Ten authors across the country have shared in the $167,500 prize purse and the prestige attached to the Adelaide-based celebration of Australian literature.
Vere means faith, and there is faith aplenty in this story of a brilliant physics lecturer struck down by a debilitative disease leading to rapid onset dementia and a form of Parkinson’s.
With themes covering our need for love, connectivity and community; plays consisting of classics, new Australian works and works daring to push the envelope; and a line up of local, interstate and even international talent, next year’s season promises to be quite exciting with a little something for everyone.
Set in a motel with its core issue being the abuse and mistreatment of young people, this is very disturbing and confronting, yet captivating theatre.
Artists including Little Britain’s Matt Lucas are on their way to South Australia to kick off the brand new Word Adelaide festival. The four-day event also features comedian Kitty Flanagan and songwriting superstars Leo Sayer, Gary Kemp and Taasha Coates.
Is it possible to out-Python Monty? In a world where we are constantly time-poor, this is a bold, speedy, irreverent romp through all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays!
The State Theatre Company and Australia’s national Shakespeare company will collaborate for the first time in this effervescent, irreverent, and deliciously convoluted farce.
Random is a one hander about a Jamaican family in the UK and how the course of a single day can be changed through a random act of violence.
The winning plays will be workshopped and presented at the Space Theatre on Thursday 30 May. Entry via gold coin donation.
Celebrating its 10th birthday year, Windmill’s 2012 season includes two brand new world premiere productions, both directed by Artistic Director, Rosemary Myers.
Entertaining Mr.Sloane was an important transitional work, moving away from the influence of Pinter and Rattigan and finding the way towards his later, more farcical works.
Lisa Flanagan gives a warm and sensitive performance as she tells the stories of major events through the remembrances of friends and family members.