Manly Theatre Group Productions

All of the plays are original Australian works written by the local community. You can view some of the plays on our YouTube channel.

2026

Main Stage Productions

Le Chemin - by Liz Eastland, directed by Kathleen Walker

The Life and Death of Harry Bennett - by Barbara Courtille, directed by Annie Gurton

2025

Main Stage Productions

1 in 7 - by Vivien Thomas, directed by Kathleen Walker

The Audition Helpers - by Carlin Hurdis, directed by Kathleen Walker

the Manly Festival of Short Plays 2025

Cleared for Take Off - Written and directed by Shelley Ross

Corporate Nonsense – Written by Gavin Woodford, directed by Ben Wardi

Faded Flowers – Written and directed by Annie Gurton

Foliage – Written and directed by Kathleen Walker

Gold Star Parents – Written and directed by Chantal Harrison

How to Live Forever – Written by Harry Kolotas, directed by Kathleen Walker

Losing the Plot – Written by Carlin Hurdis, directed by Paul Kininmonth

Murder on the Corso – Written and directed by Zoë Hudson

No Tears in Space – Written and directed by Annie Gurton

Promises Promises – Written and directed by Barbara Courtille

Shred or Keep – Written by Cassie Matheson, directed by Frank Byrne

Unfolding Harry – Written and directed by Barbara Courtille

2024

Main Stage Productions

Androids Like Us - by Harry Kolotas, directed by Bradley White and Kathleen Walker

Seed - Written and directed by Kathleen Walker

the Manly festival of Short Plays 2024

Driven to Distraction - Written and directed by Barbara Courtille

Homecoming – Written and directed by Geraldo Rodrigues

Hullo My Angel – Written by Annie Gurton, directed by David Brown

Imagine – Written and directed by Bradley White

It was a Different Time – Written by Eva Paterson, directed by Danny Nercessian

It’s in the Bag – Written and directed by Liz Jewell

Last Day of 1942 – Written and directed by Peter Rawling

Like an Onion – Written by Sharon Howard Butler, directed by Kathleen Walker

Mouse – Written by Harriet Allman Carter, directed by Jade Nicholson-Lamb

Rats in the Kitchen – Written by Harry Kolotas, directed by Kathleen Walker

Who Even Am I – Written and directed by Chantal Harrison

2023

Main Stage Production

Time - written by Philip Clay and directed by Stan Kouros

the Manly Festival of Short Plays 2023

Celebration - Written and directed by Mauricio Espinoza

Coo-Coo – Written by Bradley White, directed by Anne Marie Brown & Becky Godwin

Fantasy – Written by Philip Clay, directed by David Brown

Green Eyes – Written by Zoë Hudson, directed by Anna Renzenbrink

Instant Superhero – Written by Cliff Keen, directed by Felix Carlyle

Jump - Written and directed by Sean Bell

Poetry Café - Written and directed by Kathleen Walker

Man to Man – Written and directed by Vivien Thomas

Nervous Laughter – Written by Malcolm Fisher, directed by Carla Cespedes

The Jones Girls – Written by Kirrily Annalise, directed by Ivette Chedraui

The Lap of the Goddesses – Written and directed by Dharma Hadley

Working – Written and directed by Gregory J Thorsby

You Lift Me Up – Written and directed by Liz Jewell

2022

the Manly Festival of Short Plays 2022

A Couple and a Gun – Written by Lee Sarich, directed by Linda Nicholls-Gidley

Bus Stop - Written by Philip Clay and directed by Zoë Hudson

Driving the Holden - Written by Gerry Greenland, directed by Kirsty Seaman

Manhood – Written by Philip Clay, directed by Ann van Nieuwenhuizen

The Pact - Written by Angharad Thompson Rees, directed by Felicia Kontoulas

The Pearl – Written by Malcolm Fisher and directed by Sean Bell

The Shadows Fall Behind – Written and Directed by Eva Paterson

Unreal Estate - Written and directed by Carla Cespedes

Violet True and Poetry - Written and directed by Kathleen Walker