http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/ Theatre - Next 5 Channel http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183655 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183655 04/05/2012 - 26/05/2012 Theatre On Sale 07 November 2011 By Tennessee Williams Set in St. Louis in the 1930’s, The Glass Menagerie is a “memory play” about the Wingfield family: Tom, who is torn between his obligation to his family and his desire to break away from the suffocating embrace of his mother Amanda and his shy and crippled sister Laura, whose memory he will never escape. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts herself with recollections of her earlier, more gracious life in the American Deep South, when she was pursued by ‘gentlemen callers’. Now she fights to provide a better life for her grown children, while they struggle for a future that seems unlikely ever to fulfill their mother’s hopes and dreams. But a change in fortune suddenly seems possible with the arrival of a handsome and mysterious young visitor who arrives without warning. <em>The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee William's evocation of loneliness and lost love, is one of his most powerful and moving plays; an unforgettable American classic. Director: Adam Cook Lighting Designer: Mark Pennington Cast Includes: Kate Cheel, Nic English, Anthony Gooley, Deidre Rubenstein Access Performance: Tuesday 15 May 6.30pm Vision Impaired / Audio Described (with pre-show discussion from 5.30pm) Saturday 26 May 2.00pm Vision Impaired / Audio Described Wednesday 23 May 11.00am Captioned http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183656 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183656 30/05/2012 - 02/06/2012 Theatre On Sale 07 November 2011 Education Program Press Conference by Harold Pinter A Mother by Franca Rame and Dario Fo Switch by Marjolijn van Heemstra Song of a German Mother – Bertold Brecht One Actor. Two Nobel Laureates. Three plays, and a fresh new voice from the world of Dutch theatre. Featuring mothers, explosives, a Minister of Culture, a hint of humour, some hard cold facts and a terrifying but all too familiar world. War Mother is sixty minutes of intense scrutiny of humankind, motherhood, our relationship with power, the State, war, terrorism and repression. With a pinch of Brecht thrown in for good measure. Director: Catherine Fitzgerald Cast includes: Eileen Darley Lighting Designer: David Gadsden Composer: Catherine Oates http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183657 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183657 08/07/2012 - 28/07/2012 Theatre On Sale 07 November 2011 Windmill Theatre and State Theatre Company of South Australia – Pinocchio Once there was a lonely man with lots of love to give. He wanted a child so much that he carved himself a beautiful little boy. But the boy wanted the world and the latest designer sandshoes. He wanted fame, celebrity and to walk on the wild side. He was lured by temptation and the love of a blue girl. This woodenhead wanted more than his father could possibly give, and so he ran away to get it. This is his story…   Based on the classic tale by Carlo Collodi and boldly retold as a witty, gothic, rocking, family music theatre spectacular, Pinocchio is a contemporary celebration of the ‘whatever’ generation. Based on the books by Carlo Collodi Directed and created by Rosemary Myers with Writer: Julianne O’Brien Designer: Jonathon Oxlade Composer/Musical Director: Jethro Woodward Video Designer: Chris More Lighting Designer: Geoff Cobham Movement: Carol Wellman Kelly Starring: Danielle Catanzariti, Jude Henshall, Derek Lynch, Nathan O’Keefe, Geoff Revell and Alirio Zavarce Access Performance: Tuesday 17 July 6.30pm Vision Impaired / Audio Described (with pre-show discussion from 5.30pm) Saturday 21 July 2.00pm Vision Impaired / Audio Described Wednesday 18 July 11.00am Captioned *Pratt Family Pass:  2 Adults + 2 Children or 1 Adult + 3 Children (Children aged 2–16 years). http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183658 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183658 17/08/2012 - 08/09/2012 Theatre On Sale 07 November 2011 By Caryl Churchill Set in Margaret Thatcher’s England in the early 1980s, where power dressing and giant shoulder pads were the all the fashion, Caryl Churchill’s stark and unflinching portrayal of the sacrifices women make to get to the top is still stingingly relevant. Marlene is an ambitious career woman who has just been appointed head of the Top Girls Employment Agency. This aesthetically daring, politically provocative play tells the story of the firm and Marlene’s rise to power. An insightful commentary on bourgeois feminism, this bold and ingenious work offers one of theatre's most honest portraits of what it means to be a woman in the modern world. Top Girls examines the complex challenges working women face in the contemporary business world and society at large. We celebrate Marlene’s success, yet as she climbs the corporate ladder and breaks through the glass ceiling, she leaves her sisters behind. In doing so, the play asks, can we applaud her values? The shoulder-pads may have gone on the rubbish heap, but Churchill’s masterpiece continues to resonate. Director: Catherine Fitzgerald Designer: Mary Moore Cast includes: Eileen Darley, Antje Guenther, Ulli Birvé, Sally Hildyard,  Carissa Lee, Ksenja Logos, Lia Reutens Composer: Catherine Oates Access Performance: Tuesday 28 Aug 6.30pm Vision Impaired / Audio Described (with pre-show discussion from 5.30pm) Saturday 1 Sep 2.00pm Vision Impaired / Audio Described Wednesday 5 Sep 11.00am Captioned http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183659 http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/?cat=3355&id=183659 05/10/2012 - 13/10/2012 Theatre On Sale 07 November 2011 By Sarah Kane. It’s a rare event when theatre makes the headlines but Blasted, Sarah Kane’s first play, did just that. Hugely controversial when it premiered at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 1995, it was hailed as a landmark of modern theatre, an astonishingly visceral play of harrowing power that achieved notoriety very quickly by being lambasted in the Daily Mail as “a disgusting feast of filth”. It starts in a Leeds hotel room, to which sickly, gin-soaked local news journalist Ian takes his young lover, the naïve, epileptic Cate for the night. He’s racist, homophobic, and armed. They circle each other in a battle of wills when suddenly an armed soldier enters the room and ignites an explosive set of events that lead to scenes of rape, torture and cannibalism. Kane takes audiences through a nightmarish journey that serves as a vicious reminder that violence outside will always find a way in. Blasted is not for the faint-hearted but it is for the reflective mind. Director: Netta Yashchin Lighting Designer: Mark Pennington Designer: Wendy Todd Cast: Patrick Graham, Anni Lindner, Mark Saturno Composer: Stuart Day