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For the Love of Theatre

For the Love of Theatre

De: Olivia Jane Parker
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The intention of this podcast is to celebrate our quality community theatre productions in Adelaide, their creatives and enable further connections between all the local theatre groups, their audiences and YOU, our listeners.

Each episode will be catered to a particular play, theatre group or aspect of making community theatre, with relevant interviews.

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  • Double Bill: Unmothered & BOXER

    Double Bill: Unmothered & BOXER
    Feb 11 2026
    DOUBLE BILL EPISODE: Unmothered & BOXERTheatre and Physical Theatre • Disability LedSouth Australia • World PremiereUnmothered Synopsis: A lyrical, memory-driven song cycle that traces three generations of women through love, silence, and inherited trauma. Told in three acts across the daughter’s life, the “unforgettable modern musical” (The Scoop) moves fluidly through live music to blur reality with recollection.From the award-winning team behind 'Bimbo' (Holden Street Theatres Award 2023) comes a new work of bold feminist theatre.UnmotheredDead Darling Theatre Fringe Fund RecipientSEASON: Sun, 08 March - Sat, 14 MarchDURATION: 60 min show LOCATION: 2 venues RATING: M (1 Warning)https://www.deaddarlingtheatre.com.au/BOXER Synopsis:Chloe is a boxer training for the Olympics while grieving the sudden loss of her dad. Fast-paced and physical, this one-woman show is about rage, love, grief, and fighting to take up space in a world that keeps knocking you back. Sweat, storytelling and guts collide in a battle with ambition and expectation.BOXERSEASON: Wed, 04 March - Sun, 08 MarchDURATION: 60 min show LOCATION: 2 venues RATING: M (1 Warning)Dead Darling Theatre Bio:Dead Darling Theatre is a newly formed female and queer-led production company based in South Australia. We are driven by a mission to champion bold, intersectional storytelling and build genuinely inclusive spaces for artists, especially women, LGBTQIA+ creators, and artists with disabilities.Rooted in accessibility and equity, our practice prioritises open casting and participation, deliberately engaging underrepresented voices and challenging traditional power dynamics in theatre-making.Amelia Rooney is an autistic composer and writer based in Adelaide, South Australia with a deep passion for music, film, theatre, and accessible arts. Her debut play, BIMBO (2021-2023), received the Holden Street Theatres Fringe Award following its sold-out season in 2023. Amelia’s theatre music credits include WHORE Dir. Hannah Smith (2024), Dance Nation Dir. Hannah Smith (2024), and SHOCK OF THE NEW IN ADELAIDE Dir. Chris Drummond (2025), as well as film scoring credits CRUSH Dir. Hannah Smith (2023), and Nightfall Dir. Myles McEwen and Ripley Stevens, winning Best Feature Film at Bloody Mirror Horror Film Festival (2024-2025). Their professional debut, THE TREES ARE TURNING OFF!, was commissioned by Chamber Music Adelaide in collaboration with UniSA’s MOD. in response to their Installation Forever (2025). Through the Next Level Creative Mentorship Program with Access2Arts, Amelia underwent working on devising a new, breakthrough play with mentorship from State Theatre Company South Australia’s Petra Kalive and Shannon Rush (2025). Amelia is currently studying a Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) and a Bachelor of Music (Sonic Arts) at the Elder Conservatorium University of Adelaide.Hannah Smith is an emerging director and producer based in Adelaide. Growing up in Murray Bridge, she was driven to create opportunities within the local theatre community, founding her own production company at fourteen and producing multiple independent productions.Her passion for theatre led her to pursue further studies in Technical Production at the Adelaide College of the Arts, and a Bachelor of Performance (Honours) at Flinders University in Directing. Alongside her studies, Hannah teaches Performance Academy at Adelaide Theatre Academy and is the Youth Theatre Coordinator at Murray Bridge Players and Singers Inc.Hannah has contributed to major arts festivals, including the Adelaide Fringe and the Festival of Ideas. Her directing credits include Bumming with Jane (2020/2021), The Book of Everything (2023), Jumpers for Goalposts (2023), WHORE (2024), Dance Nation (2024/2025), First Love Is the Revolution (2025), Unmothered (2025), and Medea in Exile (2025) . Additionally, she has directed short films, including King. (2022), CRUSH (2023),SYNERGY (2023), and SUPERORDINARY (2024). She has undertaken secondments with State Theatre Company of South Australia on Eureka Day, Dir. Rosalba Clemente (2021), and Kimberly Akimbo, Dir. Mitchell Butel (2025), has assisted on productions, including Sweet Road, Dir. Christopher Hurrell (2022), Coming of Age in Australia, Dir. Wayne Harrison (2022), and 48 Hour Best Film winner Items, Objects, and Things (2025) Dir. Kristopher Lucia. Created by a powerhouse team of South Australian artists, 'unmothered' examines the complexities of maternal love: the longing to be nurtured, the fear of repeating harm, and the struggle to break cycles of silence.
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  • It Is Well With My Soul: The Musical

    It Is Well With My Soul: The Musical
    Feb 10 2026

    It Is Well With My Soul: The Musical at the 2026 Adelaide Fringe, PG (3 Warnings).

    Written by D. P. K. Maegraith

    Adapted by A. Broadbent and A. Gum

    Music by A. Lymn.

    Season: Sat, 21 Feb - Sat, 14 Mar

    Duration: 2 hr 30 min

    TWO VENUES - Blackwood Memorial Hall & Theatre Two at The Parks Theatres

    Maytide Theatre Company proudly presents the world premiere of It Is Well with My Soul, an original musical written by Adelaide locals inspired by a true story of hope, hardship, resilience, and healing. Opening this February as part of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe, this moving new work blends stunning original music with heartfelt storytelling to explore how faith and community can carry us through life’s fiercest storms.

    The famous hymn "It Is Well with My Soul," written by Horatio Spafford, has inspired our stage musical, and we are bringing honest portrayals of unimaginable loss, and enduring faith to the 2026 Fringe season.

    MORE ABOUT OUR HOST - Andrew Broadbent

    Andrew has been involved in community theatre for 20 years, majority with the Murray Bridge Players & Singers, stage managing his first musical in 2006 at the age of 13! He has since gone on to play a hand in almost every aspect of a production across a number of other theatre companies including Kapunda Musical Society, GreenWall Studio, South Coast Choral and Arts Society, St. Jude's Players, and currently Maytide Theatre Company!

    Outside of theatre, Andrew runs to theatre-based businesses: A Thousand Words: an online platform reviewing SA theatre, and Broadbent Prints: A theatre-based merch printing service!

    The spirit of community theatre begins at the top with the values shared and the opinions voiced carrying through their company and felt by their members.

    Performance Dates and Times:

    Saturday 21st February, 1.00pm – Blackwood Memorial Hall

    Saturday 21st February, 7.00pm – Blackwood Memorial Hall (Auslan Interpreted)

    Wednesday 4th March, 7.00pm – The Parks Theatre

    Thursday 5th March, 7.00pm – The Parks Theatre (Swing performance)

    Friday 6th March, 7.00pm – The Parks Theatre (Auslan Interpreted)

    Friday 13th March, 7.00pm – The Parks Theatre (Swing performance)

    Saturday 14th March, 1.00pm – The Parks Theatre

    Saturday 14th March, 7.00pm – The Parks Theatre

    Tickets

    https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/maytide-s-it-is-well-with-my-soul-the-musical-af2026


    Photo Courtesy of Andrew Neele Pexels.

    Title Track For the Love of Theatre Podcast, Written & Composed by Ben Waller.

    #FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast #TheTheatreAssociationofSouthAustralia #TASA #Stage #BehindtheScenes #ItIsWellWithMySoul #MaytideTheatreCompany #AndrewBroadbent #FortheLoveofTheatre
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  • Stop Kiss

    Stop Kiss
    Nov 29 2025

    Stop Kiss

    Written by Diana Son

    Directed bv Josh Manoa

    Produced by Theatre Guild Student Society

    SEASON 3-6 December 2025

    The Little Theatre

    TICKETS

    Trybooking - www.trybooking.com/DFJTH

    This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast is hosted by Lily Watkins, featuring interviews with the Director, Jehosheba Manoa, Cast Members, Elizabeth Lijo, Esther Burnett, Liam Warmeant, Ashraf Abdul Halim, Jalen Berry along with Composer, Jarroc Matulick and Crew Members, including the Stage Designer, James Davey, and Production Manager, Octavia Kelly, of Stop Kiss, written by Diana Son and produced by the Theatre Guild Student Society.

    MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST HOST - Lily Watkins

    Lily (she/they) is the Secretary for TGSS and has been involved with numerous productions at the Little Theatre over the past few years, both onstage and behind the scenes. Her previous stage managing credentials include Kissing the Witch and The Tempest. She also directed the 2024 production of The Haunting of Hill House and was Props Manager for the TASA and Dramati-Cal award-winning Ink. She has played the roles of Karen in Mosquitoes, a Party Member in Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Marina in Uncle Vanya.

    SUMMARY

    Stop Kiss is the love story between two women whose friendship-turned-romance sparks changes in them both

    As Callie and Sara face unexplored territory and new labels in the public eye, the decisions they make will prove to be life-changing.

    MUSIC

    Music for the production composed by Jarroc Matulick, who will be playing live.

    Image by Alexandr Ivanov from Pixabay

    SEASON

    3-6 December 2025

    LOCATION

    The Little Theatre

    BOOKINGS

    Trybooking - www.trybooking.com/DFJTH

    #adelaidetheatre #theatreguild #studenttheatre #tgss2025 #adelaideevents #adelaideactors #stopkiss #dianason #universityofadelaide #youxclubs #FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast
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    39 m
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