Theatre
Nakkiah Lui’s rambunctious rom-com Black is the New White has you laughing till your face hurts, clapping along and even dancing at your seat. But it’s also a play that give its audience something to think about.
Theatre
Appearing at Bakehouse Theatre, Limit takes a multifaceted view of power as two reality-TV contestants embark on a one-way trip to Mars.
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Artistic director Mitchell Butel’s first program for the State Theatre Company of SA will take audiences from the ferocious satire Dance Nation and a fresh take on Victorian thriller Gaslight, to ‘one of the hottest British plays of the decade’.
In a madcap cat-and-mouse spy adventure that sees four actors playing 139 roles, Anna Steen may seem to have got off lightly with just three characters to portray – but there’s no such thing as an easy ride with The 39 Steps.
Adapted by Kate Mulvany from the novel by Craig Silvey, State Theatre’s Jasper Jones sees the struggles faced by residents of an Australian country town become metaphors for many of the issues that need to be confronted by us all.
A decade after Australian author Craig Silvey released Jasper Jones – a seismic novel that grapples with racism and camaraderie – director Nescha Jelk will stare down her own white privilege while directing the production for Adelaide audiences.
Director Kate Champion’s bold revival of Arthur Miller’s Greek-tragedy-inspired drama A View From the Bridge draws out the timeless, elemental forces at play, allowing them to speak directly to a contemporary audience.
