Theatre
While mental illness is often a ‘sometimes’ thing, it is managed with debilitating treatments which are total and can be life-diminishing. This memorable production powerfully depicts both the human cost and the fleeting triumphs.
Theatre
Australian playwright Kendall Feaver’s award-winning play The Almighty Sometimes is about to be brought to the Adelaide stage for the first time, and actor Emily Liu hopes it will open up some important conversations among audiences.
SA arts & culture news in brief: Tom Moore’s beguiling characters win $20,000 glass prize, Adelaide Biennial curator callout, artist’s Adolescent Wonderland goes global, 2024 Tanja Liedtke Studio residencies announced, musicians sought for Rock the Coast, Theatre Republic’s latest work, and vintage vibes at the Festival Centre.
With thrift and wit and unnerving candour, Theatre Republic’s intriguing new play examines in microcosm the inescapable reality of discrepant worlds and insufficient good intentions.
Centred on a community garden, Theatre Republic’s new production uses this domestic idyll to connect with some of the big cultural themes in Australia right now.
Theatre Republic will this month present its second Future:Present – a quick-turnaround playwriting incubator that offers audiences four plays designed to speak not just to our era or our year, but to our moment.
SA arts and culture news in brief: Theatre Republic promises its biggest year yet, headlined by a new play by Emily Steel; Adelaide Writers’ Week full line-up and schedule released; meet ACE’s new studio artists, and an Illuminate Adelaide callout.
