Cracked Actors Theatre

An incredible opportunity to learn from multi-award-winning Australian Playwright Tom Holloway. Learn a fun and disciplined approach to writing. Deep dive into the importance of character, story, and structure techniques to remove writer’s block and master the fundamentals of playwriting over two six-hour Sunday sessions June 30 & July 7 from 10am -4pm

The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. The play ends with a duel, during which the King, Queen, Hamlet's opponent and Hamlet himself are all killed. All tickets | $15

This Forum Style performance aims to build on and enhance Chen's script by engaging audience members to participate. The play will be performed once and then followed by two forum style performances, incorporating the audience's suggestions! A story about a girl who has been tortured by depression for years and a mother who is willing to do anything to help her. But depression isn't something that mum understands. Could her relentless efforts to help her little girl be in vain? Mandarin speaking performers are encouraged to come and take part in this unique opportunity. Full $29.90 | Concession $24.00 | Group of 4 $100

Join us for the exclusive premiere reading of the thought-provoking new play "Primitives" by Willem Whitfield. This is your chance to be among the first to experience this captivating one-act exploration of art, love, and the human condition. 'Primitives' follows the unlikely pair of Van Brandt, a struggling artist grappling with existential doubts, and Alice, a young woman from a wealthy family drawn to the artistic world. Free Admission | Q&A to Follow

Amidst war, chaos and contagion, some dream of a return to their origins. Hiding in his man-cave on Warragul Road, deep in Oakleigh South, Phil Vitaliforos suddenly decides to build a replica of the world's greatest rally car - The Lancia Stratos, to the horror of his intractable wife Mary and their daughter Cleo, a scorned environmental scientist intending to save the world from Climate Change. Their fate is in the hands of the Gods, as Delta Disease ravages the city, who beguile themselves with their Earthly playthings and have more in store for the trio than they bargain for in this modern Greek-Australian classic. Photo by Dave Swann. Full $36| Concession $25.50| Group of 4 $124 | Party Pack (10 tickets or more) $25.00 each

Jack's daughter thinks he belongs in a nursing home. But he has other, more interesting ideas. Sprouting Wings elucidates the tenuous ties of blood, greed, acquisition and a person's sense of entitlement in an ageist society which does not value the elderly and threatens to throw Jack into an alien land. Cracked Actors Theatre presents this With Attitude Production. 10+ $25 | Full $39.00 | Concession $29.00 | Group of 4 $140

Siblings Devin and Mel are forced to spend every other Friday afternoon following school with siblings Charlie and Dion while waiting for their mom to pick them up. The sets of siblings start as strangers but grow closer over the course of five different times together. They learn about themselves and each other while exploring the differences and similarities between friends and family. They also learn that some kids have had to deal with things that have happened to them and sometimes their friends do become very important to them, almost like family.

For the fourth year running Cracked Actors Theatre (CAT) are offering writers a chance to have their full-length play produced by Cracked Actors at the Cracked Actors Theatre. Some of Australia's best established and up and coming writers will be featured at this event, including William Rotor, Verity Olivia Norbury, Arjun Raina, Eddy Burger, Lulu Lala, Laura Fisher, Peter Heavenheld, Darren Markey and Gerard Lewis-Fitzgerald #seeyouatthecat #summerreading2023

Set against a backdrop of Melbourne Sharpie subculture, precocious teenagers and wannabe poets, Adam Pescado and his unwholesomely close friend Cliff Marr are on the loose in Melbourne 1972 in Cracked Actors' production of 'The Wild Nights of Youth' by Bill Marshall, winner of CAT's Summer Reading 2021! A Wild Night out at the CAT! A Cracked Actors Theatre's (CAT's) presentation. Full $36.00 | Concession $25.50 | Group of 4 $124 | Party Pack (10 tickets or more) $20.00 each