Best Amateur Theaters In Melbourne Near Me

4worldlovers: Malvern Theatre Company has, in the 60+ years since its inception, become one of Melbourne’s leading non-professional theatre companies.

Malvern Theatre Company usually provides a season of five plays annually, to audiences drawn from approximately 1,300 loyal subscribers. Malvern has been the only resident theatre group at the City of Stonnington Malvern Community Arts Centre for more than 50 years.

A committee of experienced volunteers administers the not-for-profit, incorporated association. We have a core of very skilled, volunteer backstage, technical and front-of-house staff. Malvern Theatre Company engages directors who attract actors and designers of very high calibre.

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L’Olivo is a small, family-owned restaurant located at 171 Waverley Rd in East Malvern. In a warm, friendly atmosphere, L’Olivo serves up an array of tasty mediterranean delicacies including tapas, pastas, pizza and much more. Recommended for a pre- or post-show meal, coffee or drink! MORE DETAILS HERE

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For over 20 years Menzies Malvern, a contemporary retirement village, has provided an exceptional lifestyle in the heart of cosmopolitan Melbourne. Live a short stroll from the delights of Malvern’s cafes and boutiques while enjoying the peaceful retreat of your beautiful home. Menzies Malvern will enrich your wellbeing with a warm community of like-minded neighbours, resort-style luxuries, and thoughtfully designed surrounds. It’s your place to live well. MORE DETAILS HERE

4worldlovers: The National Ballet School (formerly National Theatre Ballet School) is one of Australia’s preeminent dance training institutions devoted to providing exceptional dance training to students of all ages.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Damian Smith, a renowned former Principal Dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, our diverse and professional teaching faculty deliver Melbourne dance classes based on RAD syllabus and the Vaganova method.

Our Melbourne dance classes provide training for the RAD syllabus, contemporary, jazz, tap, character and musical theatre, as well as school holiday programs, extension and elite classes.

The National Ballet School offers a suite of pre-professional full-time accredited courses (Certificate IV, Diploma and Advanced Diploma of Dance) and the part time Elite Bridging Program.

Our Melbourne dance classes are held in the School’s purpose-built studios with opportunities for students to perform in the historic 783-seat National Theatre.

The National Drama School (formerly National Theatre Drama School) is Australia’s longest-established vocational training organisation for acting and a leading cultivator of stage and screen talent.

Under the inspired leadership of Director of Drama Dr Jo Loth, the teaching faculty of industry experts offer an array of Melbourne acting classes for budding young performers, aspiring pre-professionals and established industry players.

Melbourne acting classes including our Young Actors Program for stage and screen, and a suite of stage, screen and specialist acting classes for adults and professionals. The flagship Diploma of Acting – a three-year full-time qualification – prepares young acting talents for a fulfilling career in front of live audiences and on the big – or small – screen.

Renowned for its industry connections, intimate class sizes, and passion for the craft of acting, The National Drama School celebrates and champions diversity, while cultivating excellence and authenticity.

Opened in 1974, The National Theatre is housed in an historic beaux art building originally constructed in 1921 as a 3000-seat cinema.

4worldlovers: The Essendon Theatre Company (ETC) is a local community-based theatre company located in inner-city Melbourne. ETC has a long and proud history of producing quality community theatre in Essendon. It produces four production per year including dramas, comedies and pantomimes and since it’s formation in 1976, ETC has produced more than one hundred productions. ETC is a member of The Victorian Drama League (VDL) and annually submits one production as part of the VDL Awards. ETC is run on the love and commitment of passionate theatre lovers and volunteers dedicated to amateur theatre and runs from the Bradshaw Street Community Hall in Essendon.

ETC presents a series of One Act Plays written and directed by Members of the Essendon Theatre Company

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4worldlovers: When a down-on-his-luck middle aged man inherits an apartment in Paris, he plans to solve his financial woes by selling it.

He arrives on the doorstep and discovers, to his dismay, that the elderly woman living there has lifetime habitation rights under an arcane French law, and she is not about to give them up.

Because he has no other place to go, she invites him to stay in the spacious apartment.

A spiral of friendship, romance with the old lady's outspoken daughter, and some uncomfortable revelations about his unmourned father affect all in this poignant play.

Audition applications for HTC's fourth 2023 production, an Australian comedy-drama, have been very strong. All slots at the first two auditions sessions - on Sunday July 2 and Monday July 3 - are now taken. The director has made available an additional session. Details below.

"A terrific play about theatre, madness, illusion, sanity, life - a big, splendidly Australian epic"

Auditions for HTC's fifth 2023 production, an Australian musical, will be held in the fourth week of July.

Ladies in Black is a delightful musical celebrating glamour, gowns and growing up.

The latest edition of our Newsletter Prompts is available on our newsletter page. Our latest edition is our second for 2023!

We have many wonderful shows for you this year, and you can now buy your tickets to any of our current offerings.

The 2022 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 2 March, 2021, at 7.30pm, in the HTC theatre foyer.

President John Gilbert presented his report, and Bruce Akers delivered his Treasurer’s Report. Both were accepted by the meeting. The President's report can be viewed here

The recipient of the 2022 Bill Cherrey Award was Sally Scott. The award notice can be viewed here.

4worldlovers: Founded in 1953, Beaumaris Theatre is a community theatre company based in Melbourne’s Bayside area. We aim to enrich the local community, provide entertainment and creative opportunities for all ages.


We invite people of all ages and backgrounds to join our theatre family. Whether you have many years of experience in the theatre or looking to get involved in your first production we would love to hear from you!


Continuing our celebration of the 70 years of Beaumaris Theatre Inc. of bringing theatre to the community, this month we will talk with our current treasurer and Committee Member of more than years, Robyn Morris.


We met with Robyn to discuss her 20-year journey in community theatre and her contribution to Beaumaris Theatre as a member, an actor, a director, and a Committee Member. We asked Robyn to reflect on her experiences and to give us some insight into how she came to be involved, the changes she has seen over the years, and her personal feelings about the benefits of belonging to a community organisation.


My personal involvement with Beauy extends back almost 20 years. I’m pleased and proud that, apart from BUGSY MALONE and RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET (both before my time), I have either been part of the production team or seen every show represented in this production.

Mason Frost is making his Beaumaris Theatre debut in The Three Musketeers this month. We put Mason under the spotlight to get to know him better.

Our event is truly unique to us and we are delighted each year that our kindred thespians come together through music and friendship to raise funds for this extremely worthy cause in loving memory of our dear and cherished friends Barb Stewart and Lee Pezzimenti.