Accidental Productions presents the Australian Premiere of Dea Loher's Innocence.

 Innocence (2003) is an astonishing play detailing the fractured nature of our world today.

The Boxing Day Test - a time where a nation becomes one with the couch. So is the mantra of David and Patrick, brothers, housemates and cricket lovers.

It's a time of transition for the boys - Patrick is starting a new job in corporate law, which is convenient because David's latest enterprise isn't exactly legal, the lease on their share house is up and they're both struggling with women, well, just one actually.   If that wasn't enough,  this year has added significance as it marks the first anniversary of their mother's tragic death.   And then there's Dad. .........The boys share an uneasy peace with their controlling father, John, who seems to be doing his best to bring the family back together. But are his intentions completely altruistic? Patrick seems to think so, but why doesn't David? With all the nervous anticipation of the Test itself, this year's Boxing Day Test, is going to knock everyone for six.

This powerful piece of new Australian writing is being brought to South Australian audiences by Junglebean, whose previous successes include two seasons of Jim Cartwright's Two and Neil LaBute's Autobahn (named in the Top 5 Theatre Shows of 2009 - Db Magazine)

 Preview Thursday November 25 (Also FREE TIX night for Pensioners and Unemployed)

Opening Night Friday November 26.

Special Supporters shows Saturday November 27th and Wednesday December 1st - bookings for these shows only through:  renee_gentle@yahoo.com.au

Season continues Wed to Sat until December 11. All shows at 8pm

SNIPPETS FROM REVIEWS:  (full reviews attached below)

"Director and dramaturg Duncan Graham has taken the tightly written Michael Hill script and almost wrapped it in rubber bands, so perilously taut is the result.  Patrick Frost really nails (the father) with an utterly brilliant, chilling performance. This is the cream on top of a terrific production of a riveting new play. Under Graham's direction the characters walk an emotional tight rope, rising and dipping, making one smile and breaking one's heart. Tim Overton and Nic English are compelling - a muscular and high energy production....." Samela Harris - The Advertiser

"..What an extraordinary night of theatre I had last night....it ticks all the boxes; script, direction, performance and production......I predict it will be a great success........I only wish I was reviewing so I could tell the world!" - David Grybowski - erstwhile Db reviewer

"Local professional compay, Junglebean, is not waiting for December 26th to launch its latest production - a world premiere- of local playwright Michael hill's "Boxing Day Test"...directed with great imagination and drive by Duncan Gram...it features four local actors, some of the very best of our talented pool: Nic English, Tim Overton, Patrick Frost and Renee Gentle...the sparseness and developing squalor or the (by Tammy Boden) is alarmingly authentic....there is some very innovative lighting by....Ben Flett...."Boxing Day Test" should score quite a few sixes, even a Hat Trick or two - but no ducks, or 'no balls'...Take your sun-block though. Eskies can be re-stocked at the Bakehouse bar............"Richard Flynn - Adelaide Theatre Guide

"Director Duncan Graham gives this story of two brothers' family troubles, the tension it merits, while Nic English and Tim Overton...go full throttle through their emotional problems....completing this fine cast, Patrick Frost, never better, gives the boys' grumpy, authoritative, bigoted father a magnificently menacing Pintersque quality...the wonder is that this work has lain in Hill's drawer for years, when it should have been snapped up immediately........." John Ovenden - Hills Theatre Guide

"Boxing Day Test is a crafted portrait of four human and flawed characters, some more than most, and it is the final destination of each of these characters that truly creates the production. English is the standout...Frost is in fine form...yet this is a play that bleongs to its young cst. Overton and Gentle truly come into their characters as (they) are drawn into the conflict...playing around in the bleak, near squalor of Boden's simple, pared back and realistic set Flett's lighting design is tight...Boxing Day Test is a strong, new Australian work, from a young Australian company which deserves to be seen....." Jane Howard - Australian Stage On-Line

 "A run-a-minute production from one of Adelaide's most promising theatre companies.....Hill has created characters we can identify with and a conflict that needs to be resolved...Tammy Boden's deft design, Ben Flett's adaptable lighting.....complete a talented team effort...this is a quintesssentially Australian play that passes the test" - Matt Byrne - Sunday Mail

Adelaide performing artist Emily McMahon, together with Accidental Productions, presents Neil Simon's The Good Doctor.

In a series of hilarious scenes rife with non-sequiturs - combining the social realism of Chekhov, the wit of Neil Simon and the surprising resources of one room - this young and exciting company will illuminate a rather skewed and humorous protrait of the world of Anton Chekhov.

A sly seducer goes to work on romancing a wedded woman. A man offering to drown himself for 3 roubles defends his performance as "a rich tableau filled with social implications". A not-so-defenceless creature demands a bank manager return her husband's rightful wages. A working class man keen on improving his social situation sneezes on the back of his employer's head during a night at the opera. A son protests as his father takes him in search of a "low-moraled woman" to turn the boy into a man.........

SNIPPETS FROM REVIEWS:

"Funny and light-hearted amusement, The Good Doctor is.....Neil Simon's take on the classical Russian works of Chekhov.....the further director Hew Parham and the five-person ensemble push the humour and clowning, the more successful the play becomes" Jane Howard - Australian Stage On-Line

"..terrific entertainment, wonderfully acted and well directed by Hew Parham....Eddie Morrison was perhaps the standout with a performance that reminds one of Hugh Lawrie in his Blackadder Days....Kyle Kaczmarcyk clearly revels in farce.......Emily McMahon....comfortably straddled twin roles.....Feeling down? Then going to this in the next week is exactly what the Good Doctor would order".- Kryztoff

"..an entertaining combination of the talents of two giants of theatre, Chekhov and Simon..........Director Hew Parham has done a good job of identifying the humour in the script... Andrew Pantelis demonstrates a good range as both the narrator and as the philandering Lothario.....Emily McMahon is wonderfully overbearing as Mrs Schukiin...Lucy Markiewicz is a haughty Madame Brassilhov...Kyle Kaczmarczyk gets it right each time he steps on stage..Eddie Morrison manages both the pomposity of General Brassilhov..and the officious timidity of Mr. Kristonov..........Jamie Wright - Adelaide Theatre Guide

Bad Company is proud to present the return of its five star 2009 Fringe sell-out "The Adventures of Dead Jim", a play that explores the issues of drug addiction, alcoholism and recovery in a unique way.   The Adventures of Dead Jim starts in the realm of a black comedy and spirals down into the darkest recesses of the human condition.  It is returning one last time to challenge and delight audiences with its explosive narrative.

Jim and his two friends Louis and Liz are having the greatest drug and alcohol fuelled night of their life. Within minutes of returning home, Jim is dead. Liz and Louis, not to let a deceased loved one intrude on their partying, use Jim's lifeless body like a puppet, retelling the story of his life, demise and lost freedom.  The two friends each in turn use Jim as a confessional, his rigid demeanour acting like a mirror forcing them to face the harsh truth of the selfish lives they lead.

The escape, isolation, excitement, successes and tragedies of addiction are explored in multiple ways that transition smoothly from the absurd to the postmodern, the real and into the surreal.  It is complimented with interludes of cinematic time-lapse photography footage created by Nick Graalman of Quench Studios, adding another level for younger audiences to engage with.

The Adventures of Dead Jim  is a must see for adults and teens alike. The subject matter has been catered delicately to provide the maximum amount of relevant information combined with compelling and addictive entertainment. It is a relentles rollercoaster of engaging and challenging drama that leaves something for every parent and child to discuss afterwards.

Warning: Drug references - recommended for people over the age of 14

SNIPPETS FROM REVIEWS:

"....a sincere, earnest and well acted show......the performances are good....especially Kurt Murray's as the dead Jim" - Myk Mykyta - Radio Adelaide

".....outstanding is Irish accent actor Sarah Hone playing the overstoned Liz.....Kurt Murray gives a spectacular performance as Jim" - Richard Flynn - Adelaide Theatre Guide

Unseen Theatre Company is proud to present, in association with some newly graduated performers from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts - Brien Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa.

The production, originally directed by Andrew Lewis, was performed at WAAPA in July this year to critical acclaim.

Writer and performer Chirs Wallace presents a 19th century Mark Twain for a 21st century audience in an hilarious one man show that will leave you laughing, crying, stunned, provoked and challenged.

Professional Collective presents

BORROWED TIME

Written and Directed by Stephen House

In an attempt to relive a glorious past seven people regroup after thirty five years apart. Can anything ever be as it was? Only time will tell. And time is running out...fast.

Starring some of Adelaide's most experienced professional acters: Wayne Anthony, Michael Baldwin, Roger Newcombe, Chrissie Page, Jacqy Philliips, Anna Pike and Bridget Walters.

In a seedy suburban motel room Max, a detective, and Jayne, a legal aid lawyer, meet for sex, but maybe both have another agenda. Max's partner, Donny, sits in the cop car outside with a young man of "interest" to the law, though Donny is as much interested in the activity inside the motel room. Donny has separated from his wife Pam, since a spell of duty with the vice squad gave him an appetite for prostitutes. Can Pam reconstruct herself to suit Donny's new tastes and re-form the family?

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An unsavoury character. A riveting storyteller. A spare and striking study on grief and alcoholism.
Grab your drink of choice, and settle in for a night of laughter and tears as Accidental Productions presents BoomShanka Productions' staging of Owen McCafferty's award-winning play Cold Comfort.
Cold Comfort is lyrical, hard hitting, and gives real emotional punch. This SA premiere brings together Brendan Rock, in his directorial debut, with his twin brother David Rock starring in the story of Kevin Toner who returns to Belfast after an absence of 15 years.
In a last 'conversation' with his recently deceased father, Cold Comfort reveals a man facing his demons for perhaps the first time in his life.
By Owen McCaferty, winner of the Meyer-Whitworth award for best new play.

"David Rock, directed by Brendan Rock (his brother) is captivating as the bitter, lonely and troubled Kevin Toner. An emotionally demanding experience, but also a thought-provoking and rewarding one" -  Jamie Wright - Adelaide Theatre Guide

Kat is moving out of the apartment she shares with ex-boyfriend Ben.  Helping her are Thea, her best friend, and Josh, the new man in her life.  Ben (who's not even meant to be there) is hurt and angry and still in love with Kat. But is it now too late to telll her?  Named one of the Daily Telegraph's Top Ten Shows at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival, this is yet another Accidental Productions Australian premiere! 
First performed by Andy Jordan Productions in August 2007 at the Edinburgh Festival.

Snippets from reviews:-
"Worlds End is a gem of a production performed by an ensemble of fine young actors" - Australian Stage On-line - Stephanie Johnson.
"Under the direction of Joh Hartog, with design by Tammy Boden, this is a play that has you siding, back and forth many times.....even in the last ten minutes, the outcome is anyone's guess or is it really?" Adelaide Theatre Guide - Richard Flynn.
"Barden gives a most moving and compassionate interpretation in a superb performance, Mark Fantasia plays the emotionally manipulative Ben, Alice Darling and Matt Crook (create) more than the script might suggest." Rip It Up - Barry Lenny

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"For theatre that challenges and leaves you wanting more, five.point.one has excelled with "Osama the Hero". It's theatre that makes you seek answers to many questions,"  Michael Feast, Adelaide Theatre Guide
"Disturbing, beautiful and yet so simple" Ewart Shaw, Radio Adelaide
"a very talented ensemble" Matt Byrne, Sunday Mail
"If you want serious theatre that is entertaining then I strongly recommend Osama the Hero" Myk Mykyta, Radio Adelaide.

The South Australian Premiere of  "Osama the Hero"  is the story of Gary, an idealistic young man with an unusual view of the world.  Gary lives on a public housing estate where disturbing things are taking place. People’s bins are being blown up and their garden sheds burnt down. As angry residents begin to look for the culprit, their search leads them to the hapless young Gary.  Is he the urban terrorist wreaking havoc on the estate?

**** (Four Stars from the Advertiser) Reviews here

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If you were the last woman on earth, who would you choose for the last man? For poor Louise it’s not the gorgeous, intelligent man of her dreams. Instead, she is trapped with her rather unnerving work colleague Mark.  Louise (Hannah Norris) wakes to find herself with her work colleague, Mark, (Nick Pelomis) in his 1980s backyard nuclear bomb shelter. A terrorist ‘dirty bomb’ has gone off in central London and Mark has rescued Louise. Louise has no memory of the bomb going off at the pub where they were both drinking at the time or in fact how she got to the shelter.