Holden Street Theatres
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AU CABARET SHOWCASE
Cabaret EXPLODES off the stage as the multi-talented students of Cabaret: Context & Practice share with you their take on the artform of cabaret. Songs, stories, sketches, and skullduggery, original and re-interpreted, aided and abetted by cabaret gurus and mentors Catherine Campbell and MD Josh van Konkelenberg. Break the rules!
Singers, instrumentalists, songwriters, comedians, actors, scriptwriters, dancers and poets create unique, engaging, astounding, and entertaining showcases for their final assessment, to share with a public audience. Now in its 13th year, the Cabaret course at Adelaide University has developed and encouraged the performance careers and skills of over 400 students in the artform of Cabaret. We look forward to showing you the best yet in 2026!
ONLY HUMAN
24th - 28th JUNE 2026
Presented by Pitchwhite Productions
Only Human is an exploration of the profound relationship between reality and the digital world. 80 year old Ruth is admitted into a nursing home as she starts developing qualities of aging and dementia. Everything from the perspective of her daughter Jody starts looking bleak, not until a significant change is made at the home, a change to replace all human staff with robotic carers. This piece unravels the fabric between mother and daughter in a constantly changing and dynamic relationship where history has it's final say, and the ethics of artificial intelligence are brought into the limelight.
The text is written by an emerging Melbourne playwright, Louise Hopewell. It is getting its first official staging at the quaint and charming Holden Street Theatres in mid-June 2026. Local director Hannah Smith has translated the piece to the stage with a minimal but expressionistic design that sets the focus and attention right onto the characters and themes surrounding them.
THE SOUND INSIDE
by Adam Rapp
A mystery. A confession. A choice that changes everything. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
THE WEIR
by Connor McPherson
A stormy night. A quiet pub. Stories that chill the blood — and break the heart. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
NEW WORK
Written and developed in-house funded by Arts South Australia, Department of Premier & Cabinet
We acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide region in which Holden Street Theatres is located, and we recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to all Elders past, present and emerging and we acknowledge that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.