Geordie Brookman News

In a landmark development, State Theatre Company enters its first ever international co-production with London-based theatre company Frantic Assembly. THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE is a brand new commissioned work by leading Australian writer Andrew Bovell that will have its world premiere in Adelaide, before seasons in Canberra and the UK.

The ending is very powerful and affecting, and sends the audience out with emotions stirred.

One of Australia's most popular screen and theatre actors, Lisa McCune, returns to Sydney Theatre Company for the first time in a decade, in MACHU PICCHU, a new play by Australian playwright Sue Smith.

MACHU PICCHU looks at the unpredictability of life as plans and perfection are derailed.

One of Australia's most popular screen and theatre actors, Lisa McCune, returns to Sydney Theatre Company for the first time in a decade, in MACHU PICCHU, a new play by Australian playwright Sue Smith.

One of Australia's most popular screen and theatre actors, Lisa McCune, returns to Sydney Theatre Company for the first time in a decade, in MACHU PICCHU, a new play by Australian playwright Sue Smith.

Frantic Assembly presents Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True, an exciting international co-production with State Theatre Company of South Australia. It will receive its UK premiere at the Lyric Hammersmith from 10th September until 1st October 2016. A brand new commission written by leading Australian writer Andrew Bovell, Things I Know To Be True will enjoy its world premiere in Adelaide in May 2016, before being recreated for a UK tour later in the year.

State Theatre Company is delighted to collaborate with Sydney's legendary Belvoir Theatre on this scintillating new Australian play. Melbourne Theatre Company's Leticia Ca?ceres directs star of screen and stage Colin Friels in Mortido-a crime thriller, revenge tragedy and contemporary morality play all rolled into one.

Sydney Theatre Company's (STC) Artistic Director, Andrew Upton, has announced the 2016 season, the last of which he will program before the position is handed over to Jonathan Church at the end of 2015.

Acclaimed actress Alison Bell finds herself at the centre of a love triangle in Betrayal, Harold Pinter's most arresting relationship drama. Created by the State Theatre Company of South Australia and directed by its Artistic Director Geordie Brookman, Betrayal opens at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner on Saturday 29 August 2015 after seasons in Adelaide and Canberra.

For once, a play by Pinter is directed by somebody who understands the playwright.

Harold Pinter, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, is famous for probing the darker sides of human emotion. His play Betrayal is considered one of his late masterpieces. Bringing together the creative team and the stars of State Theatre Company's Helpmann Award nominated Hedda Gabler, this production, directed by Artistic Director Geordie Brookman, is set to be one of the highlights of the 2015 theatrical calendar.

Harold Pinter, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, is famous for probing the darker sides of human emotion. His play Betrayal is considered one of his late masterpieces. Bringing together the creative team and the stars of State Theatre Company's Helpmann Award nominated Hedda Gabler, this production, directed by Artistic Director Geordie Brookman, is set to be one of the highlights of the 2015 theatrical calendar.

Ray Lawler's play, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, was first performed in 1955, and is considered an Australian classic.

Melbourne Theatre Company's 2015 Season is off to a brilliant and busy start with Jumpy and What Rhymes with Cars and Girls currently playing, Endgame in rehearsal and tickets to all remaining productions in the season on sale today.

The State Theatre Company of South Australia is presenting Beckett Triptych, a collection of three of Samuel Beckett's one-act plays.

State Theatre Company's 2015 season will begin with three perfect theatrical gems written by the father of theatrical postmodernism, Samuel Beckett. Brought together especially for the 2015 Adelaide Festival, this trio of remarkable and rarely produced short plays will feature three of Australia's greatest actors: Paul Blackwell, Peter Carroll and Pamela Rabe, all of whom are brilliantly matched to the funny, wistful, bleak and acutely observed work of Beckett.

This is top quality professional theatre and everybody involved in the production has every right to feel extremely proud of what they have created.

State Theatre Company joins forces with Sydney Theatre Company once again in 2014 to produce a new play from the acclaimed Australian writer Sue Smith. Having rehearsed in Adelaide, and following a critically acclaimed season in Sydney, Kryptonite will return to Adelaide for a season at the Space Theatre. A play for our times, Kryptonite is a thought-provoking premiere production that dissects the tricky question of our relationship with China and Australia's place in the Asian century.

MTC Season 2015 continues to deliver with the announcement today that Marina Prior will join the cast of Jumpy, the hilarious West End hit by April de Angelis which opens MTC's year of life in living colour on Thursday 5 February at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner.