Theatre
State Theatre Company South Australia has become the latest local arts organisation to face a leadership change with the announcement that Mitchell Butel will leave in November following the end of his six-year tenure as artistic director.
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The world premiere adaptation of a revered Australian novel, a new work from playwriting royalty David Williamson, a high-camp Broadway musical hit, Justine Clarke as Julia Gillard, and a lockdown rom-com based on a true story all feature in the State Theatre Company’s 2024 season.
Internationally bestselling South Australian novel The Dictionary of Lost Words will be brought to the stage by State Theatre Company SA in a 2023 season that will also see television star Claudia Karvan tread the boards for the first time in 25 years.
State Theatre Company SA’s excellent revival of Larry Kramer’s incendiary account of the early years of the AIDS crisis in New York is a compelling reminder of another epidemic where some are timely in their response, while others choose to look away.
A court-side tribute to Evonne Goolagong Cawley, a Dylan-inspired jukebox musical, and a new production of Michelle Law’s Single Asian Female are among highlights of State Theatre Company SA’s newly-unveiled 2022 program.
State Theatre Company SA has unveiled a full season of eight main-stage shows for 2021, including the world premiere adaptation of The Boy Who Talked to Dogs and a new South Australian play exploring a radical global solution to the climate crisis.
