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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

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 is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts