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State Theatre Company of South Australia

The State Theatre Company of South Australia (STCSA), branded State Theatre Company South Australia, formerly the South Australian Theatre Company (SATC), is South Australia's leading professional theatre company, and a statutory corporation. It was established as the official state theatre company by the State Theatre Company of South Australia Act 1972, on the initiative of Premier Don Dunstan.

Many of the performances are staged at the Dunstan Playhouse and Space Theatre at the Adelaide Festival Centre. As of 2019 the artistic director is Mitchell Butel. Notable actors, writers and directors working with the company have included Patrick White, Neil Armfield, Ruth Cracknell, Andrew Bovell, Judy Davis, Gale Edwards, Mel Gibson, Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sharman, Hugo Weaving, Elena Carapetis and John Wood.

History edit

The South Australian Theatre Company (SATC) was established in 1965 under the artistic direction of John Tasker. Tasker directed 10 plays before clashing with the board and leaving in 1967.[1] Actor Leslie Dayman took over from Tasker and Peter Batey followed Dayman.[citation needed]

The date of establishment as the state theatre company dates from the State Theatre Company of South Australia Act of 1972,[2][3] an initiative of then Premier Dunstan. The name of the company was changed to its current name in 1978[Note 1] as a reflection of this act.[4] The director of the company in its inaugural year was George Ogilvie.[5]

In 1974, the SATC became the inaugural resident theatre company of the Adelaide Festival Centre, performing mostly in The Playhouse (later The Dunstan Playhouse and still the company's primary venue), and was the first state theatre company in Australia to hold its entire operations in one purpose-made building.[5]

In 1977, Magpie Theatre was established as a theatre in education (TIE) branch of STCSA, for young people. After 20 years and numerous productions,[6] it was terminated in 1997, partially due to loss of funding after reconstruction of Arts SA.[5]

Under the artistic direction of Jim Sharman, the company was renamed Lighthouse from 1982 to 1983, operating as an ensemble theatre company with twelve actors: Robynne Bourne, Peter Cummins, Melissa Jaffer (replaced in 1983 by Jacqy Phillips), Alan John, Gillian Jones, Melita Jurisic, Russell Kiefel, Stuart McCreery, Robert Menzies (replaced by Robert Grubb), Geoffrey Rush, Kerry Walker and John Wood.[5]

The company was subtitled Australian Playhouse from 1996 to 1997 during the tenure of Chris Westwood, the company's first female executive producer, appointed in 1993.[7] She aimed at presenting only Australian works until the end of the century; however, she resigned at the end of 1997.[5]

The board reported to Arts SA (later Arts South Australia) from 1993 until 2018, when it started reporting directly to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.[3][8]

From 2019 the company was branded "State Theatre Company South Australia",[9] but official reports still refers to the legal name of "State Theatre Company of South Australia".[10]

Venues edit

As of 2021, the company's administration offices are based at the Lion Arts Centre, on the corner of Morphett Street and North Terrace, Adelaide.[11][12] The company's main venue is the Dunstan Playhouse, but it also uses the Space Theatre, the Royalty Theatre in Angas Street, and the Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio at the Adelaide Showground. It holds its "Tangent" talks in the Hawke Building at University of South Australia's City West campus.[12]

Awards for new work edit

The company supports new work through its annual Flinders University Young Playwrights' Awards for writers under 25, offering dramaturgy and a professional reading to the winning scripts in junior (13–17) and senior (18–25) sections.[13]

It also presents the Jill Blewett Playwright's Award, worth $12,500, awarded for an as yet unproduced play of any genre written by a professional South Australian playwright. It is presented at Adelaide Writer's Week during the Adelaide Festival.[14]

Directors edit

Associate Directors

  • Rosalba Clemente (1997-1999)
  • Chris Drummond (2001-2004)
  • Michael Hill (2006–2008)
  • Geordie Brookman (2008–2010)
  • Catherine Fitzgerald (2011–2012)
  • Nescha Jelk (2013–2016)
  • Elena Carapetis (2017–2019)
  • Anthony Nicola (2020–present)[16]

New works edit

Shows which have been commissioned by State Theatre Company South Australia include:

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Although as of 2 August 2019, the About page, History section, cites 1980 as the date of the name change, quoting a 2004 work, the State Library of South Australia catalogue shows several works attributed to the STCSA name from 1978, and notes here that the entity "appears to be operating under State Theatre Company name from August 1978".

References edit

  1. ^ Leask, Margaret. "Tasker, John Howard (1933–1988)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. First published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 18, (MUP), 2012. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. ^ "State Theatre Company of South Australia Act 1972, Version: 12.5.2011" (PDF). 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "State Theatre Company of South Australia Act 1972". legislation.sa. Government of South Australia. Attorney-General's Dept. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  4. ^ "South Australian Theatre Company : [ephemera collection]". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e Milne, Geoffrey (2004). Theatre Australia (un)limited: Australian theatre since the 1950s. Australian playwrights ; monograph no. 10. Series editor Veronica Kelly. Retrieved 2 August 2019 – via State Theatre of South Australia: About.
  6. ^ "Magpie Theatre Company". Ausstage: The Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  7. ^ "A head full of new ideas". murraybramwell.com. 1 December 1993. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  8. ^ "About arts and culture". South Australia. Dept of the Premier and Cabinet. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. ^ "About". State Theatre Company. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  10. ^ State Theatre Company of South Australia (30 September 2020). 2019–2020 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Government of South Australia. ISSN 2652-7731. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Contact Us". State Theatre Company South Australia. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Venues". State Theatre of South Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Education Awards". State Theatre Company. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  14. ^ . State Library of South Australia. Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  15. ^ Smith, Matthew (18 December 2018). "Mitchell Butel named new artistic director of State Theatre Company". ABC News.
  16. ^ "State Theatre Company South Australia announces new Resident Artists". Australian Arts Review. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Decameron 2.0". Broadsheet. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Event: Decameron 2.0". The Adelaide Review. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  19. ^ "From Katie Noonan in concert to a live horror film, the best Australian arts to stream this week". ABC News. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

Further reading edit

  • Ward, Peter (1992). A singular act : twenty five years of the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Adelaide : State Theatre : Wakefield Press. ISBN 1-862-54273-2.

External links edit

  • Official website

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The State Theatre Company of South Australia STCSA branded State Theatre Company South Australia formerly the South Australian Theatre Company SATC is South Australia s leading professional theatre company and a statutory corporation It was established as the official state theatre company by the State Theatre Company of South Australia Act 1972 on the initiative of Premier Don Dunstan Many of the performances are staged at the Dunstan Playhouse and Space Theatre at the Adelaide Festival Centre As of 2019 update the artistic director is Mitchell Butel Notable actors writers and directors working with the company have included Patrick White Neil Armfield Ruth Cracknell Andrew Bovell Judy Davis Gale Edwards Mel Gibson Geoffrey Rush Jim Sharman Hugo Weaving Elena Carapetis and John Wood Contents 1 History 2 Venues 3 Awards for new work 4 Directors 5 New works 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksHistory editThe South Australian Theatre Company SATC was established in 1965 under the artistic direction of John Tasker Tasker directed 10 plays before clashing with the board and leaving in 1967 1 Actor Leslie Dayman took over from Tasker and Peter Batey followed Dayman citation needed The date of establishment as the state theatre company dates from the State Theatre Company of South Australia Act of 1972 2 3 an initiative of then Premier Dunstan The name of the company was changed to its current name in 1978 Note 1 as a reflection of this act 4 The director of the company in its inaugural year was George Ogilvie 5 In 1974 the SATC became the inaugural resident theatre company of the Adelaide Festival Centre performing mostly in The Playhouse later The Dunstan Playhouse and still the company s primary venue and was the first state theatre company in Australia to hold its entire operations in one purpose made building 5 In 1977 Magpie Theatre was established as a theatre in education TIE branch of STCSA for young people After 20 years and numerous productions 6 it was terminated in 1997 partially due to loss of funding after reconstruction of Arts SA 5 Under the artistic direction of Jim Sharman the company was renamed Lighthouse from 1982 to 1983 operating as an ensemble theatre company with twelve actors Robynne Bourne Peter Cummins Melissa Jaffer replaced in 1983 by Jacqy Phillips Alan John Gillian Jones Melita Jurisic Russell Kiefel Stuart McCreery Robert Menzies replaced by Robert Grubb Geoffrey Rush Kerry Walker and John Wood 5 The company was subtitled Australian Playhouse from 1996 to 1997 during the tenure of Chris Westwood the company s first female executive producer appointed in 1993 7 She aimed at presenting only Australian works until the end of the century however she resigned at the end of 1997 5 The board reported to Arts SA later Arts South Australia from 1993 until 2018 when it started reporting directly to the Department of the Premier and Cabinet 3 8 From 2019 the company was branded State Theatre Company South Australia 9 but official reports still refers to the legal name of State Theatre Company of South Australia 10 Venues editAs of 2021 update the company s administration offices are based at the Lion Arts Centre on the corner of Morphett Street and North Terrace Adelaide 11 12 The company s main venue is the Dunstan Playhouse but it also uses the Space Theatre the Royalty Theatre in Angas Street and the Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio at the Adelaide Showground It holds its Tangent talks in the Hawke Building at University of South Australia s City West campus 12 Awards for new work editThe company supports new work through its annual Flinders University Young Playwrights Awards for writers under 25 offering dramaturgy and a professional reading to the winning scripts in junior 13 17 and senior 18 25 sections 13 It also presents the Jill Blewett Playwright s Award worth 12 500 awarded for an as yet unproduced play of any genre written by a professional South Australian playwright It is presented at Adelaide Writer s Week during the Adelaide Festival 14 Directors editJohn Tasker 1965 67 Leslie Dayman 1968 69 Peter Batey 1970 71 George Ogilvie 1972 1976 Colin George 1977 1979 Kevin Palmer artistic director Nick Enright associate director 1980 81 Jim Sharman artistic director Neil Armfield and Louis Nowra associates 1982 83 as Lighthouse Keith Gallasch 1984 85 John Gaden artistic Gale Edwards associate 1986 89 Simon Phillips 1990 93 Chris Westwood executive producer 1994 97 Rodney Fisher 1998 99 Rosalba Clemente 2000 04 Adam Cook 2005 2012 Geordie Brookman 2013 2018 Mitchell Butel 2019 present 15 Associate Directors Rosalba Clemente 1997 1999 Chris Drummond 2001 2004 Michael Hill 2006 2008 Geordie Brookman 2008 2010 Catherine Fitzgerald 2011 2012 Nescha Jelk 2013 2016 Elena Carapetis 2017 2019 Anthony Nicola 2020 present 16 New works editShows which have been commissioned by State Theatre Company South Australia include 2022 Cathedral by Caleb Lewis 2022 Antigone by Elena Carapetis 2021 The Boy Who Talked To Dogs by Amy Conroy co production with Slingsby 2021 Euphoria by Emily Steel co production with Country Arts SA 2021 Hibernation by Finegan Kruckemeyer 2020 Decameron 2 0 co production with Actnow Theatre 17 18 19 2018 In The Club by Patricia Cornelius 2018 Terrestrial by Fleur Kilpatrick 2018 The Gods of Strangers by Elena Carapetis 2016 Gorgon by Elena Carapetis 2016 Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell co production with UK s Frantic Assembly 2014 Jesikah by Phillip Kavanagh 2014 Little Bird by Nicki Bloom 2013 The Kreutzer Sonata by Sue Smith 2013 Maggie Stone by Caleb Lewis 2009 Metro Street by Matthew Robinson 2009 Maestro by Anna Goldsworthy and Peter Goldsworthy 2008 Architektin by Robyn Archer 2008 When The Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell co presentation with Brink Productions 2007 Lion Pig Lion by Marty Denniss 2006 Honk If You Are Jesus by Peter Goldsworthy and Martin Laud Gray winner of the 2006 Ruby Award for Best New Work or Event 2004 Euripides Trojan Women adapted by Rosalba Clemente and Dawn Langman 2004 Night Letters by Robert Dessaix adapted by Susan Rogers and Chris Drummond 2003 drowning in my ocean of You by Fiona Sprott 2002 My Life My Love by Pat Rix 2001 Holy Day by Andrew Bovell winner of 2 Green Room Awards 1986 Dreams In An Empty City by Stephen Sewell 1985 Beautland by Barry Dickins 1983 Sunrise by Louis Nowra 1983 The Blind Giant Is Dancing by Stephen Sewell 1983 Netherwood by Patrick White 1982 Spellbound by Louis Nowra 1982 Royal Show by Louis Nowra 1982 Signal Driver A Morality Play for the Times by Patrick White 1978 A Manual of Trench Warfare by Clem Gorman 1978 Marx by Ron Blair 1976 A Handful of Friends by David Williamson 1974 The Department by David WilliamsonSee also editGeoff Cobham lighting designer 2012 2018Notes edit Although as of 2 August 2019 the About page History section cites 1980 as the date of the name change quoting a 2004 work the State Library of South Australia catalogue shows several works attributed to the STCSA name from 1978 and notes here that the entity appears to be operating under State Theatre Company name from August 1978 References edit Leask Margaret Tasker John Howard 1933 1988 Australian Dictionary of Biography First published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 18 MUP 2012 National Centre of Biography Australian National University ISSN 1833 7538 Retrieved 2 August 2019 State Theatre Company of South Australia Act 1972 Version 12 5 2011 PDF 2011 Retrieved 31 July 2019 a b State Theatre Company of South Australia Act 1972 legislation sa Government of South Australia Attorney General s Dept Retrieved 31 July 2019 South Australian Theatre Company ephemera collection State Library of South Australia Retrieved 2 August 2019 a b c d e Milne Geoffrey 2004 Theatre Australia un limited Australian theatre since the 1950s Australian playwrights monograph no 10 Series editor Veronica Kelly Retrieved 2 August 2019 via State Theatre of South Australia About Magpie Theatre Company Ausstage The Australian Live Performance Database Retrieved 2 August 2019 A head full of new ideas murraybramwell com 1 December 1993 Retrieved 2 August 2019 About arts and culture South Australia Dept of the Premier and Cabinet 26 June 2019 Retrieved 27 July 2019 About State Theatre Company 18 March 2021 Retrieved 26 June 2021 State Theatre Company of South Australia 30 September 2020 2019 2020 Annual Report PDF Report Government of South Australia ISSN 2652 7731 Retrieved 26 June 2021 Contact Us State Theatre Company South Australia 11 January 2021 Retrieved 26 June 2021 a b Venues State Theatre of South Australia Retrieved 26 June 2021 Education Awards State Theatre Company 23 February 2022 Retrieved 14 May 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature State Library of South Australia Archived from the original on 18 May 2022 Retrieved 14 May 2022 Smith Matthew 18 December 2018 Mitchell Butel named new artistic director of State Theatre Company ABC News State Theatre Company South Australia announces new Resident Artists Australian Arts Review 13 May 2020 Retrieved 17 July 2020 Decameron 2 0 Broadsheet Retrieved 17 July 2020 Event Decameron 2 0 The Adelaide Review 8 July 2020 Retrieved 17 July 2020 From Katie Noonan in concert to a live horror film the best Australian arts to stream this week ABC News 14 July 2020 Retrieved 17 July 2020 Further reading editWard Peter 1992 A singular act twenty five years of the State Theatre Company of South Australia Adelaide State Theatre Wakefield Press ISBN 1 862 54273 2 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title State Theatre Company of South Australia amp oldid 1213939732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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