For this month’s Theatre Group, we will see Kirsty Mariller’s award-winning debut play, Orange Thrower. Directed with zest by musician, performer and director Zindzi Okenyo, and starring a kick-arse ensemble playing larger-than-life characters, Orange Thrower rolls into the 2022 Season, ripe and ready for an unforgettable premiere on the SBW Stables stage.
Co-produced with Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta, it is a fresh twist on the Australian coming-of-age story. A joyful comedy, the play is set in the very white Perth suburb of Paradise, where Zadie is charged with looking after the family home and her young sister while her parents are in Johannesburg visiting relatives.
Everything changes when an unexpected visitor bursts back into Zadie’s life in the middle of the night, breaking the silence with loud music and even louder opinions. To make matters worse, someone’s been pelting the house with oranges. All of a sudden, Zadie’s got a big, sticky suburban mess on her hands.
Winner of the Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award
DATE: Monday 28 February 2022
TIME: 7.00pm
VENUE: Griffin Theatre Company, 10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross, NSW 2011
TICKETS: Tickets are $58 Full and $49 Seniors. Free seating.
To buy your tickets visit [email protected] or call (02) 9361 3818, 10.00am – 6.00pm Monday–Friday.
PRE-THEATRE DRINKS & SNACKS: 6.00pm at the Penny Cook Bar in the theatre lobby
RSVP TO: Judith Nguyen at [email protected] by Monday 21 February 2022, indicating whether you want to join us for pre-theatre drinks and snacks.
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THEATRE GROUP – Looking Ahead in 2022
To enable you to plan your diary for 2022, below are the dates and selected plays for Theatre Group for the remainder of 2022. Newcomers to SWIC are very welcome – if you need help with booking or have any queries please contact Judith Nguyen at [email protected] or Cherry Spoor at [email protected]
NOTE: Booking of single tickets for August and October at Belvoir Street Theatre opens on 9 May 2022.
| Date & Day | Play | Type | Theatre | Time | Seats (Convenors) |
| 28 February (Monday) | Orange Thrower | Comedy | Griffin/Stables Theatre | 7.00pm | Free seating |
| 30 March (Wednesday) | White Pearl | Contemporary Drama | The Wharf (STC) | 7.30pm | K5, K6 |
| 10 April (Sunday) | Wayside Bride | Story Telling Drama | Belvoir Street Theatre | 6.30pm | G33, G34 |
| 3 May (Tuesday) | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Adaptation of Oscar Wilde Classic | Roslyn Packer Theatre (STC) | 6.30pm | B21, B22 |
| 30 June (Thursday) | A Doll’s House | Adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Classic | Ensemble Theatre | 7.30pm | E39, E40 |
| 9 July (Saturday Matinee) | Bonnie & Clyde | Musical | Hayes Theatre | 2.00pm | F7, F8 |
| August | Tell Me I’m Here | Adaptation of Family Memoir | Belvoir Street Theatre | ||
| 21 Sept (Wednesday) | Photograph 51 | Contemporary Drama | Ensemble Theatre | 7.30pm | D35, D36 |
| October | Looking for Alibrandi | Classic Italian Migration Drama | Belvoir Street Theatre | ||
| 2 Nov (Wednesday) | The Caretaker | Adaptation of Harold Pinter’s Classic | Ensemble Theatre | 7.30pm | E21, E22 |
| 13 December (Tuesday) | Blaque Showgirls | Musical reframing of Showgirls | Griffin/Stables Theatre | 7.00pm | Free seating |
