
History through thought provoking and entertaining performances.
Essence Productions was founded by Alaine Beek in 2003. Her shows are written and produced by Alaine and her talented team of professional artists located in the West of Melbourne, Australia. Together they aim to inspire, entertain and enlighten their audiences through live performance.
Now showing in Melbourne:
(Winner of Judges Choice for Best Written Play, People's Choice for Best Written Play and People's Choice for Best Performed Play (at the Victorian Drama League National One Act Playwright 2014 Awards).
WHAT'S ON

JACK & MILLIE
We all respond differently to life changing news. Millie, a fifty something professional at the peak of her career, is about to find out just how quickly life can change when she’s diagnosed with breast cancer.
After a successful launch we are proud to announce our Victorian tour starts with Wyndham Cultural Centre on the 2nd of March 2022, moving to The Potato Shed. We will then be touring New South Wales, rounding the tour off back in the CBD of Melbourne at the Athenaeum.

THE DRESS
1899, Mrs Hannah Brydan, the picture of respectable widowhood, has lived alone in her sprawling mansion for the past few years. She enjoys nothing, save for the occasional company of her dressmaker, the flamboyant and sharp-tongued Mr Bertin.
The next project for Essence Productions and will be preformed in the Historical Werribee Mansion late September 2021.

SHEPHERD KINGS
This play follows the rise to power of Thomas, Andrew, Mary Chirnside and the son Andrew Spence, while also covering the challenges and heartaches they faced as a real family struggling to survive and be accepted in a developing Australia.
This new play is to be performed at the historic Hastie’s Cottage, Werribee Park, in 2022. With dates to still be determined.