Windmill Theatre Company Inc is a non-professional theatre company located in the outer-Eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. Specifically, their activities occur, and the bulk of their members reside, in the municipalities of Casey, Cardinia and Dandenong. In the past, the company has produced a variety of show types but currently specialises in musical theatre and are members of the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria.
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The Company started in 1968 as Westernport Light Opera Society, performing in Koo Wee Rup and in the years that followed, shows have been performed in many different theatres and halls as far from Melbourne as Wangaratta. The name changed to Westernport Theatre Company (WTC) and more recently to Windmill Theatre Company.
Current
The company is currently preparing a pantomime to be performed in the January School Holidays: Jack and the Bean Stork is an original take on a classic fairy tale written by Damien Mizzi to be performed at the Cranbourne Community Theatre in Cranbourne
Future
In 2016 Windmill Theatre Company will present Disney's The Little Mermaid at the Drum Theatre in Dandenong