1989

Art of the States

South Australia

Review – Murray Bramwell

Road

by Jim Cartwright

Red Shed Company

Wetpack Theatre

Living Arts Centre

July 27-August 9

Adelaide’s Red Shed Company is going from strength to strength. Their latest production, Road by Lancashire- based writer Jim Cartwright is further proof of the company’s versatility and commitment. For one thing it was enterprising of the company to secure a theatrical property of this calibre and to offer it, if not as an …

1989

Road

by Jim Cartwright

Red Shed Company

Adelaide

With their latest production, Road, the Red Shed Company further consolidate their claim as Adelaide’s pre-eminent alternative theatre group. In little more than three years they have produced a creditable range of works – some devised by company members, others, like their current production, intelligent choices from the progressive repertoire.

First performed at the Royal Court in London in 1986, Jim Cartwright’s Road played widely in the provinces and has now …

1989

Murray Bramwell talks with Chris and David Erskine, better known as the Fools Company, about their forthcoming participation in the International Arts Carnival in Hong Kong.

Fools Company have been making friends with young audiences at schools, shopping malls, kids’parties and  community celebrations, as well as conventional theatre venues, for rthe past seven years. They have become well-known both in South Australia and interstate and at the end of this month they will be presenting their show, Galloping Grabbas, …

1989

Murray Bramwell talks with Chris and David Erskine, better known as the Fools Company, about their forthcoming participation in the International Arts Carnival in Hong Kong.

Fools Company have been making friends with young audiences at schools, shopping malls, kids’parties and  community celebrations, as well as conventional theatre venues, for rthe past seven years. They have become well-known both in South Australia and interstate and at the end of this month they will be presenting their show, Galloping Grabbas, …

1989

Murray Bramwell talks with Bill Gillespie, General  Manager of the State Opera of South Australia, about his plans for getting the company back to strength.

While it may be appealing for the leading characters to have true hearts and empty pockets, the same is not true for Opera companies. Little more than a year ago the State Opera of South Australia was in the cactus. The deficit was  more than $500,000, the  subscriber base could only be called precarious …