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DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE

Festival Drive, Adelaide, South Australia 5000
Adelaide 5000



Review: LOU BLACKWELL AND THE FRENCH SET – ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2026 at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre


by Barry Lenny - June 08, 2026

The only thing that could have improved this would have been another hour or two....

Review: ALFIE BOE– ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2026 at Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre


by Barry Lenny - June 07, 2026

One of the West End’s most iconic leading men....

Review: GILLIAN COSGRIFF: THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A GAME – ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2026 at Banquet Room, Adelaide Festival Centre


by Barry Lenny - June 07, 2026

As a late-night Festival companion, it hits the mark nicely....

Review: WHAT’S THE BUZZ? – ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2026 at Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre


by Barry Lenny - June 07, 2026

The Cabaret Festival is shaping up to be a very good year indeed....

Review: 2026 VARIETY GALA – ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2026 at Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre


by Barry Lenny - June 05, 2026

Presented by the irrepressible, outrageous, and impossibly talented Artistic Director, Reuben Kaye....

Review: PRETTY WOMAN: THE MUSICAL at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre


by Barry Lenny - June 04, 2026

This is a light-weight but entertaining night out....

Review: TILL THE STARS COME DOWN at The Studio, Holden Street Theatres


by Barry Lenny - May 31, 2026

Nick Fagan has drawn together some of Adelaide’s finest performers....

Review: FUNNY GIRL at ARTS Theatre


by Barry Lenny - May 30, 2026

There is plenty of fun to be had in this light-hearted musical....

Review: THE ALMIGHTY SOMETIMES at Star Theatres


by Barry Lenny - May 30, 2026

This production is almighty always. Don't miss it....

Review: MACHINAL at Goodwood Theatre


by Barry Lenny - May 22, 2026

You won’t want to miss this one....

Past Shows

Looking For Alibrandi
Looking For Alibrandi
May 22 – May 1, 2025

It’s the last year of school and 17-year-old Josephine Alibrandi can’t wait for her future to begin – if only she can get past the...

The Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words
Mar 3 – Apr 17, 2025

After delighting audiences and critics alike in sold out seasons in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, our highest and fastest selling show in the history of...

Housework
Housework
Feb 7 – Feb 22, 2025

Kelly Sheppard, a naive but excited junior staffer in the Electorate Office of Ruth Mandour, a first-term Member of Parliament, unexpectedly gets the chance to...

Jack Maggs
Jack Maggs
Nov 15 – Nov 30, 2024

Step back in time to 19th-century London, where intrigue and mystery mix in the world premiere of Jack Maggs. Peter Carey’s best-selling and Miles Franklin Award-winning “reworking”...

The Puzzle
The Puzzle
Sep 20 – Oct 12, 2024

All aboard for the world premiere of a dazzling new comedy from Australia’s most prolific and venerated playwright, David Williamson.When the Dunstan Playhouse opened in...

Julia
Julia
Aug 16 – Aug 31, 2024

In 2012, Australia’s first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, gave a speech that sent shockwaves around the world. Just over a decade later, one of...

Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague
Jan 10

Parisian punk-pop-outfit Nouvelle Vague return to Adelaide Festival Centre with their unique blend of dreamy French noir cool for their 15th Anniversary tour.It was in...

Nils Frahm
Nils Frahm
Dec 3

Presented by Adelaide Festival CentreFollowing the announcement of his new EP Encores 3 and album All Encores, German composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Nils Frahm will...

Switzerland
Switzerland
Oct 20 – Nov 5, 2017

A hit when it premiered at Sydney Theatre Company in 2015, Joanna Murray Smith’s (The Female of the Species) play places Highsmith front and centre...

Macbeth
Macbeth
Aug 25 – Sep 16, 2017

Macbeth. The perfect embodiment of ego and ambition? Or a grief stricken soldier trying to fill a hole in his heart that has no end?...

A Doll's House
A Doll's House
Jun 30 – Jul 22, 2017

By Henrik Ibsen, in a new adaptation by Elena Carapetis...

Videos


The Heartbreak Choir in Australia - Adelaide The Heartbreak Choir
State Theatre Company South Australia (11/20-12/05)
Scotch College - Hadestown in Australia - Adelaide Scotch College - Hadestown
Thebarton Theatre (8/08-8/09)
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Adelaide in Australia - Adelaide Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Adelaide
Adelaide Royal Coach (6/20-6/20)
Scotch College - Hadestown: Teen Edition in Australia - Adelaide Scotch College - Hadestown: Teen Edition
Thebarton Theatre (8/06-8/06)
Uncle Vanya - but there’s ASMR soap cutting videos playing in the bottom right corner in Australia - Adelaide Uncle Vanya - but there’s ASMR soap cutting videos playing in the bottom right corner
State Theatre Company South Australia (7/09-7/18)
Commentary in Australia - Adelaide Commentary
State Theatre Company South Australia (8/21-9/05)
Boogie Wonderland in Australia - Adelaide Boogie Wonderland
Adelaide Royal Coach (7/10-7/12)
Log Boy in Australia - Adelaide Log Boy
State Theatre Company South Australia (10/01-10/10)
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Darwin in Australia - Adelaide Faulty Towers The Dining Experience - Darwin
Oaks Elan Darwin (8/20-8/22)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in Australia - Adelaide JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
THERRY THEATRE (7/23-8/01)