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May 18, 2009

Adelaide Come Out 2009

Filed under: Archive,State Theatre Company,Theatre

Adelaide
Come Out 2009
Theatre

The Dumb Waiter
by Harold Pinter
State Theatre Company of South Australia
The Space, Adelaide Festival Centre. May 20.
The 2-Dimensional Life of Her
Devised by Fleur Elise Noble
Queen’s Theatre. May 18.

For the last two weeks an estimated 120,000 young people from across South Australia have been participating in Come Out, the Australian Festival for Young People, which, for 34 years now, has been presenting a biennial array of events and activities in …

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May 02, 2009

Brothers and other strangers

Filed under: Adelaide Companies,Archive,Theatre

True West
by Sam Shepard
Flying Penguin Productions
The Studio, Holden Street Theatres, Hindmarsh, Adelaide.
May 2 . Tickets $18 – $28.
Bookings BASS 131 246 or Venuetix 8255 8888
Until May 16.

Increasingly, it seems, professional theatre in Adelaide is looking to the efforts of dedicated individuals. With only the flagship State Theatre Company and a small and under-resourced scattering of second-tier outfits, the city has always depended on the kindness of free-lances. Significant among them has been David …

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May 01, 2009

Dark Nights and Clear Dawns

Filed under: Archive,Australian Texts,Theatre

Three Dog Night
by Peter Goldsworthy
Adapted by Petra Kalive
Two Blue Cherries
Space Theatre

31 March

Metro Street
by Matthew Robinson
State Theatre Company
Dunstan Playhouse

April 7

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

We have seen Peter Goldsworthy’s work on stage in brisk succession recently. First, with his own adaptation of Maestro (in collaboration with Anna Goldsworthy) and now with Melbourne company, Two Blue Cherries’ version of Three Dog Night. As the more than quarter of a million readers …

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