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State Theatre Company SA breaks box office record – again

Taking over $424,000, The Importance of Being Earnest becomes the highest-grossing production in the company’s history.

18 Aug 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Image: Lucy Fry, Anna Steen and Rory Walker in The Importance of Being Earnest. Photo by Shane Reid.

Directed by the company’s Artistic Director Geordie Brookman and featuring a cast including Nancye Hayes and Nathan O’Keefe, the State Theatre Company of South Australia’s season of The Importance of Being Earnest has grossed over $424,000, setting new records for the company.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts