Manly Theatre Group Productions

All of the plays are original Australian works written by the local community.

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 Life 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