The 1938 radio play
By Howard E. Koch

Directed by Sue Rawkins

A staged recreation of the most infamous radio broadcast of all time!

Shoestring Playhouse @ The MAC

4 - 13 June 2026

The War of the Worlds

What’s On

  • Book your audition today!

    A taut, darkly comic thriller set entirely inside a forgotten outback pub — where the wrong words, the wrong strangers, and something lurking in the dark collide in one suffocating night. A bold, rough-edged debut from local playwright Ethan Cook.

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    This is a 9-week course designed for actors who want to continue to develop their skills in an intensive scene-work class. Whether you’re returning to acting or looking to deepen your craft - we’d love to have you join us.

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Your community,

Your theatre.

At Torquay Theatre Troupe, we’re committed to bringing compelling stories to life on stage, and we have a part for everyone to play! Whether on stage, backstage, building sets, helping with costumes or taking tickets at the door, we’d love for you to get involved.

No experience necessary, all relevant skills welcome!

A performer dressed as a mime artist wearing a red hat, striped shirt, black pants, and white socks with black shoes, is bending over while holding a woven basket on stage. The background features red curtains and decorated walls.
Text reading 'shoe string PLAYHOUSE' in white script on a black background.

Home of Torquay Theatre Troupe

Empty theater with rows of red seats under dim lighting.

Shoestring Playhouse, housed in Torquay’s Multi Arts Centre (MAC) is an impressive blackbox performing arts space available for hire for touring productions, evening classes or corporate events.

AWARD WINNING SHOWS

The stage set for the Victorian Drama League Awards 2023 featuring actors in costumes from the play Tartuffe, with a backdrop of colorful curtains and awards banners overhead.
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