The Victorian Drama League Inc

Deepest sympathy to loved fellow actor Wendy McRae, and to her family, following the death of her husband Tony. Some of you will know of Tony's battle with ill health over the last few years. Wendy walked with him all the way and is thankful for everyone's messages of support.

Auditions 🎭 Heidelberg Theatre Company
Clue by by Jonathan Lynn, Hunter Foster, Sandy Rustin, Eric Price
Directed by McLean
Genre: Comedy

Audition Dates and Times:
6:00pm on:
Sun 12th Jul 2026
Mon 13th Jul 2026

Audition Venue: Heidelberg Theatre
Audition Venue: 36 Turnham Ave, Rosanna, Vic (opp. Rosanna Stn.)
Audition Contact: [email protected]

Season Dates: 13 - 28 Nov 2026

SYNOPSIS
Clue: On Stage is an hilarious adaptation of the 1985 movie and classic ‘Cluedo’ board game. This madcap farce-meets-murder-mystery, set in a far-flung mansion, finds Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Colonel Mustard as guests at a bizarre dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. Suddenly their host turns up dead, and everyone’s a suspect!
With startling twists and laughs-a-plenty, Clue: On Stage is the comedy whodunit to keep you all on the edge of your seats until the very end.

CHARACTERS
WADSWORTH: 30s to 40s. A traditional British butler in every sense: uptight, formal and “by the book.”
Accent: British
Genders: Male
Ages:
YVETTE: 20s to 40s. A s*xy, French Maid, with her own secret aspirations.
(Also plays ‘The Reporter’ in the final scene).
Accent: French
Genders: Female
Ages:
MISS SCARLET: 20s to 40s. A dry, sardonic D.C. Madam* more interested in secrets than s*x. [* associated with running a high-end es**rt service for the US capital’s rich and powerful]
Accent: American
Genders: Female
Ages:
MRS PEACOCK: 40Ss to early 60s. The middle-aged, church-going wife of a Senator. A bit batty, neurotic, and quick to hysteria.
Accent: American
Genders: Female
Ages:
MRS. WHITE: 30s to early 60s. A pale, morbid, and tragic woman. [The murderer of her five ex-husbands perhaps?]
Accent: American
Genders: Female
Ages:
COLONEL MUSTARD: 40s to 60s. A puffy, pompous, dense, blow-hard of a military man.
Accent: American
Genders: Male
Ages:
PROFESSOR PLUM: 30s to 60s. An academic Casanova who woos women with his big... brain.
Accent: American
Genders: Male
Ages:
MR. GREEN: 30s to 60s. A timid, yet officious, rule follower. He's a bit of a klutz and awfully anxious.
Accent: American
Genders: Male
Ages:
ENSEMBLE WOMAN to play...: • THE COOK, a gruff woman with a threatening presence. (Alive and Dead.)
• SINGING TELEGRAM GIRL, a tap dancer with a heart of gold.
• AUXILIARY SCARLET, the back of Miss Scarlet during a scene of theatrical trickery.
• BACKUP COP, backup for the Chief in the very final Cop entrance.
Accent: American
Genders: Female
Ages:
ENSEMBLE MAN 1 to play...: • MR. BODDY, a slick, Frank Sinatra, film noir-Esque type fella.
• THE MOTORIST, a professional driver.
• CHIEF OF POLICE, a cop who helps to save the day.
Accent: American
Genders: Male
Ages:
ENSEMBLE MAN 2 to play...: • THE UNEXPECTED COP, a regular Joe.
• BACKUP COP, backup for the Chief.
• AUXILIARY MUSTARD, the back of Colonel Mustard during a scene of theatrical trickery
Accent: American
Genders: Male
Ages:
Backstage Roles: Lighting Operating, Sound Operating, Set Build Set Crew, Front of House
Precast Characters:
None

Chookas 🐥 to the cast and crew of Torquay Theatre Troupe production of War of the Worlds: The 1938 radio play that opens TONIGHT Thu 4th June.

This is the night where everything changes. This is the night the Martians land. If you’re in the room tonight, you’re part of history. If you’re not… there’s still time to join the resistance. A staged recreation of the most infamous radio broadcast of all time! Featuring original music of the era from the Bellarine Big Band

🗓️ 4-13 JUNE 2026
📍 Shoestring Playhouse, 77 Beach Rd, Torquay

🎟️ ttt.org.au

Auditions 🎭 Williamstown Little Theatre
Holding the Man by Tommy Murphy, based on the novel by Timothy Conigrave
Director: Bruce Akers
Genre: Drama

Australian accents required.
Holding the Man is WLT's VDL Awards entrant.

Audition Dates and Times:
7:00pm on:
Sun 14th Jun 2026
Tue 16th Jun 2026

Audition Venue: Williamstown Little Theatre
Audition Contact: Bruce via [email protected]

Season Dates: 9 - 26 Sep 2026

SYNOPSIS
Based on Timothy Conigrave’s celebrated memoir of the same name, Holding the Man is a warm and heart-wrenchingly honest story of the love between two boys (Timothy and John) who met at a Melbourne high school in the mid-1970’s while Timothy was in a high school production of Romeo and Juliet.
This meeting led to a romance that endured for 15 years through the discriminations, the jealousies and the losses.
It’s a funny, sad and celebratory love story about growing up gay in Australia.

CHARACTERS
Timothy Conigrave: Mid-twenties to early thirties- the narrator of his own life story. Exuberant, theatrical and self-assured. He is also very loyal.
Genders: Male
Ages: 20-30, 30-40

John Caleo: Mid-twenties to early thirties- athletic, a very capable Australian Rules football player at school. He is more reserved, shy and vulnerable compared to Tim.
Genders: Male
Ages: 20-30, 30-40

Ensemble: Ensemble of 4- age 35 plus- Characters of indeterminate age but older than the boys. These characters play a variety of roles.
Genders: Male, Female
Ages: 30-40

OAP entries closing June 8th!!

The countdown is on, with just 1 week before applications for entry into the VDL One Act Play Festival in association with Eltham Little Theatre will be closing.

We have already received quite a number of short and full length one act plays but if you are interested in being involved, we still have several time slots available.

Applications can be found on the Victorian Drama League website in Events tab or you can contact Robyn Kelly via [email protected]

Poster Design: Katie Simmons

Chookas 🐥 to the cast and crew of Hills Act Theatre Company production of Away that opens TOMORROW Sat 30th May for TWO shows only.

Directed by Samsara, Away by Michael Gow is a play that explores the complexities of family relationship and the impact of loss. Set in the latest 60s Australia, the play follows three families as they navigate the challenges of grief and the desire for connection. The families each dealing with their own tragedies, converge on the Gold Coast for a holiday, where they confront their plans and strive for healing. The narrative is structured around themes of love, loss and search for the meaning of life.

PERFORMANCES
2:00pm on Sun 31st May 2026
7:30pm on Sat 30th May 2026

🎟️ 1300368333 or https://yarraranges.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/160208?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAZnRzaASF1IFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1NzQyODc0MTQAAafXFFwMtJl4SsbDWUoCfoj-5ag-zzTnH4IJKOx8gvEfNxdwNYVDGTRZGrA2-w_aem_FnQs9SvdMxlAcObfa7ZI9g

📍 Hills Act Theatre Company, 2/38 Symons St Healesville

Chookas 🐥 to the cast and crew of Melton Performing Arts production of Guards! Guards! that opens TOMORROW Thurs 28th May for FOUR shows only. This is their VDL entry: Comedy.

Directed by Josh Tooth, Terry Pratchett’s Guards! Guards!, adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs, follows the unlikely heroes of Ankh-Morpork’s Night Watch—including world-weary Captain Vimes, the earnest rookie Carrot, and an orangutan librarian—as they thwart a secret society’s plot to overthrow the city’s ruler by summoning a giant, fire-breathing dragon, leading to farcical chaos, political intrigue, and unexpected heroism as the Watch confronts the beast and discovers the true meaning of justice.

🗓️ PERFORMANCES
1:00pm on:
Sat 30th May 2026

7:00pm on:
Thu 28th May 2026
Fri 29th May 2026
Sat 30th May 2026

🎟️ https://www.meltonpa.org
📍 Melton Community Hall, 238 High St, Melton

Chookas 🐥 to the cast and crew of Stag - Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group production of Kimberly Akimbo that opens Thursday 28th May. Opening night tix are $10!

Directed by Drew Mason & set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is an hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition causing her body to age four times faster than it should. When she and her family flee their hometown under dubious circumstances, Kimberly is forced to reevaluate her life while contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, her own mortality and, most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love.

This is the play written in 2001 that inspired the hit 2021 musical.

PERFORMANCES
2:00pm on:
Sun 31st May 2026

8:00pm on:
Thu 28th May 2026
Fri 29th May 2026
Sat 30th May 2026
Thu 4th Jun 2026
Fri 5th Jun 2026
Sat 6th Jun 2026

🎟️ https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1528218 or 0419505231
📍 Strathmore Theatrical Art Group, 50 Loeman Street, STRATHMORE

Auditions 🎭 Eltham Little Theatre
Audition bookings open for ELT’s One Act Play entries!

Find out more details and book your audition for Charlie to the Checkout Please: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1590916

Find out more details and book your audition for He Said, She Said: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1590917

Audition Dates and Times:
9:00am on Sun 31st May 2026
5:00pm on Fri 29th May 2026

Audition Venue: Eltham Performing Arts Centre: Rehearsal Room, 1603 Main Road Research
Audition Contact: [email protected]

Season Dates: 1 Aug 2026 and 2 Aug 2026