PRESS RELEASE: Theatre Guild Sets Sail for its 85th Year in Adelaide
Theatre Guild Sets Sail for its 85th Year in Adelaide
In Adelaide’s thriving arts community, the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild is delighted to celebrate its 85th Anniversary. The Guild was established in 1938 and is Adelaide’s second oldest amateur theatre company.
Featuring three contemporary plays, the 2023 season will kick off this week with a Shakespearean classic, all presented in the uniquely gorgeous Little Theatre.
William Shakespeare’s
THE TEMPEST
Directed by Bronwyn Palmer
Opens 24 March
Tickets from http://www.trybooking.com/CECWG
Set on a fictional island in one of the Great Pacific Garbage patches in the Pacific Ocean, this story of shipwreck and magic is suitable for students studying English and Shakespearean Drama.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISSOCIA
Written by Anthony Neilson
Directed by Thomas Filsell
Opens 4 May
Tickets from http://www.trybooking.com/CECWY
Disturbing, hilarious and profoundly thought-provoking, this play features an important message to convey regarding mental health. As its playwright explained, ‘If you like Alice in Wonderland but there’s not enough sex and violence in it, then Dissocia is the show for you.”
KISSING THE WITCH
Written by Emma Donoghue
Directed by Imogen Deller-Evans
Opens 10 August
Tickets from http://www.trybooking.com/CECXG
Five familiar tales – Beauty and the Beast, Donkeyskin, The Goose Girl, The Little Mermaid, and an enchanting new story – are seamlessly rewoven in unexpected ways, allowing women to reclaim the stories and identities that have been used against them for centuries.
The South Australian premiere of
INK
Written by James Graham
Directed by Robert Bell
Opens 12 October
Tickets from http://www.trybooking.com/CECXJ
Before ‘Fox News’, there was ‘The Sun’. In Fleet Street, London 1969, brash young Australian Rupert Murdoch and an unlikely team of underdog reporters give us a story good enough for the front page.
Theatre Guild Student Society presents 3 exciting productions:
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
A play by Robert Egan, adapted from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Directed by Taylor Fernandez
1984
A play by Michael Gene Sullivan, adapted from the novel by George Orwell
Directed by Oswin Kwan
UNCLE VANYA
A play by Anton Chekov, adapted by Annie Baker
Directed by Connor Duncan
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2023 Season Pass saves up to 50% on tickets. For more information about membership, visit http://www.trybooking.com/CBXOD
Direct all inquiries to the Theatre Guild via [email protected].
Requests for interviews and review tickets are welcomed.
