State Theatre Company South Australia
State Theatre Company South Australia — Adelaide’s resident state theatre
State Theatre Company South Australia is the principal South Australian theatre company, founded in 1972 and based at the Adelaide Festival Centre’s Dunstan Playhouse. The company runs a typical year of seven mainstage productions plus the company’s substantial Adelaide Festival programming each year. The artistic director since 2022 is Mitchell Butel — who took the role at AMPAG-member Sydney Theatre Company in 2024 — and is currently held by interim leadership during the transition.
The company’s programming line balances the canonical Australian and international theatre repertoire (the Tennessee Williams revivals, the contemporary American playwrights, the major Australian playwrights), substantial commitment to South Australian playwrights and emerging South Australian work, and the company’s role in the Adelaide Festival each year — usually one major mainstage co-production with an international or interstate partner.
Home venue
- Adelaide Festival Centre — Dunstan Playhouse — the principal mainstage. 615 seats, configurable apron.
- Space Theatre — used for the smaller-scale and contemporary productions.
Useful links
- Official: statetheatrecompany.com.au
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