NEW EPISODE: THE WATSONS

The Watsons

Written by Laura Wade

Directed by Matthew Chapman

The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild

SEASON: 1st - 10th August 2025

📍The Little Theatre

This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast is hosted by Annabel Whitford, featuring interviews with Director, Matthew Chapman, and cast members Lindy Lecornu (Lady Osborne), Genevieve Hudson (Miss Osborne) & Imogen Deller-Evans (Emma Watson), all from the upcoming production of The Watsons, written by Laura Wade, produced by The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild.

SUMMARY

The Watsons are in crisis. Cut off financially from her benefactor, the youngest, Emma, returns to her dying father and spinster sisters with the task of finding a husband - and finding one now. Matchmakers, match breakers, cads, stuffy clergymen and an overactive rumour mill all conspire as wedding bells ring in the distance and Emma eyes off a certain man…and that’s where we leave it.

See, Jane Austen never finished the story.

So it’s up to Emma, with the help of modern-day Laura, a jaded playwright with a rapidly approaching deadline, to find her own happy ending…

And that’s where the fun really begins.

Laura Wade’s witty, bold adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel is a playful, provocative exploration of choice, control, and who really gets to write the ending.

BOOK YOUR TICKETS

SEASON: 1st - 10th August 2025

📍The Little Theatre

Tickets from http://trybooking.com/cxjin

MORE ABOUT OUR HOST

Annabel Whitford is the Administrator of the Theatre Guild. She dances through life as a cheeky mix of backstage boss and jazz-handed showoff. A passionate arts advocate, champion for the underfunded, spreadsheet whisperer, and sequinned menace, Annabel is here to make the world more fabulous and slightly more organised.

📸 Headshot taken by Richard Parkhill

MUSIC FOR THE EPISODE

The Tile Track - For the Love of Theatre Podcast,

Written and Composed by Ben Waller.

All other music for this episode was sourced in the Public Domain.

Freccero - 6th Street (Austin), Pixabay

Scarlatti - Sonata in G major, K.547 - Arranged for Harpsichord by GregorQuendel, Pixabay

#ForTheLoveofTheatrePodcast #TheWatsons #LauraWade #JaneAusten #Matchmakers #SouthAustralianArt #Plays #SouthAustralianTheatre #Stage #Community #CommunityTheatre

‘Almost, Maine’

Produced by The Stirling Players

Written by John Cariani

Directed by Ben Proeve

SEASON: 11-19 July 2025

This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast features an interview with Director, Ben Proeve, Assistant Director & Music Composer, Toby Vincent & Cast Member, Harri Wolff. This discussion focuses on their production company and their latest show, Almost, Maine for The Stirling Players.

SUMMARY

Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. It’s almost in Canada. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist.

One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken.

But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend. Well, almost. A delightful midwinter night’s story of different scenes that take place in the same 15 minutes.

Cast: Oliver Medwell, Kodi Jackson, Harri Wolff, Sam Ewart, Annabel McGregor, Kaila Barton, Tim Stoeckel.

VENUE

STIRLING COMMUNITY THEATRE

7 Avenue Rd,

Stirling

South Australia 5152

SEASON

Fridays July 11 & 18 at 7.30pm

Saturday July 12 at 3pm

Sunday July 13 at 3pm

Saturday July 19 at 2pm and 7.30pm

BOOKINGS

https://www.stirlingplayers.org.au/buy-tickets

or through Trybooking.com

MUSIC

Original music for 'Almost, Maine' composed by April Strevens and Toby Vincent

This episode features one of the original compositions, a track titled, 'Her Heart Magic Moment'.

'Almost, Maine' has been an exciting opportunity for our Assistant Director and Production Manager to collaborate on original music. The direction was to enhance and complement the plot and emotions on display and create a sound design for each love story. With piano, acoustic guitar and strings, Toby and April have created musical motifs and themes which unite all the scenes but give each vignette its own musical 'stamp'.

April Strevens, Production Manager and composer. April has been involved in music, theatre, film and the fine arts for many years.

April says: "utilising music as a uniting tie between the various storylines of Almost, Maine was an important element to balance in composing the score. Altering melody, rhythm, and composition allowed us to connect the story whilst building different tones appropriate to the varying depictions of love throughout."

Title Track For the Love of Theatre Podcast written and composed by Ben Waller.

#FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast #Stage #Theatre #CommunityTheatre #AlmostMaine #TheStirlingPlayers #Podcast

QUERENCIA CALLING

PRODUCED BY: PITCHWHITE PRODUCTIONS

WRITTEN BY: SHARYN HENDERSON

DIRECTED BY: GEOFF BRITTAIN

CAST: Cheryl Douglas, Georgia Stockham, Alicia Zorkovic, Perrin Abbas, & LA Foale.

SEASON: 19TH - 28TH of JUNE

VENUE: STAR THEATRES

This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast features an interview with Pitchwhite Productions Founder, Lochie Daniel. This discussion focuses on their production company and their latest show, QUERENCIA CALLING.

SUMMARY

“Everyone carries an invisible backpack. Filled with past experiences, emotions, dreams, pain, challenges and successes.

Some days it feels too heavy to bear. On those days, who will you ask to help carry the load?”

Five friends whose connection spans from their university days to their current “mid-life” examines the bonds that can remain strong even afterlife and distance get in the way.

This original production was written by an emerging Melbourne Playwright, Sharyn Henderson.

WHERE?

VENUE: STARS THEATRE 2

Stars Theatres

145 Sir Donald Bradman Dr,

Hilton South

Australia 5033

WHEN?

Thursday 19 June 2025

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Friday 20 June 2025

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Saturday 21 June 2025

Matinee 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Evening 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Thursday 26 June 2025

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Friday 27 June 2025

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Saturday 28 June 2025

Matinee 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Evening 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

BOOKINGS

www.trybooking.com/DAVIB

MUSIC

Title Track - For the Love of Theatre Podcast composed and performed by Ben Waller.

Beautiful, by Giulio Cercato

Moody Acoustic Minor Folk Full catch22music from Pixabay

IMAGE

Photo by Connor Martin: https://www.pexels.com/photo/zigzag-road-between-green-trees-5526447/

#FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast #Theatre #CreativeConversations #SharynHenderson #SouthAustralianArt #StarTheatres #AustralianPlaywright #QuerenciaCalling

COMIC POTENTIAL

Written by, Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Greg Elliott

Blackwood Players

This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast is hosted by Mark Wickett, and features interviews with the Director of Comic Potential and Blackwood Players President, Greg Elliott, Assistant Director, Brooke DuBois, Tech lead and Blackwood Players Life Member, Tim Gladdis and Amber Faull who stars as Jacee Triplethree, Comic Potential's lead character.

MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST HOST - Mark Wickett

Mark has been working in Adelaide’s community and professional theatre for more than twenty years, much of it designing technical and creative solutions in video projection. Productions include: Les Misérables, Next to Normal and Oliver! For the last ten years, Mark has been directing corporate video and working with high schools in theatre and video, with productions including Matilda, The Book of Everything, and Where Words Once Were. Mark supports South Australia’s performing arts as a critic for Australia’s Stage Whispers magazine and through serving on the Board of the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild. He was Assistant Director for the Guild’s 2023 production of The Tempest, and directed The 39 Steps for them in 2024. Later this year, he will be Assistant Director to Lesley Reed for St. Jude’s production of Neighbourhood Watch.

SUMMARY

A sensation in London and New York, this is one of the funniest and most inventive plays by Britain's grand master of comedy.

A hilarious satire of television and a touching romantic comedy, it begins in a television studio where a hospital soap opera is being taped. One actor starts speaking gibberish; he is an "actoid" a robot and his programming is off kilter.

Adam, the young nephew of the producer and an aspiring writer who worships the director (once a great movie director and now a broken down has been), is on the set. Adam starts chatting with Jacie Tripplethree, the actoid (serial number JC333) playing the nurse and finds, to his surprise, that not only can she carry a conversation but, due to what she calls a fault in her programming, she has a creative imagination.

Adam wants to build a new television series around her but the studio will not hear of it. He also finds he is falling in love with the charming robot!

Will Adam get the green light on his series? Will love prevail?

Jacie is one of Ayckbourn's greatest characters; her portrayer won all of London's major acting awards.

VENUE

BLACKWOOD MEMORIAL HALL

Fridays 16 & 23 May (8pm)

Saturdays 17 & 24 May (2pm & 8pm)

Tickets: $25pp; $20 concession; $15 students

Please note: No cabaret seating

Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1363859

More info: 0402 616 924 / blackwood.players@gmail.com

MUSIC

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

'Glow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

IMAGE

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ai-generated-nurse-doctor-health-8846722/

#FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast #GuestHost #NewEpisodes #ComingSoon #AdelaideArts #CommunityTheatre #SouthAustralianArt #StageWhispers #FortheLoveofTheatre

EPISODE: Wrong Turn at Lungfish

Written by Garry Marshall & Lowell Ganz

Directed by Rosie Aust

Production by Galleon Theatre Group

ABOUT THE EPSIODE

For the Love of Theatre Podcast introduces cast members, Tony Busch, Dora Stamos, Wade Cook, along with Director, Rosie Aust, who discuss everything behind-the-scenes for this production of Wrong Turn at Lungfish by the Galleon Theatre Group.

ABOUT THE PLAY

"A Play Filled with Wit, Wisdom, and Second Chances"

The title refers to an evolutionary hypothesis that man's path from bug to beast wasn't about developing the most sophisticated survival equipment; his development was simply the product of "a wrong turn at the lungfish".

Funny, heartfelt, and filled with wisdom, Wrong Turn at Lungfish is a must-see for those who know that sometimes, life's best lessons come from unlikely places.

SEASON

Performance Dates at the Domain Theatre

Friday 2 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

Saturday 3 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

Sunday 4 May 2025 @ 2:00pm

Thursday 8 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

Friday 9 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

Saturday 10 May 2025 @ 2:00pm

BOOKINGS

https://www.galleon.org.au/html/wrongTurnAtLungfish.html

VENUE

Domain Theatre, Marion Cultural Centre

287 Diagonal Road, OAKLANDS PARK SA 5046

MUSIC

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

GregorQuendel - Pixabay

Beethoven Symphony no1 option 2

https://pixabay.com/users/gregorquendel-19912121/

#WrongTurnatLungfish #GarryMarshall #CommunityTheatre #LowellGanz #GalleonTheatreGroup #GregorQuendel #FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast

Our first episode of Series Two of For the Love of Theatre Podcast.

This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast is Hosted by Annabel Whitford, Admin Officer for the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild & The Theatre Association of South Australia (T.A.S.A) Committee Member. This episode focuses solely on The Stirling Players' upcoming production of Life Without Me, written by Daniel Keene, which is the play's South Australian Premiere. It features an Interview with the Director, Megan Dansie, Members of the Cast, Brad Martin (Nigel) & Michelle Hrvatin (Alice), and Vice President of The Stirling Players, Bronwyn Chapple. A quirky, heartwarming Australian comedy. Stirling Players are delighted to present this South Australian premiere with multi-award -winning director, Megan Dansie and an impressive cast.

More About Our Guest Host

Annabel Whitford is a dedicated theatre enthusiast who has stage-managed several productions and serves as the Administrator of the Theatre Guild. An avid tap dancer, Annabel is part of the Dragonfly Dance performing company and believes in the importance of supporting the arts in all its forms. In her spare time, she co-hosts and edits the occasional podcast and has been fortunate enough to interview television writers and producers. Whether working behind the scenes, tapping out rhythms, or discussing TV shows, Annabel is committed to contributing to and promoting the arts community.

MORE ABOUT THE PLAY

Seven eccentric characters are thrown together in a rundown hotel. They are all trying to find meaning in their life and a way out of the hotel towards a re-imagined future.

You will love their absurdist and humorous interactions and find yourself questioning your own purpose in life amidst the laughter.

As one of the characters says,

"My life just seems to go on,

but without me in it".

SEASON

March 28 – April 12

Evenings 7.30 pm and our very popular matinées at 3 pm.

Running time 2hrs,15 mins.

Tickets - TRYBOOKING

Visit Stirling Players for more information.

www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

VENUE

Stirling Community Theatre,

7 Avenue Rd, Stirling.

Accessibility. Drop off area at front door.

Please call the Box Office, 0488 746 951 for wheelchair seats.

HILLS HOSPITALITY

We welcome everyone to our beautiful theatre with a free glass of sherry on arrival. Bar opens half an hour before performance. Tea, coffee and excellent Adelaide Hills wines from our partners, Howard Vineyard.

Photo by Anna Chaykovskaya: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-goldfish-inside-a-glass-pitcher-with-water-4684718/

Music by Music by DELO Sound Pixabay

#TheStirlingPlayers #SouthAustralianPremiere #AustralianPlaywright #AustralianPlays #FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast #LifeWithoutMe #DanielKeene

THE GLASS MENAGERIE

Written by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS

Directed by Clinton Nitschke

The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild Student Society

Featuring interviews with CAST MEMBERS, Jessica Merrick (Amanda Wingfield), Connor Duncan (Tom Wingfield), Mia Livingston-Pearce (Laura Wingfield), Liam Warmeant (Jim O’Connor) and DIRECTOR, Clinton Nitschke, with SPECIAL GUEST HOST Laura McLeod (Stage Manager).

'So what are we going to do now, honey, the rest of our lives? Just sit down in this house and watch the parades go by? Amuse ourselves with the glass menagerie, darling? Eternally play those worn-out records your father left us as a painful reminder of him?'

A drama of great tenderness, charm and beauty, The Glass Menagerie is one of the most famous plays of the modern theatre.

Amanda Wingfield is a faded, tragic remnant of Southern gentility who lives in poverty in a dingy St. Louis apartment with her son, Tom, and her daughter, Laura. Amanda strives to give meaning and direction to her life and the lives of her children, though her methods are ineffective and irritating. Tom is driven nearly to distraction by his mother's nagging and seeks escape in alcohol and the world of the movies. Laura also lives in her illusions. She is crippled, and this defect, intensified by her mother's anxiety to see her married, has driven her more and more into herself.

When a gentleman caller arrives for dinner, the Wingfield family is flooded with hope. However, it is uncertain if this visitor will change things for the better.

CAST

Jessica Merrick

Connor Duncan,

Mia Livingston-Pearce

Liam Warmeant.

SEASON

Wednesday 4 December, 7:30pm

Thursday 5 December, 7:30pm

Friday 6 December, 7:30pm

Saturday 7 December, 7:30pm

LOCATION

Little Theatre, University of Adelaide

The Cloisters, Gate 10, Victoria Drive, Adelaide

Kaurna Country

Train, tram and bus services are available nearby. Please allow extra time for parking, especially when there is an event on at Adelaide Oval or Botanic Park.

BOOKINGS

Tickets at trybooking.com/CPVKJ

MUSIC BY

Transitional Theme Written & Composed by Clinton Nitschke

Music by Josef Surikov from Pixabay

Title Track For the Love of Theatre Podcast,

Written & Performed by Ben Waller.

TGSS

'Experimental and progressive student theatre at the University of Adelaide.'

TGSS acknowledges the traditional custodians of this land, the Kaurna people, and pay respect to elders past, present, and emerging.

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild/

Photo by Anderson Santos:

https://www.pexels.com/photo/tender-girl-with-delicate-bouquet-of-blue-flowers-3680438/