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ActNow Theatre

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8123 0346

Address: Level 2, 52 Hindley Street, Kaurna Country 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://actnowtheatre.org.au/

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25.01.2022 EPISODE FIVE IS OUT NOW! #DECAMERON2020 We've officially hit the halfway mark and we at State Theatre Company South Australia and ActNow Theatre can't think of a more fitting theme. Find someone you love and settle down to watch 10 vignettes about love in its many forms. It's free to watch! Sign up at: https://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

25.01.2022 DECAMERON 2.0 with State Theatre Company South Australia continues in this once-off Feast Festival event! Join us next Friday the 27th at Palace Nova Cinemas for DECAMERON 2.0: The Queer Stories... A showcase of monologues that were written, directed and performed by some of South Australia's queer-identifying artists. Ticket available here: https://bit.ly/3lznvy8

24.01.2022 This is happening tomorrow! There are still a few spots left, we'll be accepting registrations till 4:00PM today. Head here to register: https://forms.gle/WyovkFo5DVbrt4Bw8

23.01.2022 We are so excited to see that Rumpus will be opening up its theatre doors this week, especially with FRANK. and Chameleon! Chameleon is a stirring mash-up of satire, storytelling and physical comedy, smashing stereotypes, exploring gender dynamics, and the harmful effects of social conditioning. It was one of the very first Fringe shows at MakeSpace and we can't wait to see it. Chameleon will be running from the 16th - 27th, grab your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/chameleon-rumpus-tickets-10

21.01.2022 We need spaces for queer things which are accessible to people without needing to feel that you’re good enough. We can’t wait to continue supporting young, queer, emerging artists to explore theatre and performance in a safe and exciting space in 2021. But we need your help! Give now: https://bit.ly/348WA67 ... All donations of $2 and more are tax-deductible.

19.01.2022 EPISODE SIX IS OUT NOW! #DECAMERON2020 This episode of DECAMERON 2.0 from ActNow Theatre and State Theatre Company South Australia feels particularly relevant as the actors, directors and writers explore those who seek justice We’re past the halfway point and can’t wait for you to see this episode and the ones to follow. ... It’s free to watch! Sign up at: http://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

19.01.2022 Our home and venue MakeSpace is officially open again!

18.01.2022 Event registrations for Adelaide Fringe 2021 are now open! Our friends over at Adelaide Fringe are calling for producers, presenters, and performers to register their events for their upcoming festival and showcase their work to the world, while working within current health and safety restrictions. Register your event over at avr.adelaidefringe.com.au

18.01.2022 EPISODE FOUR IS OUT NOW! #DECAMERON2020 Prepare for a series of unsettling, witty and deceptively profound stories, topped off with a dash of good old-fashioned tomfoolery in this fourth episode from State Theatre Company South Australia and ActNow Theatre. It's free to watch! Sign up at: https://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

18.01.2022 It's not too late to grab tickets to tomorrow night's screening of *RESCHEDULED DATE* DECAMERON 2.0: The Queer Stories! Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/3lznvy8 Laura Franklin - Creative

18.01.2022 EPISODE SEVEN IS OUT NOW! #DECAMERON2020 We switched up this episode of Decameron 2.0 from ActNow Theatre and State Theatre Company South Australia by filming at MakeSpace, giving a fresh perspective to the theme "those who come to know themselves". Dive into the journey of self-discovery as told by our talented group of South Australian writers, directors and actors. It’s free to watch! Sign up at: http://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

17.01.2022 We're still getting used to not releasing an episode of DECAMERON 2.0 today... The last 10 weeks with State Theatre Company South Australia have seen 100 new stories for our time, made in collaboration with over 100 South Australian creatives. We want to thank all the writers, directors, actors, crew, staff and, most importantly, YOU, for enjoying and being part of this amazing project. If you're reeling from no new episodes, here are some photos from the last monologue. Al...l 10 episodes are still available to watch: https://bit.ly/Decameron-Playlist by Laura Franklin - Creative

15.01.2022 Check out this amazing opportunity from Nexus Arts! For the next 6 months, Nexus Arts will be offering a funding application support service to artists from culturally diverse and Indigenous backgrounds. Click below to find out more!

15.01.2022 We at State Theatre Company South Australia and ActNow Theatre have been loving your responses to Decameron 2.0... and we thought you might love a behind the scenes look into a character from Episode 2! We sat down with actor, writer and drag performer, Arran Beattie about their experiences with the character Anna-Paula Jettick. Don't want to miss an episode? Sign up: https://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

13.01.2022 A few weeks ago the Arts Pathway Program ran for its fifth year... Led by Alexis West, the Arts Pathway Program brought together 11 emerging First Nations artists for a week of learning, exploring and collaboration. We want to extend a huge thank you to Office of Indigenous Strategy & Engagement for delivering the program with us and to State Theatre Company South Australia, Rumpus, South Australian Film Corporation and AAA Talent Agency for joining us. Here's a handful of ...our favourite photos of the week! by Laura Franklin - Creative

13.01.2022 ARTS PATHWAY PROGRAM IS BACK! Returning for its fifth year, the program will be running from the 6th to 9th of October. Running on Kaurna Land, the four-day workshop series for First Nations people interested in the arts will give participants a strong foundational understanding of the arts industry and knowledge of options for further training and employment.... Registrations close on the 25th of September! Head to: actnowtheatre.org.au/pathway

13.01.2022 EPISODE TEN IS OUT NOW! #DECAMERON2020 In this grand finale from ActNow Theatre and State Theatre Company South Australia our writers reflect on the burdens of the past, the realities of the present and their hopes for the future; culminating in a series of ten galvanising pieces inspired by the provocation "those who carry the torch"... Watch the final episode here: https://youtu.be/d-42orvx7AM DECAMERON 2.0 has achieved the seemingly impossible. This pioneering project has brought together more than 100 collaborators from across the state; a diverse array of writers, directors, actors and crew. With First Nations, queer and culturally and linguistically diverse representation, these stories are an anthology of our time, drawing inspiration from the past to deliver 100 tales of who we are and who we want to be. Catch up here: http://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

13.01.2022 As a part of #NAIDOCWeek we've been celebrating some of the fantastic artists we work with and have had the opportunity to share DECAMERON 2.0 with you in a physical space at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute. We want to continue sharing DECAMERON 2.0 with State Theatre Company South Australia by sharing the monologue 'TEAHRNAH'. Written and directed by Alexis West, this piece performed by Elaine Crombie tells of TEAHRNAH, a woman speaking to her fear of being... pulled over and arrested by police whilst driving to the supermarket. This powerful monologue first appeared in the inagural episode of DECAMERON 2.0: Those Who Make Sacrifices. Content warnings for police brutality, racism and coarse language. Watch DECAMERON 2.0 here: bit.ly/2SLbKYX

12.01.2022 We’re ecstatic to announce our new Artistic Director Yasmin Gurreeboo! Yasmin has been working with us as our Associate Director since 2016 and we can’t wait to see her step up and lead the company as we enter our next chapter. Yasmin will be fully entering her role in mid-February. Learn more about her here: https://bit.ly/3nYU1dH

12.01.2022 You haven’t missed out yet... There’s still a few days to donate to our QueerGiving campaign! Give now: https://bit.ly/348WA67 Laura Franklin - Creative ... All donations of $2 and more are tax-deductible.

11.01.2022 Did you know we had our first international premiere in October... Whilst we were here in Adelaide? Virtual Intimacy had its sold out Taiwanese premiere at Autumn Art Festival in Taipei. With COVID-19 we had to reimagine the show with & VM Studio & Very Theatre a little bit. Here are some images of Edwin and Arran Beattie working on Virtual Intimacy! Laura Franklin - Creative

11.01.2022 MakeSpace's doors are closed for the next three weeks so that means we are too! Our staff will be taking a well-deserved break before diving into what 2021 holds... We'll see you in the new year!

10.01.2022 Never heard of our queer theatre workshops before? The longest-running workshop series in ActNow Theatre history, our queer workshops build community, skills and expression. Each series is made up of a 10 week block, led by a queer artist, and attended by 15+ young queer people. It costs $5000 for us to run a workshop series and we’re asking for donations to run them in 2021! ... Give now: https://bit.ly/348WA67 by Kate Pardey All donations of $2 and more are tax-deductible.

09.01.2022 Contemporary dance takes on the ultimate pop chameleon, Cher. Sounds weird? It is, in the best possible way. Our friends over Vitalstatistix and Adelaide Festival Centre are bringing back Cher - Larissa McGowan, an inspired mash-up of genres, gender, power and popular culture; a headfirst dive into self-discovery, pride and immortality. Grab your tickets: https://vitalstatistix.com.au/performance/cher-2/

09.01.2022 We’re at Adelaide Festival Centre inSPACE this week! Manal Younus is working with Yasmin Gurreeboo and a fantastic group of actors to develop her new work ‘Bilal’. [Image Description: Five people are sitting in a circle on a wooden floor. Behind them is a table and a floor covered with paper.]

08.01.2022 We want to thank everyone who joined us on Friday to watch some of the queer stories from DECAMERON 2.0 and to everyone who’s donated to our QueerGiving campaign! We’re looking for help to continue running our longest set of community workshops. Donate here: https://bit.ly/348WA67 by Laura Franklin - Creative ... All donations of $2 and more are tax-deductible.

08.01.2022 Our friends over at Rumpus are hosting FELTlive tomorrow night and we highly recommend heading along! Six Australian experimental performance makers, including some of faves Jamila Main with 'Benched', Alysha Herrmann: Lylyee Of The River and Virginia Barratt, will be featured. All proceeds go to Children's Ground and Black Rainbow - get on it!

06.01.2022 Once a week during the time of DECAMERON 2.0 with State Theatre Company South Australia, a small group of queer-identifying people, led by artists Lachy Barnett and Annabel Matheson, gathered in MakeSpace to share stories and create a piece each week for DECAMERON 2.0. On the last of these nights, the queer community stream of DECAMERON 2.0 gathered at Rumpus to celebrate and perform the work and share the stories they had created in the weeks of DECAMERON 2.0. We hope you ...enjoyed their stories as much as we did! You can watch them, and the rest of the stories created in 10 weeks, here: https://bit.ly/Decameron-Playlist by Laura Franklin - Creative

06.01.2022 EPISODE EIGHT IS OUT NOW! #DECAMERON2020 We at ActNow Theatre and State Theatre Company South Australia can't believe it's week eight of Decameron 2.0! We want to thank every one who's been watching every week and everyone who's supported and been a part of this series. This week's episodes takes a dramatic turn, filmed entirely in black and white for the theme "those who hunger for revenge". We can't wait for you to see it! ... It’s free to watch! Sign up at: http://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

05.01.2022 There are two days left to register to Arts Pathway Program 2020! This October 6th - 9th join our four-day workshop series for First Nations people interested in the arts. Head to actnowtheatre.org.au/pathway to register, closes September 25th.

04.01.2022 Love, desire, revenge and fate... All tales told in DECAMERON 2.0, the epic digital theatre project from State Theatre Company South Australia and ActNow Theatre. Episodes are streaming online, catch up now: https://bit.ly/3lxegPD Sign up to get the final two episodes: http://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

04.01.2022 EPISODE NINE IS OUT NOW! #DECAMERON2020 This week ActNow Theatre and State Theatre Company South Australia bring you ten tales inspired by the prompt: "those who crave faith" These funny, moving, hopeful, and sometimes blasphemous, stories were filmed in The Arch, Holden Street Theatres converted church. ... We hope you enjoy them, it’s free to watch! Sign up at: http://bit.ly/3jAwnDu

04.01.2022 DECAMERON 2.0: The Queer Stories is happening TONIGHT! Join us, State Theatre Company South Australia and Feast Festival with a screening starting at 7:00PM at Palace Nova Cinemas East End. We can wait to celebrate some of SA's queer artists with you. Proceeds from this event will go to our QueerGiving Fundraiser. Buy tickets online or at the door: https://bit.ly/3lznvy... by State Theatre Company South Australia

04.01.2022 Always was, always will be. Our office will be open as usual tomorrow morning, as we do not observe January 26th as a public holiday in solidarity with First Nations peoples. We strongly encourage you to do the same and show your support for truth-telling, treaty and justice this Survival Day. Attend events organised by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, donate to First Nations organisations, and educate yourself. ... We will have suggestions and resources in the comments. Image via @blakbusiness [Image Description: A white background with red, yellow, green, blue, grey and black swirls. The words I stand in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples. Jam 26 is not the date to celebrate is written in black text.]

04.01.2022 #NAIDOCWeek continues and so do we in highlighting some of the fantastic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists we work with. Today, we want to rave about Alexis West! A Birra Gubba, Wakka Wakka, South Sea Islander and Anglo Australian woman, Alexis has worked as a writer, director, collaborator and performer in film, theatre, poetry, dance and events. She’s worked with a number of organisations including No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability, Karrikarinya Theatre... Collective and Kurruru Youth Arts, and is currently a writer-in-residence at State Theatre Company South Australia. Our relationship with Alexis West started as every good relationship does, with a conversation. Conversations led to mentoring which led to being asked as lead artist and curator on the Arts Pathway Program. This year alone, Alexis has worked with us as key writer and director on DECAMERON 2.0 and delivered the fifth Arts Pathway Program just a few weeks ago. We absolutely love working with Alexis, and we know you will too (she’s open to consulting!). Laura Franklin - Creative

03.01.2022 There’s just a couple days left to apply for this position! We’re on the search for a new Artistic Director/Co-CEO. Applications close THIS FRIDAY at 11:59PM (ACDT). Apply now: https://www.actnowtheatre.org.au/jointheteam

02.01.2022 It's #NAIDOCWeek! And we're spending it celebrating some of our fantastic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. First up? Kyron Weetra! A writer, actor, musician and comedian, Kyron is a 27-year-old Narrungan man living on Kaurna Land. He first started working with the company way back in 2014 on a tour through regional hospitals delivering a version of what is now Responding to Racism. Since then, he's worked on us to help create Like Me, Like You, and as a key writ...er on DECAMERON 2.0 with State Theatre Company South Australia. Outside of ActNow Theatre, Kyron lives for music (catch him in the bands 'Hello Newman' and 'Nobody's Inn'), has been in a number of theatrical productions and Adelaide + Edinburgh Fringe Festivals since leaving high school, AND carries a strong love for the Port Adelaide Football Club. If you'd like to see some of Kyron's work, you can head to Tuesday of NAIDOC week - SHOWCASE SCREENING OF DECAMERON 2.0'S FIRST NATION MONOLOGUES today at 4:30PM and be sure to keep an eye out on the 2021 Adelaide Fringe program for 'The End Is High Concept' at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute!

02.01.2022 Join us next Friday for a free and open workshop exploring what it means to be a facilitator! Open to any creative from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds, the 3-hour workshop will be led by ActNow Theatre’s experts in creative facilitation, Yasmin Gurreeboo and Edwin Kemp Attrill. This interactive workshop will look at the role of cultural leaders and basic facilitation skills. Limited spots, register here: https://forms.gle/WyovkFo5DVbrt4Bw8 ... Details: Friday, 2nd of October, 3:00PM - 6:00PM at MakeSpace Level 2, Station Arcade, 52 Hindley Street