The Playhouse Theatre
With seating for 230, The Playhouse Theatre is conveniently located in the centre of the Hobart CBD.
The Playhouse Theatre is conveniently located within the central business district of Hobart, close to hotels and great restaurants. An intimate atmosphere providing "Great Entertainment at Popular Prices".
11/09/2024
It's all happening at The Playhouse Theatre, with a bunch of amazing productions set to hit the stage over the coming months. Whether it's a musical, a classic Australian drama, kids pantomime or one act play, there's something for everyone!
☀️Summer of The Seventeenth Doll will run from the 16 - 26 October. Written by Ray Lawler and Directed by Robert Jarman, The Doll promises to be a funny, sad, moving and memorable experience.
🪦The Addams Family musical (presented by Musical Theatre Crew) will be hitting the Playhouse from 12 - 21 September.
🦁 ExitLeft Productions will present Hakuna Matata 'Songs from Musicals' from 23 - 28 September.
👒Tom Wright's chilling adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock will be presented by ExitLeft from the 26 - 29 September.
🎭Hobart's longest running One Act Play Festival, OneFest, is back on the 4 - 5 October.
👑The 2024 Playhouse Pantomime is The Princess and the Pea, running from 1 - 8 December and suitable for children aged 3 and up.
All tickets now available! Grab the friends and the fam and head to the The Playhouse Theatre website to grab yours now ➡️ https://playhouse.org.au/
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30/08/2024
‘The History Boys’ opened this week and is being thoroughly enjoyed by audiences!
Check out this review - https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/history-boys-0
Get your tickets now - https://playhouse.org.au/shows/history-boys-2024/
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History Boys Opens THIS WEEK!
Starring the quite remarkable Paul Levett, this show explores the art of education and the relationship between teacher and pupil!
Here is a sneak peek of Paul as Hector working in rehearsal with Hamish Chilcott as Ponser.
Get your tickets now at Playhouse.org.au
History Boys OPENS NEXT WEEK and features a thrilling mix some of Hobart's most experienced and beloved performers alongside a host of exciting new talent!
Alan Bennett's seminal script challenges our relationship with education, our relationship with language and ultimately our relationship with each other!
Don't miss out, tickets available for the limited season NOW!
https://playhouse.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/116509
14/08/2024
The History Boys and their educators are nearly ready to head to the playhouse!
Alan Bennett’s multi award winning play that launched the careers of the likes of Russell Tovey and James Corden!
Tickets available now:
https://playhouse.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/116509
07/08/2024
Ever wanted to be in a pantomime entertaining young audiences?
Get your panto audition pack here!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LDF0eFIAFrNYRcXwb_AAOeP2a1VII_2gtFAqGekkFsk/edit?usp=share_link
The History Boys roll into The Playhouse Theatre next month!
Alan Bennett's seminal play which won multiple Olivier and Tony awards is set to stun audiences from the 28th of August.
Tickets available now!
20/07/2024
And with that we have arrived at our final performance of Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest!
Our last performance is at 7:30. We’d say come on down and grab a ticket but very excitingly we are COMPLETELY SOLD OUT!
It’s been a joy bringing this juicy mystery to Hobart audiences over the last two weeks.
In the words of Mr Richard Warwick - “Jolly good show!”
18/07/2024
More praise for The Unexpected Guest…
📸: Megan Kenna
17/07/2024
Just a little bit of praise for The Unexpected Guest…
📸: Megan Kenna
12/07/2024
Audiences are loving The Unexpected Guest! Tickets are flying out the door quicker than a crafty criminal fleeing a crime scene! We’re just about to start out third performance - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
📸: Megan Kenna
11/07/2024
The lovely folks at Hadley’s Orient Hotel received a surprise visit from some unexpected guests earlier this week…
Book your tickets now for The Unexpected Guest! Tonight at 7:30pm and then until July 20th🕵️
📸: Bethany Denholm
Tickets at:
https://playhouse.org.au/shows/unexpected-guest-2024/
06/07/2024
Only 4 more sleeps until Hobart audiences get to say hello to their unexpected guest….. or should we say guests!
Aww fine, ok you can meet them now!
In the role of Miss Bennett the housekeeper - Giovanna Padas
In the role of the sly and slinking valet, Henry Angell - Mr Paul McNally
As the unexpected guest himself - please welcome Bailey Jackson as Michael Starkwedder
As the poor woman trapped in the middle of it all - Emma Skalicky as Laura Warwick
As the ever proper Major Farrar and Mr Warwick - it’s Mr. Sam Dean
As the woman who ‘arrives at her own conclusions’…. The fabulous Pip Tyrrell as Mrs. Warwick.
As the ones on the case - say hello to David Bloomfield as Inspector Thomas and Taylor Lidstone as Sergeant Cadwallader
And as the troubled young Jan Warwick - the wonderful Bryce Tollard Williams.
27/06/2024
Now that The Mousetrap has come to the end of its hugely successful Hobart run - we’re coming through with your second serving of Agatha Christie for this dark, stormy winter 😉
Here’s a little sneak peak of our fabulous cast in action 🔍
When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder, and the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story…
Book your tickets now for Hobart Rep’s brand new production of Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest, July 10 to 20 🕵️
21/06/2024
Congratulations to the cast and crew of Aladdin on their sold out performance tonight!
20/06/2024
Only one week till auditions!! Email [email protected] to get an audition pack and make your booking to be in this classic Australian play.
It's audition time!
We're looking for 7 actors ages 20-70 (4 female and 3 male) for Hobart Reps production of 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll', directed by Robert Jarman.
Season 16-26 October 2024.
For an audition time and pack email [email protected]
11/06/2024
It's audition time!
We're looking for 7 actors ages 20-70 (4 female and 3 male) for Hobart Reps production of 'Summer of the Seventeenth Doll', directed by Robert Jarman.
Season 16-26 October 2024.
For an audition time and pack email [email protected]
22/05/2024
Happy National Volunteer Week!
From the very start of Hobart Rep we have relied on the support of members and volunteers to keep us going.
This week is the nationally recognised celebration of everything volunteering, but we’d like to acknowledge your ongoing support and enthusiasm for Hobart Rep and The Playhouse.
From our actors, backstage crews, front of house staff and committees everyone at Hobart Rep is valuable and has an intrinsic value in our community.
Thank you from the bottom of the pit, the back of our stage, the bums on seats and right through to the front doors, we cherish you and what you bring.
05/05/2024
Edit: Congratulations Mae Collins can you please contact our Box Office - [email protected] with your contact details so we can organise your tickets!
Don’t just see it. Solve it.
Lovers of Agatha Christie have two wonderful opportunities to see her work live on stage in Hobart this winter. A new Australian production of The Mousetrap is playing at the Theatre Royal Hobart from 11 – 22 June, and we are presenting The Unexpected Guest from 10 – 20 July here at The Playhouse.
To brighten up your winter, in conjunction with the Theatre Royal Hobart, we’re thrilled to give you the opportunity to win tickets to The Mousetrap. You can win a double pass (2 tickets) to The Mousetrap on Tues 11 June at 7.00pm at the Theatre Royal Hobart. All you need to do is comment below by Sunday 19 May.
The Mousetrap, is the longest running play in the world and this production is directed by theatre icon, Robyn Nevin, and features renowned performers including Alex Rathgerber, Geraldine Turner and Gerry Connelly.
As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at a remote countryside guesthouse. When a police sergeant arrives, the guests discover – to their horror – that a killer is in their midst!
Don’t miss your chance to solve this world renowned mystery.
https://www.theatreroyal.com.au/shows/mousetrap
02/05/2024
Wishing Bijou Tasmania's 'Hello Girls' a great big CHOOKAS for their opening tonight at The Playhouse. This is a beautiful heartfelt musical you don't want to miss out on!
Get your tickets now!
https://playhouse.org.au/shows/the-hello-girls-presented-by-bijou-tasmania-2-11-may-2024/
Bijou Tasmania’s The Hello Girls opens this Thursday! Catch it at The Playhouse Theatre from 2nd - 11th May.
From New York to Paris, from ragtime to jazz: The Hello Girls chronicles the story of a brave group of women who volunteered to serve in the U.S Army as bilingual telephone operators on the front lines of the First World War. Upon their return, they faced another battle in the fight for equality and recognition for their contribution to the war efforts, with their actions paving the way for future generations to come. With an uplifting score and spine-tingling harmonies and featuring a stellar cast of local Hobart performers – Emily Dean, Nicole Simms Farrow, Ella Wescombe, Shannae Shead, Eli Horne, Bianca Paine, Will Pridmore, David Thomson, Justin Turner, Gus Viney, Will Norris and Jeff Keogh – The Hello Girls is a show not to be missed.
Tickets - http://thehellogirls.com
TCT members at concession prices
28/04/2024
OneFest is coming…
Friday 4 and Saturday 5 October!
Registrations now open - [email protected] to register!
Announcing OneFest 2024. Put these dates into your calendar and go to [email protected] for the details.
Get your act together!!
26/04/2024
Stuck for weekend plans? There are only three more shows for Anne and Gilbert: The Musical, on now at the Playhouse Theatre!
This charming musical is on 7:00pm today, Friday 26 April, and 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm tomorrow, Saturday 27 April.
Don’t miss out! Book now at www.playhouse.org.au
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Our Story
Joseph Lester was transported as a convict to Sydney Town aboard the SS Somersetshirein 1814. He duly arrived in Hobart Town on 17 July 1815 aboard the SS Emu. He ran a number of public houses and became a Master of the Operative Lodge in 1834. In 1852 he was granted the block of land in Bathurst Street on which The Playhouse stands today.
During this period in England, a young and enthusiastic Minister named The Rev. John Wilkes Simmons was about to take charge of a growing church in Buckinghamshire: the foundation Church of the Congregational Sect founded in 1660 in Onley, Bucks. Simmons was ordained on 19 February 1856 and in 1860 was appointed Missioner to the Southern Seas. Owing to ill health, however, he had to cease his journeys upon arrival in Hobart Town in 1861. Realising that there was a need for religious preaching within the working classes, he set about converting these humble people, first preaching in a dance hall in Bathurst Street, and later becoming well-known for his Sunday afternoon lectures at the Theatre Royal. By 1863 his congregation had grown to such a size that they resolved to build a new church and the land in Bathurst Street was purchased from Joseph Lester with monies donated by friends and members of the congregation.
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