South Australia slowly returns to performance as usual

The first mainstage production in Adelaide post-COVID is preparing to open at the newly refurbished Her Majesty’s Theatre in September, while Vitalstatistix and Patch are also readying to welcome audiences.

With no new COVID-19 cases detected in South Australia and 440 of 444 cases recovered at the time of writing, Adelaide’s performing arts sector is preparing to reopen on a number of fronts, including mainstage and children’s theatre, backstage theatre tours, and a rebooted events program for Port Adelaide company Vitalstatistix. 

A reimagined production of Gaslight, Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 thriller, will be the first major production to premiere at the newly refurbished Her Majesty’s Theatre in September.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former 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