Mitchell Butel News

Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2022 finished on a high last night with a sold-out performance of Tina Arena’s headline show, Songs My Mother Taught Me, and will soon announce a special program for 2023, alongside Adelaide Festival Centre’s 50th Anniversary.

That standing ovation was very well-deserved.

Get ready to kick up your heels and warm up this winter with a sparkling program of the best and boldest performers at the 22nd Adelaide Cabaret Festival, starting tonight at Adelaide Festival Centre.

Playwright Elena Carapetis brings the first heroine of western drama raging into the 21st century with a twisted and subverted take on Sophocles’ Antigone, premiering at Odeon Theatre this month.

The red carpet launch of the annual Festival.

Get ready to warm up this June with a sizzling program of the best and boldest performers announced today, curated by international star and Australian icon Tina Arena AM.

This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Australia - Sydney Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

The first four shows for next year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival are being revealed today, with new Artistic Director Tina Arena adding a twist on The Variety Gala and headlining her own heartfelt show.

The 2022 Adelaide Festival program encourages us all to return to live performance with joy and anticipation, and will gather together a community of artists from across Australia and the globe.

From new Australian works and a big, bold new musical to a shaken-up classic and celebration of an Australian sporting legend, State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2022 season is a platform for powerhouse performances. 

OzAsia Festival and Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP) are pleased to announce the 12 South Australian artists who will participate in a five-day Artist Lab from November 1-5.

Almost 60 years after its debut, Edward Albee’s masterwork Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will be reinterrogated through a dynamic new Australian lens this month.

There is no Planet B.

The cast includes Chris Asimos and Ezra Juanta (Ripcord), former Artistic Director Rosalba Clemente, former STCSA Ensemble member Rashidi Edward, Elizabeth Hay (The Gods of Strangers), Mark Saturno (A View from the Bridge), Ansuya Nathan (Hotel Mumbai), James Smith (Euphoria) and former ADT performer Kialea-Nadine Williams in her STCSA debut. 

The Variety Gala marks the beginning of another Cabaret Festival.

In The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race, Penny (Anna Steen) returns to her childhood home just in time for the Appleton Show and its famous potato race, where the winning man's prize is $1,000 and the winning woman's prize is… $200? Not if Penny has anything to do with it. The determined doctor swings into action to right this wrong, but not without some obstacles along the way.

Presented by State Theatre Company South Australia and Country Arts SA, Euphoria stars James Smith (Jasper Jones) and Ashton Malcolm (Rumpelstiltskin), under the direction of Nescha Jelk (Jasper Jones, RUMPUS). Following its official opening in Renmark at the end of April, Euphoria moves to the Space Theatre for a limited season in May, before heading on an extensive regional tour.

Director, Mitchell Butel, has brought together a top-shelf cast.

A boisterous, topical and entertaining year of theatre is on offer for South Australians in the 2021 season from State Theatre Company South Australia.