2027 Program

Ride or Die is an ambitious, multimedia installation and performance centred around a vehicle, that examines the car as a site of literal and metaphorical transportation and transformation. 

Mortified asks what happens when shame enters, inhabits, kills and outlives the body. 

After 100 years of tradition in Australia, a once popular sport played exclusively by men and boys is about to become extinct. Over a series of meetings, a committee of dedicated players scramble to save their sport in the wake of institutional crisis and social change.

Every two years Australia votes in an iconic competition; The Guardian Australian Bird of the Year (reigning bird – the Tawny Frogmouth). Over 300,000 votes were cast in 2025.

State Theatre Company South Australia in association with Vitalstatistix presents Evil Hour by James Smith.