Founded in 2007, Adelaide based theatre company Slingsby creates emotionally powerful storytelling that invites audiences of all ages into immersive theatrical worlds. Each Slingsby show is doorway into a magical realm, transporting audiences to a time and place that is at once breathtaking, and familiar.
Slingsby produces and tours original theatre productions that captivate, challenge and inspire hope through memorable theatre experiences that evoke a sense of renewed wonder in the world we live in, and the role we each can play in building a happy and harmonious global society.
Slingsby's brim-full 15-year history has earnt the company an international reputation as a distinctive creative voice with repeat invitations to prestigious events and venues. A brace of industry awards are testament to the company's renown for excellence in theatre making.
It is theatre like the work Slingsby produces which makes us all imagine a better and happier world. If more theatre were like this, the world would be a magical place indeed.
Andy Packer
Artistic Director, Slingsby
Andy is a director of theatre, music theatre and opera. He has also worked as creative producer of multidisciplinary arts programs, producer of large-scale events and festival director. In 2007 Andy co-founded Slingsby. The company’s productions have received a raft of industry awards and toured across 12 countries.
Andy is renowned for creating original live performance moments that are emotionally powerful and visually bold. His work across theatre for young audiences, opera, cabaret, music theatre and symphonic concerts has pushed him to develop a distinctive theatrical form that is at once personal and epic.
