Our upcoming events
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The Diary of Anne Frank are Sunday, 23rd February and Thursday, 6th March.
In early 1945, a young girl died, alone, of typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. One of more than six million victims of the Nazi Holocaust, her fate would have remained unknown and anonymous, like so many of her fellow victims. Except for one important difference: this girl documented, through her diary, short stories and other musings, a life of fear and ever-present danger as she and her family hid form the Nazi occupation of wartime Amsterdam. Her name was Anne Frank. This is her story.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
Jan Bailey will describe the day-to-day life of an archaeologist on a dig. Two cultures will be discussed: the Kura Araxes group of people who were present in the region for more than 1,500 years, from around 3000 BC; and the Urartian Empire, which dominated the region for 250 years from approximately 900–600 BC, before they were wiped out by the Scythians.
Jan is a retired teacher from the tertiary sector, who has long been a passionate student of archaeology, achieving her Bachelor of Arts (Honours – Archaeology) as a mature-age student.
Nillumbik Council will be running a range of general consultations with the community on its Public Health and Well-being Plan in early 2025. This is a workshop specifically for members of Nillumbik U3A and focusing on what should be the ‘ageing well’ priorities for older residents of Nillumbik.
The session will include: an overview of the Council’s Public Health and Well-being Plan; information on timelines and process; factsheets and information about health needs in Nillumbik; space to listen to your ideas and suggestions; and time for Q&A.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The Diary of Anne Frank are Sunday, 23rd February and Thursday, 6th March.
In early 1945, a young girl died, alone, of typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. One of more than six million victims of the Nazi Holocaust, her fate would have remained unknown and anonymous, like so many of her fellow victims. Except for one important difference: this girl documented, through her diary, short stories and other musings, a life of fear and ever-present danger as she and her family hid form the Nazi occupation of wartime Amsterdam. Her name was Anne Frank. This is her story.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
Throughout the centuries, nature, gardens and beauty have inspired many great writers and poets to put pen to paper. Christine Lister will explore one of literature’s most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. This tour features twenty acclaimed British writers (including George Orwell, Sir Walter Scott, William Wordsworth, Beatrix Potter, the Bronte Sisters, Shakespeare, Jane Austen, J.R.R Tolkien and Virginia Woolf) and the settings that they lived in and loved.
Christine Lister, once a school principal, is now a wise woman, an elder and an old soul who is passionate about orchids, gardening and her precious poodle, Bella.
In March 1946, the war was over. The Italian prisoners of war who had been captured several years earlier in northern Africa were interned in camps around Australia and were waiting to be returned home. One Saturday evening, the commandant of the Rowville internment camp, Captain Waterston, shot and killed a prisoner, Rodolfo Bartoli, who he claimed was attempting to escape. What initially appeared to be a straightforward case of an Australian army officer carrying out his duty, soon appeared to be something else. Allegations of assaults, reckless firing of weapons, drunkenness and stolen goods began to emerge.
Darren will be sharing his discoveries after delving into military and court archives, historical police reports, newspaper articles and personal accounts from former locals who still had memories of the Italians and the camp. He learnt of the brutal treatment of some of the internees and of a romance between the young shooting victim and the daughter of a local farmer.
Darren Arnott is a former Rowville resident and the author of No regard for the truth, shortlisted for the Victorian Community History Awards 2020.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for One Act Play Season are Sundays, 4th and 11th May and Thursday, 15th May.
Peace of Angels by John Jennings: The deepest wounds of war are not always visible … and its greatest horrors can be the most personal.
Red by Paula Armstrong: A woman has amnesia resulting from an accident. Her children have different feelings about her memory returning.
Napoleon in Exile by Daniel Reitz: Evelyn is a single mother sick with cancer. Corey, her low-functioning son with Aspergers, has always been under her care. Evelyn must prepare him for life after she has gone.
Women of the World by Emma Wood: Ready to take on the world, three young women in their first share house celebrate their independence before an uninvited guest upsets the party.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for One Act Play Season are Sundays, 4th and 11th May and Thursday, 15th May.
Peace of Angels by John Jennings: The deepest wounds of war are not always visible … and its greatest horrors can be the most personal.
Red by Paula Armstrong: A woman has amnesia resulting from an accident. Her children have different feelings about her memory returning.
Napoleon in Exile by Daniel Reitz: Evelyn is a single mother sick with cancer. Corey, her low-functioning son with Aspergers, has always been under her care. Evelyn must prepare him for life after she has gone.
Women of the World by Emma Wood: Ready to take on the world, three young women in their first share house celebrate their independence before an uninvited guest upsets the party.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for One Act Play Season are Sundays, 4th and 11th May and Thursday, 15th May.
Peace of Angels by John Jennings: The deepest wounds of war are not always visible … and its greatest horrors can be the most personal.
Red by Paula Armstrong: A woman has amnesia resulting from an accident. Her children have different feelings about her memory returning.
Napoleon in Exile by Daniel Reitz: Evelyn is a single mother sick with cancer. Corey, her low-functioning son with Aspergers, has always been under her care. Evelyn must prepare him for life after she has gone.
Women of the World by Emma Wood: Ready to take on the world, three young women in their first share house celebrate their independence before an uninvited guest upsets the party.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Fairy Tale Courtroom are Sundays, 6th, 13th and 20th July.
This comedy shows the other side of several familiar fairy tales, when two of their biggest villains, the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch, are brought to trial. Both the Wolf and the Witch have been frolicking from fairy tale to fairy tale, wreaking havoc as they try to prevent the general public from living happily ever after. Hear the personal accounts of what happened, told in testimonies and flashback sequences, from characters such as Snow White, Dorothy, Sleeping Beauty, the Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, plus the Witch and the Wolf themselves, as each trial unfolds. The audience is the jury, so each trial has two endings, depending on the verdict.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Fairy Tale Courtroom are Sundays, 6th, 13th and 20th July.
This comedy shows the other side of several familiar fairy tales, when two of their biggest villains, the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch, are brought to trial. Both the Wolf and the Witch have been frolicking from fairy tale to fairy tale, wreaking havoc as they try to prevent the general public from living happily ever after. Hear the personal accounts of what happened, told in testimonies and flashback sequences, from characters such as Snow White, Dorothy, Sleeping Beauty, the Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, plus the Witch and the Wolf themselves, as each trial unfolds. The audience is the jury, so each trial has two endings, depending on the verdict.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Fairy Tale Courtroom are Sundays, 6th, 13th and 20th July.
This comedy shows the other side of several familiar fairy tales, when two of their biggest villains, the Big Bad Wolf and the Wicked Witch, are brought to trial. Both the Wolf and the Witch have been frolicking from fairy tale to fairy tale, wreaking havoc as they try to prevent the general public from living happily ever after. Hear the personal accounts of what happened, told in testimonies and flashback sequences, from characters such as Snow White, Dorothy, Sleeping Beauty, the Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, plus the Witch and the Wolf themselves, as each trial unfolds. The audience is the jury, so each trial has two endings, depending on the verdict.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The Addams Family are Sundays, 7th and 14th September and Thursday, 18th September.
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family the Addams kids are growing up. Gomez and Morticia’s dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be! And to make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The Addams Family are Sundays, 7th and 14th September and Thursday, 18th September.
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family the Addams kids are growing up. Gomez and Morticia’s dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be! And to make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for The Addams Family are Sundays, 7th and 14th September and Thursday, 18th September.
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. Nonetheless, this quirky family still has to deal with many of the same challenges faced by any other family, and the spookiest nightmare faced by every family the Addams kids are growing up. Gomez and Morticia’s dark, macabre, beloved daughter Wednesday is now an eighteen year-old young woman who is ready for a life of her own. She has fallen in love with Lucas Beineke, a sweet, smart boy from a normal, respectable Ohio family — the most un-Addams sounding person one could be! And to make matters worse, she has invited the Beinekes to their home for dinner. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.
You can book either individual tickets or a table of 6. Tables can take their own food and drink.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a full table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Whodunnit are Sundays, 23rd and 30th November and Thursday, 4th December.
Six strangers and a butler have gathered for a black tie dinner in a wealthy lawyer’s mansion during a thunderstorm. The guests include an aged rear admiral, a bitchy aristocrat, a doddering old archeologist, a dashing young cad and other Agatha Christie types. One of the guests is an oily Levantine who tells the others (each in private) that he has the goods to blackmail them. He is ripe for murder and so it happens. Whodunnit?
Written by the author of Sleuth.
This is a table seated event. Take your own food and beverages.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Whodunnit are Sundays, 23rd and 30th November and Thursday, 4th December.
Six strangers and a butler have gathered for a black tie dinner in a wealthy lawyer’s mansion during a thunderstorm. The guests include an aged rear admiral, a bitchy aristocrat, a doddering old archeologist, a dashing young cad and other Agatha Christie types. One of the guests is an oily Levantine who tells the others (each in private) that he has the goods to blackmail them. He is ripe for murder and so it happens. Whodunnit?
Written by the author of Sleuth.
This is a table seated event. Take your own food and beverages.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.
During 2025, Eltham Little Theatre are generously offering U3A members half price tickets for their Thursday evening and Sunday matinee shows. The dates for which this is applicable for Whodunnit are Sundays, 23rd and 30th November and Thursday, 4th December.
Six strangers and a butler have gathered for a black tie dinner in a wealthy lawyer’s mansion during a thunderstorm. The guests include an aged rear admiral, a bitchy aristocrat, a doddering old archeologist, a dashing young cad and other Agatha Christie types. One of the guests is an oily Levantine who tells the others (each in private) that he has the goods to blackmail them. He is ripe for murder and so it happens. Whodunnit?
Written by the author of Sleuth.
This is a table seated event. Take your own food and beverages.
Here are the mechanics: you book your tickets online. Choose the date, then either individual tickets or a table of 6, then the number of ‘U3A member’ tickets, then enter the ‘2550’ discount code in the ‘gift certificate / promotion code’ box, then pay.