (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
Wanted One Body (Dir. by Pam Douglas)
1976
Loot (Dir. by Roy Baldwin)
The Killing Of Sister George (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
See How They Run (2) (Dir. by Vin Foster)
Spring And Port Wine (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
1977
I Remember Mama (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
Spring And Port Wine (repeat) (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Play It Again, Sam (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Old Time Music Hall (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
The Prisoner Of Second Avenue (Dir. by Keith Lowe)
1978
The Lion In Winter (Dir. by Michelle Rowan)
Butterflies Are Free (Dir. by Roy Baldwin)
Wait Until Dark (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
The Matchmaker (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
Don’t Just Lie There, Say Something (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
1979
The One Day Of The Year (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Don’t Utter A Note (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
Enter A Free Man (Dir. by Michelle Rowan)
Old Time Music Hall (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
1980
Our Town (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
The Last Of The Red Hot Lovers (Dir. by Norm Lowe)
The Fantasticks (Dir. by Roy Baldwin)
Who Goes Bare? (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
1981
Gaslight (2) (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
The Children’s Hour (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
Absurd Person Singular (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
All Things Bright And Beautiful (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
Don’t Drink The Water (Dir. by Norm Lowe)
1982
The Entertainer (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Someone Waiting (Dir. by Syd Jones)
Table Manners (Dir. by Kenneth Crawford)
The Rainmaker (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
When We Are Married (Dir. by Joe Evans)
1983
The Poker Session (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Deathtrap (Dir. by Kenneth Crawford)
Hidden Meanings (Dir. by John Raptis)
The End Of The Beginning (Dir. by Jean Dray)
Streuth! (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Come Laughing Home (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
Dimboola (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
1984
The Slaughter Of St. Teresa’s Day (Dir. by Norm Lowe)
Departmental (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Move Over Mrs Markham (Dir. by Chris Taylor)
The Last Of The Knucklemen (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
Rattle Of A Simple Man (2) (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
1985
The Collector (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
The Curious Savage (Dir. by Norm Lowe)
The Patrick Pearce Motel (Dir. by John Raptis)
Ladies In Retirement (Dir. by Syd Jones)
Count Dracula (Dir. by Martin Gibbs
1986
There Goes The Bride (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
Twelve Angry Men (Dir. by John Raptis)
Norman, Is That You? (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
Hay Fever (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
Bedroom Farce (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
1987
Dial ’M’ For Murder (2) (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
The Good Doctor (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
After Magritte (Dir. by Dorothy Wain)
Chinamen (Dir. by Will Van Houten)
A Colliers Tuesday Tea (Dir. by Jill Evans)
In Duty Bound (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Two And Two Make Sex (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
1988
The Club (Dir. by John Raptis)
Pack Of Lies (Dir. by Norm Lowe)
Outside Edge (Dir. by Jill Evans)
Deathtrap (2) (Dir. by John Raptis)
On Our Selection (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
1989
The Golden Pathway Annual (Dir. by Norm Lowe**)
Hobson’s Choice (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Children’s Day (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
Fairy Tales Of New York (Dir. by Barbara Smith (Bateman))
Season’s Greetings (Dir. by Dorothy Wain)
1990
Agnes Of God (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Kid Stakes (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Angels In Love (Dir. by Syd Jones)
A Toast To Melba (Dir. by Barbara Smith (Bateman))
Fur Coat And No Knickers (Dir. by Christine Taylor/Dorothy Wain)
1991
Da (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
Kid Stakes (2) (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Other Times (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
The Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll (2) (Dir. by Cheryl Lewis-Fitzgerald)
Away (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Habeas Corpus (Dir. by Norm Lowe)
1992
The Importance Of Being Earnest (Dir. by Syd Jones)
Home At Seven (Dir. by John Raptis)
Black Comedy (Dir. by John Lawrence)
Harlequinade (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
Hotel Sorrento (Dir. by Pam Tulen)
Dinkum Assorted (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
1993
Dimboola (2) (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
Charlies Aunt (2) (Dir. by Neil Barnett)
Breaker Morant (Dir. by Norm Lowe)
Ten Times Table (Dir. by Syd Jones)
1994
The Business of Murder (Dir. by John Raptis**)
Rebecca (2) (Dir. by Doug Bennett)
The Sunshine Boys (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Room To Move (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Noises Off (Dir. by Roy Thompson)
1995
The Foreigner (Dir. by Jan Coulson)
A Month Of Sundays (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Rough Crossing (Dir. by Pam Tulen)
84 Charing Cross Road (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Stepping Out (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
1996
Stage Struck (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
The Effect Of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The Moon Marigolds (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
Travelling North (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Remembrance (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay! (Dir. by Syd Jones)
1997
Alive And Kicking (Dir. by Neil Barnett)
A Hard God (Dir. by Vickie McGowan)
Therese (Dir. by Lorraine Madsen)
PS You‘re Cat Is Dead (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
The Admirable Crichton (Dir. by Barbara Bateman
1998
How The Other Half Loves (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
A Tomb With A View (Dir. by Ray Ainsworth)
The Woman In Black (Dir. by Doug Bennett)
Love Letters (Dir. by Syd Jones)
Cosi (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
1999
Daylight Saving (Dir. by Neil Barnett)
A View From The Bridge (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
The Venetian Twins (Dir. by Doug Bennett)
No Names, No Pack Drill (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
Lend Me A Tenor (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
2000
Straight And Narrow (Dir. by Neil Barnett/SydJones)
A Voyage Round My Father (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Time Of My Life Martin Gibbs)
Molly Sweeney (Dir. by Richard Keown)
Run For Your Wife (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
2001
It’s My Party And I’ll Die If I Want To (Dir. by Flip Brudenell)
Secret Bridesmaids Business (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Murder On The Nile (Dir. by Shirley Fitch)
Mort (Dir. by Neil Barnett)
2002
Crossing Delancy (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Sylvia (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Killing And Chilling My Annabel Lee (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
The Memory Of Water (Dir. by Richard Keown)
Flexitime (Dir. by Norman Yemm)
2003
Falling From Grace (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Playing Sinatra (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Forget-Me-Knot (Dir. by Neil Barnett)
Face To Face (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
A Chorus Of Disapproval (Dir. by Edna Bartlett)
2004
The Sum Of Us (Dir. by Ray Russell)
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Laying The Ghost (Dir. by Christine Taylor)
All My Sons (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Sandcastles (Dir. by David McCall)
2005
Sitting Pretty (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
The Shoe-horn Sonata (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Sweet Road (Dir. by Eryl Lowe)
Speaking In Tongues (Dir. by Glenn Robinson)
You Can’t Take It With You (Dir. by Barbara Bateman)
2006
On Golden Pond (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Wolf Lullaby (Dir. by Elisabeth Gertner)
Lipstick Dreams (Dir. by Juliet Charles)
The Crucible (Dir. by Doug Bennett)
Funny Money (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
2007
Wicked Sisters (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Boy Gets Girl (Dir. by Tim Long)
Over The River And Through The Woods (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Doubt (Dir. by Vicki Smith)
Laughter On The 23rd Floor (Dir. by Gaetano Santo)
2008
The Cemetery Club (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Journey’s End (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
The Dinner Game (Dir. by Barbara Bateman)
Breaking The Code (Dir. by Ross Mack )
The Weekend (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
2009
ContentaCrimes of the Heart (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Rabbit Hole (Dir. by Vicki Smith)
Murdered to Death (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Minefields & Miniskirts (Dir. by Shane Ryan)
‘Allo, ‘Allo (Dir. by Tim Long)
2010
This Way Up (Dir. by Elisabeth Gertner)
Chaim’s Love Song (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
The Underpants (Dir. by Vicki Smith)
The Wisdom of Eve (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
I Hate Hamlet (Dir. by Ross Mack)

Allan McLean Hall, Mordialloc

Year Play
2011
Dimboola (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Heroes (Dir. by David McCall)
Love Letters (2) (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)

Shirley Burke Theatre, Parkdale

Year Play
2012
The Heiress (2) (Dir. by Vicki Smith)
Life and Beth (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Prelude to a kiss (Dir. by Tim Long)
Moonlight and Magnolias (Dir. by Gaetano Santo)
2013
The Grand Manner (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Lost in Yonkers (Dir. by Michaela Smith)
Albert Nobbs (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Night Must Fall (Dir. by Lesley Batten)
The Dixie Swim Club (Dir. by Cheryl Richards)
2014
Quartet (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Talking Heads (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Loot (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
That Good Night (Dir. by Deborah Fabbro)
Bullshot Crummond (Dir. by Jeff Saliba)
2015
See How They Run (Dir. by Cheryl Ballantine Richards)
A Month of Sundays (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Hotel Sorrento (Dir. by Deborah Fabbro)
84 Charing Cross Road (Dir. by Peter Newling)
The Sunshine Boys (Dir. by Ewen Crockett)
2016
The Importance of Being Earnest (Dir. by Vicki Smith)
Role Play (Dir. by Laura Bradley)
Visiting Mr Green (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (Dir. by Eric Heyes)
Inspector Drake’s Last Case (Dir. by Jeff Saliba)
2017
Outside Mullingar (Dir. by Helen Ellis)
The One Day of the Year (Dir. by Judy Corderoy)
Australia Day (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Equally Divided (Dir. by Cheryl Ballantine Richards)
Leading Ladies (Dir. by Tim Long
2018
All the King’s Women (Dir. by Barbara Crawford)
All Things Considered (Dir. by Deborah Fabbro)
Season’s Greetings (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Pack of Lies (Dir. by Cheryl Ballantine Richards)
Things My Mother Taught Me (Dir. by Laura Bradley & Michaela Smith)
2019
Good People (Dir. by Helen Ellis)
Buying the Moose (Dir. by Peter Newling)
Mr Bailey’s Minder (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Proof (Dir. by Peter Roberts)
Out of Order (Dir. by Keith Hutton)
2020*
Knickers – a brief comedy (Dir. by Barbara Crawford)
*Covid-19 prevented full 2020 season
2021*
Love, Loss and What I Wore (Dir. by Barbara Crawford)
Things I know to be True (Dir. by Geoff Arnold)
*Covid-19 prevented full 2021 season
2022
The Kitchen Sink (Dir. by Rod Hulme)
4000 Miles (Dir. by George Werther)
Ladies in Retirement (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)
Visitors (Dir. by Deborah Fabbro)
Daisy Pulls It Off (Dir. by Michaela Smith)
2023
The Effect (Dir. by Claire Abagia)
It’s Only a Play (Dir. by Peter Newling)
The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Dir. by Martin Gibbs)