State Educate
State Educate is designed to provide high school students and teachers with the opportunity to see professional live theatre, engage with the artists, creative team and cast involved, and participate in Q&A sessions held only for these shows. We also offer backstage tours, workshops associated with our State Educate productions and specifically tailored workshops to support classroom learning. Engaging with the professionals that you have just seen performing provides an insight to theatre-making that is hard to find elsewhere.
Education resources, videos and activities for individual or classroom use are available on the State Educate Resources page. This page includes both show specific and general resources, addressing topics such as characterisation, theatre terms and playwriting.
If you have any questions, please email education@statetheatrecompany.com.au
Our school booking Terms and Conditions have changed recently, please take the time to read them thoroughly before booking.
About State Educate 2026
State Educate offers a variety of resources for students and teachers to help them get the most out of their theatrical experience, including filmed interviews with the cast and creative team to help gain an insight to the creative and rehearsal process.
The advantages of booking State Educate performances are:
- Daytime performances specifically for high school students. Each play is followed by a Q&A with the cast.
- Detailed study guides with in-depth information on key themes, dramatic style, characters and design elements. Study guides also include assignment questions for continued learning back at school.
To book a 2026 State Educate performance for your school, please check the performance availability page and complete the 2026 State Educate Booking Form.
If you have any questions, please email education@statetheatrecompany.com.au.
2026 State Educate Shows
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Trophy Boys
By Emmanuelle Mattana
It is the biggest night of Melbourne’s academic calendar, the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, and the all-boys team from the elite St Imperium College are ready to totally annihilate their sister school — until…
Performed by a female and non-binary cast in drag, the show unfolds in real time as the boys are locked in a classroom for their one-hour prep window and forced to argue that “feminism has failed women”.
This biting funny satire looks at insecure adolescent masculinity, entitlement and the ego of Australia’s next generation of politicians and powerbrokers.
Guidelines & Content:
Age guide: Year 10-12
Run time: Approx 70 minutes (no interval)
Content warnings: Adult themes, coarse language, references to sexual violence, sexually explicit content, homophobic and misogynistic slurs, underage sex
Curriculum links: Drama, English, Womens Studies, Society and CultureSchool Performances
Space Theatre
Thursday 19 March 11:00am
Friday 20 March 11:00am
Wednesday 25 March 11:00am
Monday 30 March 11:00am
Wednesday 1 April 11:00amOuter Metro
Trinity College – Marnkutyi Parirna Theatre 25th February 10.30am
Flinders University – Mathew Flinders Theatre 13th March 1.00pmRegional Tour
Port Pirie – Northern Festival Centre 27th February 10.30am
Port Lincoln – Nautilus Centre 2nd March 10.30am
Whyalla – Middleback Centre 4th March 10.30am
Mt Gambier – Sir Robert Helpman Theatre 11th March 10.30am -
RBG: Of Many, One
By Suzie Miller
The brilliant Heather Mitchell will be reviving her award-winning and critically acclaimed “virtuosic performance” (The Conversation) of the woman who changed the face of the American legal system: the indomitable Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The second woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was both a trailblazer in the American judiciary and a fierce advocate for gender equality and reproductive rights. Her life is brought to the stage in a Sydney Theatre Company commissioned play by the extraordinary pen of Olivier Award-winning Australian playwright and expert legal mind, Suzie Miller (Prima Facie). This story chronicles Ginsburg’s wins and dissents, traces her steps forward and the steps back, and brings you right into the room with Ruth at the most pivotal moments of her life.
Guidelines & Content:
Age guide: Year 9-12
Run time: Approx 105 minutes (no interval)
Content Warnings: Mature themes, coarse language, herbal cigarettes, complete theatrical blackout and flashing light effects.
SACE Curriculum links: Drama, English, Modern History, Womens StudiesSchool Performances
Dunstan Playhouse
Wednesday 29 April 11:00am
Friday 1 May 11:00am -
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Earnest is beloved for its wit, satire, and gleeful skewering of Victorian respectability. But beneath the dazzling dialogue lies something more radical: a world built on performance — of identity, class, and desire.
The play follows two young men, Jack and Algernon, who create elaborate alter egos — “Ernest” — to escape social obligations and pursue love. But when their deceptions unravel, chaos ensues in a world where truth is slippery, and appearances are everything.
This production is fast, furious and wickedly funny. With an entirely South Australian cast, we’re serving up the very best talent with teeth, sparkle, and a whole lot of nerve.
Guidelines & Content:
Age guide: Year 9-12
Run time: Approx 100 minutes (no interval)
Content Warnings: References to alcohol, period attitudes towards class, gender and marriage.
Curriculum Links: Drama, English, Creative Arts.School performances
Dunstan Playhouse
Thursday 14 May 11:00am
Wednesday 27 May 11:00am -
Logan St
By Jacob Boehme
In the backyard of an Adelaide mosque, an unlikely alliance takes root between Goolie, an Afghan cameleer and mosque caretaker, and Dulcie, a young Aboriginal woman navigating life, loss and love on Kaurna Country. As war, racism and bureaucracy press in from all sides, their bond — anchored in storytelling, cooking and kinship — becomes an act of survival.
Woven through this tender contemporary narrative is the haunting story of Munarto, a Kaurna girl who lives through the devastation of colonisation in 1836. As past and present echo and collide, LOGAN ST reveals the resilience of culture, the cost of silence, and a quiet revolution of friendship that begins in a garden where nothing will grow.
Guidelines & Content:
Age guide: Year 9-12
Run time: Approx 90 mins (no interval)
Content Warnings: Contains violent and sexual references.
Curriculum Links: Aboriginal Studies, Drama, English, Creative ArtsSchool performances
Space Theatre
Thursday 30 July 11:00am -
Commentary
By Ash Flanders
Commentary is a sharp, provocative play that interrogates the ethics of artmaking, accountability, and memory in an era of public reckoning. The story centres on Nick, a once-promising filmmaker turned university lecturer, whose controversial debut feature Low is being resurrected for a retrospective screening at the local International Film Festival. The film, co-created with his former best friend Hamish (now disgraced and presumed dead), is dogged by allegations of abuse and exploitation linked to its production and content.
As Nick prepares a director’s commentary and public appearance, the past begins to resurface through a chorus of women — his student and lover Gen, his wife Mish, former muse Saskia, and a teenage girl named Frankie.
Guidelines & Content:
Age guide: Year 11-12
Run time: Approx 90 mins (no interval)
Content Warnings: Frequent coarse language, adult themes, sexual references and partial nudity.
Curriculum Links: Drama, English, Women’s StudiesSchool performances
Space Theatre
Thursday 27 August 11:00am
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To book a 2026 State Educate Schools show for your students, please complete the 2026 State Educate Booking Form.
If you have any questions, please email education@statetheatrecompany.com.au or call Education Manager Fiona Lukac on 8415 5307.
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A teacher subscription can range between 4-7 plays, but must include at least four of the 2026 schools shows. Teachers participating in this program will receive a Certificate of Attendance for professional development hours. Contact us when you subscribe online to register, or tick the teacher subscription box on the booking form to choose this package.
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