2023 Season
Please note: The season is subject to rights confirmation & health restrictions.
Play 1
Dead White Males
Written by David Williamson
Directed by Michael Gooley
February 17th to March 25th
Wednesday, Feb 15th (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, Feb 19th & 26th, Mar 12th & 19th
at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, February 4th 2023
Synopsis:
This classic comedy from Australia’s leading playwright, David Williamson, takes a satirical look at postmodern literary theory and asks us to question whether there really are basic truths of human nature. Angela, a 19-year-old university student, has always believed that William Shakespeare’s works contain the most profound understanding of the human condition. But when she has her worldview expanded by her literature professor Grant Swain, she confronts her family members with her new-found understanding of their lives, and finds the reality a little more complex than she thought.
Play 2
The Appleton Ladies'
Potato Race
Written by Melanie Tait
Directed by Kathy Petrakis
May 12th to June 17th
Wednesday, May 10th (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, May 14th & 21st , Jun 4th & 11th
at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, April 29th 2023
Synopsis:
In the small Australian country town of Appleton, men are men, women are women and the biggest annual event is the famous Appleton Potato Race – that’s the way it’s always been. But things are changing. When the prodigal daughter returns as the new GP and discovers that the famous race awards $1000 prize money for the men and a measly $200 for the women, she takes it upon herself to restore gender parity, creating a hilarious culture war in her wake. Inspired by real life events, this is a funny, honest and heart-warming story about five different women overturning the potato cart and standing up for their principles.
Play 3
Things I Know To Be True
Written by Andrew Bovell
Directed by Susan Geldart
August 4th to September 9th
Wednesday, August 2nd (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, Aug 6th, 13th, 27th & Sep 3rd
at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, July 22nd 2023
Synopsis:
Things I Know to be True authentically snapshots the ups and downs of Australian family life. In this case, the Price family. Dad, Bob Price, loves his garden and in particular his roses. Fran Price juggles her job as a nurse with keeping retrenched Bob in check, and being mum to four adult children. When life doesn’t go according to plan, Fran and Bob find themselves entwined within a web of complicated family relationships, as each of their children expose an individual truth too raw to comprehend. The play is set in Hallett Cove, in the southern suburbs of Adelaide. It takes place over the course of one year.
Play 4
The Fox on the Fairway
Written by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Tom Richards
October 27th to December 2nd
Wednesday, Oct 25th (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, Oct 29th & Nov 5th, 19th, 26th
at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, October 14th 2023
Synopsis:
A tribute from Ken Ludwig (The Game’s Afoot or Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, The Fox on the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp, which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club.
Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, this is a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life, and man’s eternal love affair with ... golf.