What we do

Holden Street Theatres Inc. is committed to creating and supporting Local South Australian theatre of the highest quality.

OUR purpose is to advance culture by producing and presenting professional theatre productions, to engage in related activities, to promote and encourage participation in theatre, to generate employment for theatre practitioners in South Australia and to promote fellowship among the arts community.

How does it all work are you a Venue? A Professional company? Pro-Am? Amateur? what???

Holden Street covers it all.

  • We are a Not For Profit registered Charity and you can donate through the Australian Cultural Fund.

  • We present and create professional theatre from Creative Developement of new work through to re-imagining and staging classic and contemporary plays.

  • We have multiple spaces for Hire.

  • We tour in work from around the world and co-produce work with international and Australian Companies.

  • We support theatre at all levels, offering a wider range of opportunities to get involved.

  • We have multiple performance spaces for Hire

  • We are reknown for programming brilliant theatre during the Adelaide Fringe

  • We tour small scale theatre into Adelaide from the Edinburgh Fringe and around the world

  • We create new work based on local stories

  • We produce high quality theatre all year round with our in-house company THE HOLDEN STREET THEATRE COMPANY, aptly named…

  • We support emerging artists with low-cost and free rental (where possible), marketing and production support

  • We are a platform for arts workers and creatives to collaborate, learn and create

  • And….. we are a venue for hire. 

How do I get involved?

You can sign up as a volunteer for Front Of House, Backstage or on one of the comittees soon to be released

Apply for an internship in Marketing or Production during Fringe

Become an audience member - see a show

Donate to our shows through the Australian Cultural Fund

Put on a show - hire the venue

Engage in one of our programs such as ESL (English as a Second Language) Volunteer Programme or FOHST Friends of Holden Street Theatres.

Get in touch to find out more… email manager@holdenstreettheatres.com

Hope to see you soon.

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