Theatre Onset’s next play, Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation by Drue Robinson opens next week on Friday 20 March. Don’t miss out! Theatre Onset shows are always well-attended and well-loved! The play will be performed at the old Uniting Church, 125 Gipps St, Bega with opening night on Friday 20 March and closing on Sunday 29 March. NightContinue reading “Lysistrata is here!”
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Lysistrata is coming!
A group of women in Ancient Greece seize the Treasury and all the money in it and stage a sex strike until the war is stopped! Based on the comedy by Aristophanes, this is a modern adaptation by Drue Robinson, written completely in rhyme! This is a bawdy romp, laugh out loud and with aContinue reading “Lysistrata is coming!”
The Odd Couple auditions
Auditions coming up for the play The Odd Couple, a co-production between Spectrum and Theatre Onset! Auditions will be in the week of Feb 9th 2026, 6 male roles, 2 female roles, please email amberlsod@gmail.com to book an audition or for more information.
Another Homegrown Workshop
Dear theatre supporters around the Bega Valley, Happy New Year and we hope you are having a wonderful summer, maybe writing?? This year, Theatre Onset will produce a season of short plays by local writers called Homegrown. We held a Playwriting workshop in December last year, and we all had such a fun, productive time, we decidedContinue reading “Another Homegrown Workshop”
Working Bee!
Dear supporters & friends of Theatre Onset, Next Friday 16 January, we will be holding a Working Bee at the old Uniting Church in Bega, which is where we currently perform our plays. We have a range of tasks to achieve and would love some help in giving the old Church a bit of TLC.Continue reading “Working Bee!”
2025 AGM
Theatre Onset will be holding its AGM on Sunday 21 December at High Noon. If you would like to attend the AGM, supporting our creative schedule and offering ideas, plays, shows, etc, you would be very welcome. If you would like to join the committee, please let us know before the AGM. Agenda: Please getContinue reading “2025 AGM”
Theatre Onset announce their next production – Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation by Drue Robinson
Call for actors & Call for designers and makers for sets, props & costumes Theatre Onset Auditions for “Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation” a play by Drue Robinson. Lysistrata is a bawdy, riotous, energetic &hilarious play, based on the Ancient Greek play of the same name by Aristophanes. It is full of sexual innuendo, strong women,Continue reading “Theatre Onset announce their next production – Lysistrata: A Woman’s Translation by Drue Robinson”
HOMEGROWN
Theatre Onset will be producing a season of short plays (ten minutes maximum) in September/ October 2026. We are looking for 10 local playwrights/writers who would be interested in supplying a short 10 min piece for production. The show will be called Homegrown. If you are a first time writer or have never written a playContinue reading “HOMEGROWN”
THEATRE ONSET BRINGS CLASSIC PLAY, WAITING FOR GODOT, TO THE BEGA VALLEY
Theatre Onset’s run of classic plays continues with Waiting for Godot, a tragicomedyin two acts by Irish writer, Samuel Beckett. First published in 1952 in French as Enattendant Godot and first produced in1953, Waiting for Godot was a true innovation indrama and the Theatre of the Absurd’s first theatrical success. It has been listed asone of the world’sContinue reading “THEATRE ONSET BRINGS CLASSIC PLAY, WAITING FOR GODOT, TO THE BEGA VALLEY”
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll closes this Sunday 8 June If you haven’t been to see Theatre Onset’s latest production, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler, there are a limited number of tickets still available this Thursday 5, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 June. We have just had a wonderful weekend with close to capacity audiences everyContinue reading
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