The Explorers Club - March 2024
Wrtten by Nell Benjamin - Directed by Emily Currie
Past Productions
Our most recent past productions have included Australian and South Australian premieres, and Olivier and Tony award winners on London's West End and New York's Broadway. They have cemented our reputation for bringing challenging and new plays to Adelaide audiences, garnered great reviews and earned us a host of awards and nominations! Click on the posters below to find out more about them!
Accidental Death of an Anarchist - September 2023
Written by Dario Fo- Directed by Lesley Reed
The Flick - July 2023
Written by Annie Baker - Directed by Rory Miller-Frost
Speaking in Tongues - March/April 2023
Written by Andrew Bovell - Directed by Geoff Brittain
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abr) Sept 2022
Written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield - Directed by Jethro Pidd
Radio Show - July 2022
Radio Comedy Skits Live on Stage - Directed by Bronwyn Chapple
AMY'S VIEW March/April 2022
Written by David Hare - Directed by Tim Williams and Jan Farr
The Hypochondriac - September 2021
Written by Moliere - Directed by Angela Short
COSI - March 2021
Written by Louis Nowra - Directed by Megan Dansie
Dinki-Di Double Bill - November 2020
The Margarine Conspiracy by Lissa Benyon & Down Came a Jumbuk by Ian Austin - Directed by Bronwyn Chapple
Wicked Sisters - March 2020
Written by Alma de Groen - Directed by Megan Dansie
Celebration - September 2019
Written by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall - Directed by Patsy Thomas
The Clean House - Sept/Oct2017
Written by Sarah Ruhl - Directed by Kevin Burrett - Nominated for Best Comedy - Amateur, 2018 ATG Curtain Call Awards
Nell Gwynn - February/March 2019
Written by Jessica Swale - Directed by Megan Dansie - Nominated for Best Comedy - Amateur 2019 Curtain Call Awards - Nominated - TASA COMICal Award
Our Man in Havana - Sept/Oct 2018
Written by Clive Francis - Directed by Dave Simms
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Feb/March 2018
Written by Tom Stoppard - Directed by Hayley Horton - Nominated for Best Comedy - Amateur, 2018 ATG Curtain Call Awards
Forget Me Not - February/March 2017
Written by Tom Holloway - Directed by Megan Dansie - Winner Best Drama - Amateur - 2017 ATG Curtain Call Awards
Our Country's Good - September/October 2016
Written by Timberlake Wertenbaker - Based on the novel, The Playmaker, by Thomas Keneally - Directed by John Graham
Variation on a Theme - February/March 2016
Written by Terence Rattigan - Directed by Dave Simms
Zigzag Street September/October 2015
Written by Philip Dean - Adapted from the novel by Nick Earls - Directed by Miriam Keane. Nominated for Best Comedy - Amateur, 2016 ATG Curtain Call Awards
The Beaux' Stratagem February/March 2015
Written by George Farquhar - Adapted by Thornton Wilder & Ken Ludwig - Directed by Dave Simms - Australian Premiere - Winner TASA DRAMATICal for Best Drama 2015 - Winner ATG 2015 Curtain Call Awards for Best Comedy & Best Costumes
Collaborators - October 2014
Written by John Hodge - Directed by Megan Dansie - Australian Premiere
Inheritance - March 2014
Written by Hannie Rayson - Directed by Geoff Brittain - South Australian premiere
The Lady in the Van - October 2013
Written by Alan Bennett - Directed by Dave Simms - South Australian premiere
God of Carnage - March 2013
Written by Yasmina Reza - Directed by Hayley Horton - South Australian Amateur Premiere - Winner Best Comedy & Best Ensemble 2013 ATG Curtain Call Awards
Mr. Bailey's Minder - October 2012
Written by Debra Oswald - Directed by Erik Strauts - South Australian Premiere - Nominated for Best Ensemble 2013 ATG Curtain Call Awards
Compleat Female Stage Beauty - March 2012
Written by Jeffrey Hatcher - Directed by Megan Dansie - Australian Premiere
Life After George - October 2011
Written by Hannie Rayson - Directed by John Graham - South Australian Premiere
Scenes From A Separation -- Feb/March 2011
Written by Hannie Rayson & Andrew Bovell - Directed by Erik Strauts - Nominated Best Supporting Actress 2011 ATG Curtain Call Awards
The Female of the Species- Sept/Oct 2010
Written by Joanna Murray Smith - Directed by Erik Strauts - Winner Best Comedy 2011 ATG Curtain Call Awards
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - March 2010
Written by Dale Wasserman - Directed by Hayley Horton - Winner Best Drama 2010 ATG Curtain Call Awards
Earlier Past Productions
2009
Proof
Hotel Sorrento
2008
Wait Until Dark
It's My Party
2007
Outside Edge
Daylight Saving
2006
The Odd Couple - The Female Version
Easter Weekend
Gaslight
2005
How The Other Half Loves
Love Letters
On Golden Pond
2004
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Hobson's Choice
2003
Arcadia
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
2002
Caravan
Steel Magnolias
2001
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
There There
The Important Things
Secret Bridesmaids' Business
2000
Cheapside
Rhinoseros Hides
'Night, Mother
1999
Rookery Nook
Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me a Song
Away
1998
Bed Among the Lentils
What the Butler Saw
The Shifting Heart
1997
Cosi
Beata Beatrix
Money and Friends
1996
Natural Causes
The Happy Journey
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1995
Family Lore
The April Violet
Chase Me Comrade!
1994
Love in the Chook House
Emerald City
A Chorus of Disapproval
1993
White Liars
On Top of the World
Just Between Ourselves
1992
Between Mouthfuls
An Inspector Calls
James and the Giant Peach
Travelling North
1991
Home is the Hunted
The Fantastic Mr Fox
The Perfectionist
1990
A Slight Ache
Plaza Suite
Amanda and the Elves Who Could Do Anything
Gulls
1989
Marsupials
Seperate Tables
The Poor Young Girl
Charley's Aunt
1988
Family Lore
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
The Queen of Hearts
The Hills Travelling Circus
1987
Rainbow Over the Wall
The Margarine Conspiracy
Arsenic and Old Lace
Cinderella
Hay Fever
1986
The Understudy
And the Big Men Fly
The Great Mall Balls Mystery
Pygmalion
1985
The Good and Faithful Servant
Tons of Money
The Terribly Noisy Giant
The Importance of Being Earnest
1984
No Weeds for the Widow
The Seven Year Itch
Merlin's Magic Muddles
Arms and the Man
1983
Heaven on Earth
The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
Dial M for Murder
1982
Lunch Hour
See How They Run
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Barrets of Wimpole Street
1981
The Pied Piper of Hamlin
The Chalk Garden
The House by the Lake
1980
Under the Sycamore Tree
The Bear
Move Over Mrs Markham
Ten Little Niggers
1979
A Villa for Sale
After Margritte
Rip Van Winkle
The Ghost Train
1978
What the Butler Saw
Idea for A Play
Wanted: One Body
A Man for All Seasons
1977
There's None So Blind
The Women
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Doctor in Love
1976
The Man on the Mountain
The Hollow
Antigone
Blithe Spirit
1975
The Bunyip of Freshwater Creek
A Streetcar Named Desire
Charley's Aunt
Murder at the Vicarage
1974
The Pirate Who Couldn't
Wife Required
The Guilty Generation
Heaven on Earth
Simon and Laura
1973
All My Sons
The Bride and the Batchelor
See How They Run
1972
Angels in Love
Temptation Sordid and Virtue Rewarded
Colour Bar