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From the multi-award-winning team behind GROUNDED ★★★★★ and THAT BOY ★★★★★ comes a bold, darkly funny new drama starring award-winning actor Martha Lott. A mother sits waiting, filled with ambition and pride. Her daughter, exceptional, smart and the state’s top debater, is on the verge of national selection, a rivalry ignites that pushes motherly love to the edge. She understands the power of words; it's her job. A campaign for success, personal ambition and political spin collide. A gripping exploration of control, morality, and the seductive power of persuasion — a mirror to our world of curated truths and competitive parenting. Darkly comic, sharply intelligent, and heartbreakingly human, THE DEBATE asks: when every story can be spun, what chance does the truth really have?
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
From Off Broadway to a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning artist Duane Forrest takes audiences on an uplifting, deeply human journey through the music & legacy of global phenomenon Bob Marley. Blending soulful renditions of Marley’s classics with heartfelt stories of identity, ancestry & rediscovery, Forrest explores how reggae became a rhythm of unity, resistance &healing. Raised in Toronto by Jamaican parents, wrestling with identity, colorism, and cultural disconnection, he reflects on finding belonging through Marley’s message — reminding us that, in the end, every little thing is gonna be alright. Uplifting, personal, unforgettable and captivating. ★★★★★ “Transcendent musical storytelling” A Youngish Perspective ★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Mix 102.3
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
During an almighty rainstorm, Vera Shrimp discovers she has a remarkable gift. She can read raindrops, each one having soaked up an emotion from someone the water has come into contact with. But as her family disintegrates, Vera’s extraordinary ability takes on a darker and more urgent significance. Part science lesson, part story-telling, this is a poignant and playful solo-show about love, grief and never giving up from the team behind the highly acclaimed 'We Live By the Sea'. For 'The Soaking of Vera Shrimp' ★★★★ “Achingly beautiful and utterly compelling” The Telegraph ★★★★ “A sparkling solo show… an utter delight” The List For Patch of Blue ★★★★.5 "subtly captures the injustice" The Advertiser★★★★★ 'delicately simple and wrenchingly complex...it is unmissable' Adelaide Theatre Guide
Holden Street Theatres
Judy's at HST
Five-star, smash-hit, award-winning, sell-out masterpiece! A darkly funny and politically sharp story of class, survival, and double standards. Jade, a working-class Scouser at Cambridge, secretly works as a cleaner to make ends meet—breaking college rules while juggling ambition, privilege, and identity. Her journey is a hilarious and moving dive into belonging and the absurdity of privilege. Winner of The Scotsman’s Fringe First Award, The Holden Street Theatres Award, and The Filipa Bragança Award. ★★★★★ “Tremendous… a culture-clash comedy in the tradition of Pygmalion & Educating Rita”-The Guardian, ★★★★★ “Sharp, funny, insightful” The QR, ★★★★★ “witty, amusing, heartfelt, genuine”-EntertainmentNow, ★★★★★ "bold, slick, hilarious & deeply moving" BingeFringe, ★★★★ “Brilliant”-The Stage"
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Mornings are chaos. The vision of a poised businesswoman mocks her in the rear mirror. A new mother strolls past, baby nestled in a pram more valuable than her car. A seasoned mother leaps from the lofty heights of an SUV. She isn’t a stay-at-home mum; she's a domestic engineer. A young woman parks abruptly, no ring, suit and flip flops, heels in bag, an apologetic smile permanently plastered on her face as they race past.A battle of identity under the weight of her own expectations. She is surrounded by Shadows of Herself.Finalist 2025 Holden Street Theatres Adelaide Fringe AwardFrom the woman who created multi-award winning show 'How To Drink Wine Like A Wanker'Directed by award-winning artist Hannah Maxwell★★★★★“We are held captive by Anna’s storytelling, silent & immersed” Tupla
Holden Street Theatres
The Barbara Hardy Garden
For musical theatre fans and haters alike, don't miss the return of this award-winning love letter to hometown, family, and the cult of English amateur dramatics.Join Hannah Maxwell for a joy-filled hour of amdram anecdotes, musical parodies and very basic choreography, telling the painfully-true story of her final year with her family's community theatre company; from her woeful audition for My Fair Lady, to coming out as gay (less traumatic).I, AMDRAM has been performed 150+ times, charming audiences across the globe.Winner of a Weekly Best of Theatre Award (Adelaide Fringe 2025)"Quietly enthralling" ★★★★★ The Advertiser, 2020"Sublime one-person theatre" ★★★★★ The Adelaide Show, 2020"Surprising and uplifting" ★★★★ Scotsman, 2019"Deeply moving" ★★★★ The List, 2019
Holden Street Theatres
The Barbara Hardy Garden
Join Dorothy as she journeys down the yellow brick road in Munchkinland and meets some new friends in the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion. Together they arrive in the Emerald City in pursue of their dreams which the Wizard of Oz will grant - or will he? A magnificent show full of laughter, song, dance and magic which will appeal to all ages.
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
1957, West Germany. The battle against the Nazis ended twelve years ago - but for Karl, a gay concentration camp survivor, the war never truly ended. Still criminalised under Nazi law, his life is on trial.From the creator of Fabulett 1933 - hailed as "an awakening" ★★★★★ Broadway Baby, and "captivating" ★★★★ The Scotsman, - The Pink List is a haunting one-person musical inspired by untold stories of queer men in post-war Germany; names recorded in the Pink Lists, then erased. Praised as "a 5-star must watch at the Fringe" ★★★★★ Scene Magazine, The Pink List comes to Australia following its acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe 2025 run with Gilded Balloon.This is the story of one man, one voice, one list they hoped we'd forget.
Holden Street Theatres
Ruby's at HST
Upside Down Fantasyland is a raw and poetic exploration of Troy Rogers' journey from the shadows of his past to the light of his future. Through heartfelt poetry, powerful songs, and evocative prose, Troy vulnerably takes the stage to share his experiences of growing up in out-of-home care. His childhood shaped by the trauma of drug-related struggles and a life with his grandmother due to his parents' substance abuse. In this deeply personal performance, Troy delves into the complexities of his past with honesty and courage, while balancing the heavy material with humour and love. Upside Down Fantasyland offers an unflinching look at resilience, healing, and the bittersweet nature of growing up in a world turned upside down.
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Fringe Award winner, the iconoclastic and generally funny Peter Goers presents his eleventh show in a trilogy of popular shows in the Holden Street Theatre's Fringe. All new material (almost), special guests and a show you’ll soon forget for the rest of your life. Goers offers suburban reverie, observational humour rich in the Adelaide and SA of blessed memory. He is a favourite Adelaide entertainer. His annual shows have become a Fringe staple. A nice show, particularly for old people. Be there AND be square.
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
THE ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY GALA RETURNS — BIGGER, BOLDER AND BACK AT THEBBY!The Adelaide International Comedy Gala is back — and this year, it’s home again at the newly refurbished Thebarton Theatre!The outrageously funny Eddie Bannon once again hosts a world-class lineup of comedy legends from across the globe for one unforgettable night of laughter, chaos, and brilliance.It sells out every year — so don’t muck about, grab your tickets now!With three halves of a whole show (you heard right), it’s the most guaranteed night of laughs in town — ask anyone who’s been!★★★★★ “this is the biggest and probably the best... its reputation precedes it.” David Grybowski, Barefoot Review
Thebarton Theatre
Thebarton Theatre
Hello, it’s me… Rumour Has It we’ve found the perfect show for Someone Like You! Created by Oliver John, this theatrical performance shares the stories of three characters and their plights of love, set to the iconic discography of Adele. With a cast of 8 accompanied by a three-piece band, this ensemble piece delivers epic vocal harmonies, slick choreography, and heartfelt storytelling. Experience the hits spanning 19 to 30, as romantic, queer, platonic, and self-love are explored along the way. After a Sold-Out, Award-Winning debut, this new season is bigger, bolder, and bursting with heart - the same beating core that won over audiences in its 2025 run. At Holden Street Theatres for 12 performances. ★★★★★ “Simply stunning” — Glam Adelaide★★★★½ “Universally relatable” — My Adelaide Tribe
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
“The Cyclops”, Euripides’ only surviving Satyr Play, is incomplete, half-translatable, and reads like someone trying to remember The Odyssey after downing a whole bottle of ouzo. So that’s exactly what this Satyr is going to do.This is not a Greek play, this is an interactive, queer, techno-pop fever dream of the night before - karaoke, drunk texts, bar fights and all. It asks the important questions like “What if a goat and a man had a child?” and “How did a goat and a man have a child?”Every day, people choose between feeding the monster or saving the stranger - but this Satyr refuses to pick. He’s going to make you do it.Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) - BEST THEATRE 2020 for “Every Brilliant Thing" - returns to Adelaide from Canada with this musical, interactive, Bootleg Bacchanalia.
Holden Street Theatres
Judy's at HST
WAITING FOR MONARTOBecause while we’re waiting, we might as well sing.In piano bar, one must be ready to play and sing anything!Adelaide gave Sandi the opportunity to learn classical piano, musical theatre, songwriting, high school music teaching, music arranging, choir leading, accompanying, piano teaching, and solo cabaret performance. Sandi has been one of South Australia’s most widely-travelled and enduring and versatile entertainers, including as an unofficial ambassador for Adelaide and South Australia in song, especially with her compositions ADELAIDE YOU'RE A LADY, SPIRIT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, and THE SEA DRAGON COAST. Oh, and HELLO HOW ARE YOU ROBE, her ode to SA Arts personality Peter Goers!★★★★★ Barefoot Review and Stage Whispers
Holden Street Theatres
Ruby's at HST
Welcome to the digital rodeo — where desire’s a glitch, purity’s a currency, and everyone’s one bad DM away from an existential crisis. Virgins and Cowboys is a chaotic, sexy-sad comedy where five lost souls scroll, swipe, and spiral through the burning wreckage of connection in the internet age. It’s part fever dream, part group chat meltdown: a fast-food love story for the attention economy. Strap in - cause the patriarchy’s on fire. Yeehaw baby!Playwright Morgan Rose's darkly comedic social commentary is brought to life by the graduating actors of Flinders University Drama Centre, South Australia's leading centre for actor and director training.
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
Harry Crawford and his wife Annie seem ordinary enough; together they lead quiet, unexceptional lives in the suburbs of 1920s Sydney, working and raising a child.But when a strange girl arrives at the door, it sets in train a series of events that will result in an astounding revelation – and, ultimately, sow the seeds of bloody murder.Lachlan Philpott rips back the curtains on the true case of Eugenia Falleni AKA Harry Crawford, the notorious ‘Man-Woman’ murderer that scandalised 1920s Sydney to unravel the assumptions underpinnng our perceptions of gender, perversion and complicity.Presented by the graduating actors of South Australia's leading actor training institution, the internationally renowned Flinders University Drama Centre.
Holden Street Theatres
The Barbara Hardy Garden
★★★★★ "Nick Deegan as Kurt Cobain.. Phenomenal" - Hugh Sheridan After their Sold Out season at Fringe 2024, local Adelaide artists Nick Deegan, Ed Mitchell, Jeremy Owen and bandmates take us back to 1993 for a hauntingly faithful recreation of Nirvana's 'MTV: Unplugged In New York' . Nick's ability to recreate Cobain's unique vocals will mesmerise you as the band pays close attention to the nuances of Nirvana's infamous performance at Manhattan's Sony Music Studios that made it truly unforgettable. Relive 'Come As You Are', 'The Man Who Sold The World' and 'All Apologies', as well as the Meat Puppets' 'Lake of Fire', Lead Belly's 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' and more. "They look and sound perfect" Sarah Mcleod (The Superjesus/The 27 Club) "World Class" Dusty (Wanderers/The 27 Club)
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
My acting teacher said to me: It’s like gold dust, what you’ve got. It’s like you don’t have any skin. It’s 2001. A naive young Australian actor sets out to make it in New York. But then 9/11 brings down the Twin Towers, his high-school sweetheart dumps him and his visa expires. What do you do when your dreams collapse around you? 25 years after the events of September 11 changed the world, Theatre Republic brings this funny, moving, one-man show to the Fringe. Inspired by real-life experiences of playwright Emily Steel (Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre 19 weeks), actor James Smith plays 28 characters to make you laugh, cry, cringe and hope. "a masterful feat of storytelling" InReview "James Smith’s Matt is a marvel" Barefoot Review ★★★★★ "Go see it and take all of your friends" GlamAdelaide
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
My feet walk on land that is red blood soaked. Black burnt, yellow sun drenched country. Stories from thousands of years. Songs eternally kept on the wind and water. I honor lines that have been cut. Poisoned, shot and led to the cliff’s edge. Those who passed to the spirit world before their kin could arrive from the dreaming to continue a physical lineage. Remembering the stories that remain unwritten and unspoken, returned to the earth and stars that they arrived from. Acknowledging that First Nations people are descendants of those who fought for land, family and identity. Not everyone continued to walk this physical world, many returned to the spirit world. Kuramanunya honours them. Kuramanunya. The story is told.
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Join award-winning artists Oliver John and Leticia Lee on a journey through the music of the James Bond film series. Covering artists such as Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Adele, Paul McCartney & Wings and more - this show is a celebration of the last 6 decades of 007 and the music that has accompanied. Starting in the 60’s, Oliver and Leticia will guide you through the backstories of the hit songs and the artists that performed them, serenading the audience through to the present. Accompanied by a live 3-piece band, you’ll hear the songs you expect and some that you don’t - showcasing what the pair deem to be the “unofficial Bond songs”. Prepare to be shaken and stirred by a night of epic live music, led by two of Adelaide’s premier vocalists. "Five-star musical gifts" FiftyPlusSA
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
Erased in History – Amplified in Her Story.Music of the trailblazing women who pioneered the blues, conceived rock & pop, and were then - promptly forgotten!Returning Spotlight to Source, MT (Marie Thérèse) embarks upon a sonic mission to Restore Recognition - where due.Enraged by Erasure and Colonial-Capitalist-Con-Artistry, this One-Woman-Warrior Determines to Dismantle the Dominant narrative that Pedestals white Patriarchy - Revealing the Roots of our Contemporary Cultures, in the Heritage and Hard-Yakka, of these early blues women.Featuring MT on All Instruments, Curt Comments & Addicted to Alliteration. Don’t miss this Award-Winning show on its final round - Reaching the Regions, Beyond the Burbs.From the Mississippi Delta - to the clubs of Harlem - to your local Petrol Pump!
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Till The Stars Come Down A wedding day. A heatwave. A family on the brink. Beth Steel’s Till the Stars Come Down is the Olivier-nominated sensation that captivated London. Set in a former East Midlands mining town, this “sharply comic and deeply touching drama” (Broadway World) takes place over one scorching summer day as Sylvia marries Marek, a Polish immigrant — and nothing goes to plan. As the drinks flow and old wounds rise to the surface, love is tested, loyalties fracture, and long-buried secrets explode. Hailed as “a wedding you’ll never forget — and a play you’ll never stop thinking about” (Theatre Weekly), this critical smash from the writer of The House of Shades is a bold, blistering celebration of family, hope, and the ties that bind… or break. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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The Studio
The Sound Inside A mystery. A confession. A choice that changes everything. Nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play, Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside is a razor-sharp psychological thriller that unfolds with the elegance of a gripping novel. When celebrated author and college professor Bella Baird meets the brilliant and volatile student Christopher, an unlikely bond forms — one built on intellect, loneliness and a shared love of words. But as their connection deepens, Bella reveals a secret that forces them both toward an unthinkable decision. A masterclass in restrained, intelligent drama, The Sound Inside builds with quiet, relentless tension until you’re perched on the edge of your seat. Haunting, poetic and full of startling twists, this is theatre that slips under your skin — and stays there. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
The Weir A stormy night. A quiet pub. Stories that chill the blood — and break the heart. Conor McPherson’s Olivier Award-winning masterpiece The Weir is a modern classic of Irish storytelling, where humour, folklore and raw humanity collide. In a remote County Leitrim pub, four locals settle into their nightly banter — until Valerie, a newcomer from Dublin, steps through the door. Eager to impress, the men begin swapping eerie tales of ghosts, strange happenings and the folklore that lingers in the Irish countryside. But when Valerie shares her own devastating story, the night shifts, revealing wounds, regrets and the fragile hope that binds us all. Haunting, intimate and unexpectedly moving, The Weir is a powerful reminder of how the stories we tell — and the ones we hide — shape who we are. A spellbinding night of theatre you won’t forget. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
From the multi-award-winning team behind GROUNDED ★★★★★ and THAT BOY ★★★★★ comes a bold, darkly funny new drama starring award-winning actor Martha Lott. A mother sits waiting, filled with ambition and pride. Her daughter, exceptional, smart and the state’s top debater, is on the verge of national selection, a rivalry ignites that pushes motherly love to the edge. She understands the power of words; it's her job. A campaign for success, personal ambition and political spin collide. A gripping exploration of control, morality, and the seductive power of persuasion — a mirror to our world of curated truths and competitive parenting. Darkly comic, sharply intelligent, and heartbreakingly human, THE DEBATE asks: when every story can be spun, what chance does the truth really have?
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
From Off Broadway to a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, award-winning artist Duane Forrest takes audiences on an uplifting, deeply human journey through the music & legacy of global phenomenon Bob Marley. Blending soulful renditions of Marley’s classics with heartfelt stories of identity, ancestry & rediscovery, Forrest explores how reggae became a rhythm of unity, resistance &healing. Raised in Toronto by Jamaican parents, wrestling with identity, colorism, and cultural disconnection, he reflects on finding belonging through Marley’s message — reminding us that, in the end, every little thing is gonna be alright. Uplifting, personal, unforgettable and captivating. ★★★★★ “Transcendent musical storytelling” A Youngish Perspective ★★★★★ Winnipeg Free Press ★★★★★ Broadway Baby ★★★★ Mix 102.3
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
During an almighty rainstorm, Vera Shrimp discovers she has a remarkable gift. She can read raindrops, each one having soaked up an emotion from someone the water has come into contact with. But as her family disintegrates, Vera’s extraordinary ability takes on a darker and more urgent significance. Part science lesson, part story-telling, this is a poignant and playful solo-show about love, grief and never giving up from the team behind the highly acclaimed 'We Live By the Sea'. For 'The Soaking of Vera Shrimp' ★★★★ “Achingly beautiful and utterly compelling” The Telegraph ★★★★ “A sparkling solo show… an utter delight” The List For Patch of Blue ★★★★.5 "subtly captures the injustice" The Advertiser★★★★★ 'delicately simple and wrenchingly complex...it is unmissable' Adelaide Theatre Guide
Holden Street Theatres
Judy's at HST
Five-star, smash-hit, award-winning, sell-out masterpiece! A darkly funny and politically sharp story of class, survival, and double standards. Jade, a working-class Scouser at Cambridge, secretly works as a cleaner to make ends meet—breaking college rules while juggling ambition, privilege, and identity. Her journey is a hilarious and moving dive into belonging and the absurdity of privilege. Winner of The Scotsman’s Fringe First Award, The Holden Street Theatres Award, and The Filipa Bragança Award. ★★★★★ “Tremendous… a culture-clash comedy in the tradition of Pygmalion & Educating Rita”-The Guardian, ★★★★★ “Sharp, funny, insightful” The QR, ★★★★★ “witty, amusing, heartfelt, genuine”-EntertainmentNow, ★★★★★ "bold, slick, hilarious & deeply moving" BingeFringe, ★★★★ “Brilliant”-The Stage"
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Mornings are chaos. The vision of a poised businesswoman mocks her in the rear mirror. A new mother strolls past, baby nestled in a pram more valuable than her car. A seasoned mother leaps from the lofty heights of an SUV. She isn’t a stay-at-home mum; she's a domestic engineer. A young woman parks abruptly, no ring, suit and flip flops, heels in bag, an apologetic smile permanently plastered on her face as they race past.A battle of identity under the weight of her own expectations. She is surrounded by Shadows of Herself.Finalist 2025 Holden Street Theatres Adelaide Fringe AwardFrom the woman who created multi-award winning show 'How To Drink Wine Like A Wanker'Directed by award-winning artist Hannah Maxwell★★★★★“We are held captive by Anna’s storytelling, silent & immersed” Tupla
Holden Street Theatres
The Barbara Hardy Garden
For musical theatre fans and haters alike, don't miss the return of this award-winning love letter to hometown, family, and the cult of English amateur dramatics.Join Hannah Maxwell for a joy-filled hour of amdram anecdotes, musical parodies and very basic choreography, telling the painfully-true story of her final year with her family's community theatre company; from her woeful audition for My Fair Lady, to coming out as gay (less traumatic).I, AMDRAM has been performed 150+ times, charming audiences across the globe.Winner of a Weekly Best of Theatre Award (Adelaide Fringe 2025)"Quietly enthralling" ★★★★★ The Advertiser, 2020"Sublime one-person theatre" ★★★★★ The Adelaide Show, 2020"Surprising and uplifting" ★★★★ Scotsman, 2019"Deeply moving" ★★★★ The List, 2019
Holden Street Theatres
The Barbara Hardy Garden
Join Dorothy as she journeys down the yellow brick road in Munchkinland and meets some new friends in the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion. Together they arrive in the Emerald City in pursue of their dreams which the Wizard of Oz will grant - or will he? A magnificent show full of laughter, song, dance and magic which will appeal to all ages.
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
1957, West Germany. The battle against the Nazis ended twelve years ago - but for Karl, a gay concentration camp survivor, the war never truly ended. Still criminalised under Nazi law, his life is on trial.From the creator of Fabulett 1933 - hailed as "an awakening" ★★★★★ Broadway Baby, and "captivating" ★★★★ The Scotsman, - The Pink List is a haunting one-person musical inspired by untold stories of queer men in post-war Germany; names recorded in the Pink Lists, then erased. Praised as "a 5-star must watch at the Fringe" ★★★★★ Scene Magazine, The Pink List comes to Australia following its acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe 2025 run with Gilded Balloon.This is the story of one man, one voice, one list they hoped we'd forget.
Holden Street Theatres
Ruby's at HST
Upside Down Fantasyland is a raw and poetic exploration of Troy Rogers' journey from the shadows of his past to the light of his future. Through heartfelt poetry, powerful songs, and evocative prose, Troy vulnerably takes the stage to share his experiences of growing up in out-of-home care. His childhood shaped by the trauma of drug-related struggles and a life with his grandmother due to his parents' substance abuse. In this deeply personal performance, Troy delves into the complexities of his past with honesty and courage, while balancing the heavy material with humour and love. Upside Down Fantasyland offers an unflinching look at resilience, healing, and the bittersweet nature of growing up in a world turned upside down.
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Fringe Award winner, the iconoclastic and generally funny Peter Goers presents his eleventh show in a trilogy of popular shows in the Holden Street Theatre's Fringe. All new material (almost), special guests and a show you’ll soon forget for the rest of your life. Goers offers suburban reverie, observational humour rich in the Adelaide and SA of blessed memory. He is a favourite Adelaide entertainer. His annual shows have become a Fringe staple. A nice show, particularly for old people. Be there AND be square.
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
THE ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY GALA RETURNS — BIGGER, BOLDER AND BACK AT THEBBY!The Adelaide International Comedy Gala is back — and this year, it’s home again at the newly refurbished Thebarton Theatre!The outrageously funny Eddie Bannon once again hosts a world-class lineup of comedy legends from across the globe for one unforgettable night of laughter, chaos, and brilliance.It sells out every year — so don’t muck about, grab your tickets now!With three halves of a whole show (you heard right), it’s the most guaranteed night of laughs in town — ask anyone who’s been!★★★★★ “this is the biggest and probably the best... its reputation precedes it.” David Grybowski, Barefoot Review
Thebarton Theatre
Thebarton Theatre
Hello, it’s me… Rumour Has It we’ve found the perfect show for Someone Like You! Created by Oliver John, this theatrical performance shares the stories of three characters and their plights of love, set to the iconic discography of Adele. With a cast of 8 accompanied by a three-piece band, this ensemble piece delivers epic vocal harmonies, slick choreography, and heartfelt storytelling. Experience the hits spanning 19 to 30, as romantic, queer, platonic, and self-love are explored along the way. After a Sold-Out, Award-Winning debut, this new season is bigger, bolder, and bursting with heart - the same beating core that won over audiences in its 2025 run. At Holden Street Theatres for 12 performances. ★★★★★ “Simply stunning” — Glam Adelaide★★★★½ “Universally relatable” — My Adelaide Tribe
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
“The Cyclops”, Euripides’ only surviving Satyr Play, is incomplete, half-translatable, and reads like someone trying to remember The Odyssey after downing a whole bottle of ouzo. So that’s exactly what this Satyr is going to do.This is not a Greek play, this is an interactive, queer, techno-pop fever dream of the night before - karaoke, drunk texts, bar fights and all. It asks the important questions like “What if a goat and a man had a child?” and “How did a goat and a man have a child?”Every day, people choose between feeding the monster or saving the stranger - but this Satyr refuses to pick. He’s going to make you do it.Talk Is Free Theatre (TIFT) - BEST THEATRE 2020 for “Every Brilliant Thing" - returns to Adelaide from Canada with this musical, interactive, Bootleg Bacchanalia.
Holden Street Theatres
Judy's at HST
WAITING FOR MONARTOBecause while we’re waiting, we might as well sing.In piano bar, one must be ready to play and sing anything!Adelaide gave Sandi the opportunity to learn classical piano, musical theatre, songwriting, high school music teaching, music arranging, choir leading, accompanying, piano teaching, and solo cabaret performance. Sandi has been one of South Australia’s most widely-travelled and enduring and versatile entertainers, including as an unofficial ambassador for Adelaide and South Australia in song, especially with her compositions ADELAIDE YOU'RE A LADY, SPIRIT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, and THE SEA DRAGON COAST. Oh, and HELLO HOW ARE YOU ROBE, her ode to SA Arts personality Peter Goers!★★★★★ Barefoot Review and Stage Whispers
Holden Street Theatres
Ruby's at HST
Welcome to the digital rodeo — where desire’s a glitch, purity’s a currency, and everyone’s one bad DM away from an existential crisis. Virgins and Cowboys is a chaotic, sexy-sad comedy where five lost souls scroll, swipe, and spiral through the burning wreckage of connection in the internet age. It’s part fever dream, part group chat meltdown: a fast-food love story for the attention economy. Strap in - cause the patriarchy’s on fire. Yeehaw baby!Playwright Morgan Rose's darkly comedic social commentary is brought to life by the graduating actors of Flinders University Drama Centre, South Australia's leading centre for actor and director training.
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
Harry Crawford and his wife Annie seem ordinary enough; together they lead quiet, unexceptional lives in the suburbs of 1920s Sydney, working and raising a child.But when a strange girl arrives at the door, it sets in train a series of events that will result in an astounding revelation – and, ultimately, sow the seeds of bloody murder.Lachlan Philpott rips back the curtains on the true case of Eugenia Falleni AKA Harry Crawford, the notorious ‘Man-Woman’ murderer that scandalised 1920s Sydney to unravel the assumptions underpinnng our perceptions of gender, perversion and complicity.Presented by the graduating actors of South Australia's leading actor training institution, the internationally renowned Flinders University Drama Centre.
Holden Street Theatres
The Barbara Hardy Garden
★★★★★ "Nick Deegan as Kurt Cobain.. Phenomenal" - Hugh Sheridan After their Sold Out season at Fringe 2024, local Adelaide artists Nick Deegan, Ed Mitchell, Jeremy Owen and bandmates take us back to 1993 for a hauntingly faithful recreation of Nirvana's 'MTV: Unplugged In New York' . Nick's ability to recreate Cobain's unique vocals will mesmerise you as the band pays close attention to the nuances of Nirvana's infamous performance at Manhattan's Sony Music Studios that made it truly unforgettable. Relive 'Come As You Are', 'The Man Who Sold The World' and 'All Apologies', as well as the Meat Puppets' 'Lake of Fire', Lead Belly's 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night' and more. "They look and sound perfect" Sarah Mcleod (The Superjesus/The 27 Club) "World Class" Dusty (Wanderers/The 27 Club)
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
My acting teacher said to me: It’s like gold dust, what you’ve got. It’s like you don’t have any skin. It’s 2001. A naive young Australian actor sets out to make it in New York. But then 9/11 brings down the Twin Towers, his high-school sweetheart dumps him and his visa expires. What do you do when your dreams collapse around you? 25 years after the events of September 11 changed the world, Theatre Republic brings this funny, moving, one-man show to the Fringe. Inspired by real-life experiences of playwright Emily Steel (Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre 19 weeks), actor James Smith plays 28 characters to make you laugh, cry, cringe and hope. "a masterful feat of storytelling" InReview "James Smith’s Matt is a marvel" Barefoot Review ★★★★★ "Go see it and take all of your friends" GlamAdelaide
Holden Street Theatres
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My feet walk on land that is red blood soaked. Black burnt, yellow sun drenched country. Stories from thousands of years. Songs eternally kept on the wind and water. I honor lines that have been cut. Poisoned, shot and led to the cliff’s edge. Those who passed to the spirit world before their kin could arrive from the dreaming to continue a physical lineage. Remembering the stories that remain unwritten and unspoken, returned to the earth and stars that they arrived from. Acknowledging that First Nations people are descendants of those who fought for land, family and identity. Not everyone continued to walk this physical world, many returned to the spirit world. Kuramanunya honours them. Kuramanunya. The story is told.
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Join award-winning artists Oliver John and Leticia Lee on a journey through the music of the James Bond film series. Covering artists such as Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, Adele, Paul McCartney & Wings and more - this show is a celebration of the last 6 decades of 007 and the music that has accompanied. Starting in the 60’s, Oliver and Leticia will guide you through the backstories of the hit songs and the artists that performed them, serenading the audience through to the present. Accompanied by a live 3-piece band, you’ll hear the songs you expect and some that you don’t - showcasing what the pair deem to be the “unofficial Bond songs”. Prepare to be shaken and stirred by a night of epic live music, led by two of Adelaide’s premier vocalists. "Five-star musical gifts" FiftyPlusSA
Holden Street Theatres
The Arch
Erased in History – Amplified in Her Story.Music of the trailblazing women who pioneered the blues, conceived rock & pop, and were then - promptly forgotten!Returning Spotlight to Source, MT (Marie Thérèse) embarks upon a sonic mission to Restore Recognition - where due.Enraged by Erasure and Colonial-Capitalist-Con-Artistry, this One-Woman-Warrior Determines to Dismantle the Dominant narrative that Pedestals white Patriarchy - Revealing the Roots of our Contemporary Cultures, in the Heritage and Hard-Yakka, of these early blues women.Featuring MT on All Instruments, Curt Comments & Addicted to Alliteration. Don’t miss this Award-Winning show on its final round - Reaching the Regions, Beyond the Burbs.From the Mississippi Delta - to the clubs of Harlem - to your local Petrol Pump!
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
Till The Stars Come Down A wedding day. A heatwave. A family on the brink. Beth Steel’s Till the Stars Come Down is the Olivier-nominated sensation that captivated London. Set in a former East Midlands mining town, this “sharply comic and deeply touching drama” (Broadway World) takes place over one scorching summer day as Sylvia marries Marek, a Polish immigrant — and nothing goes to plan. As the drinks flow and old wounds rise to the surface, love is tested, loyalties fracture, and long-buried secrets explode. Hailed as “a wedding you’ll never forget — and a play you’ll never stop thinking about” (Theatre Weekly), this critical smash from the writer of The House of Shades is a bold, blistering celebration of family, hope, and the ties that bind… or break. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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The Studio
The Sound Inside A mystery. A confession. A choice that changes everything. Nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play, Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside is a razor-sharp psychological thriller that unfolds with the elegance of a gripping novel. When celebrated author and college professor Bella Baird meets the brilliant and volatile student Christopher, an unlikely bond forms — one built on intellect, loneliness and a shared love of words. But as their connection deepens, Bella reveals a secret that forces them both toward an unthinkable decision. A masterclass in restrained, intelligent drama, The Sound Inside builds with quiet, relentless tension until you’re perched on the edge of your seat. Haunting, poetic and full of startling twists, this is theatre that slips under your skin — and stays there. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
Holden Street Theatres
The Studio
The Weir A stormy night. A quiet pub. Stories that chill the blood — and break the heart. Conor McPherson’s Olivier Award-winning masterpiece The Weir is a modern classic of Irish storytelling, where humour, folklore and raw humanity collide. In a remote County Leitrim pub, four locals settle into their nightly banter — until Valerie, a newcomer from Dublin, steps through the door. Eager to impress, the men begin swapping eerie tales of ghosts, strange happenings and the folklore that lingers in the Irish countryside. But when Valerie shares her own devastating story, the night shifts, revealing wounds, regrets and the fragile hope that binds us all. Haunting, intimate and unexpectedly moving, The Weir is a powerful reminder of how the stories we tell — and the ones we hide — shape who we are. A spellbinding night of theatre you won’t forget. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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