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Holiday Gift Guide

2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Give the gift of theatre

Unwrap a year of wonder, excitement and stories this holiday season. Tickets to State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2025 Season are a gift your loved one can enjoy all year long.

Just in time for Christmas

Single tickets and gift vouchers will be issued digitally (ensure the ‘Print at Home’ or ‘E-ticket’ option is selected when booking) and make the perfect last-minute gift!

Subscription tickets are sent via AusPost. Please be aware of Australia Post’s postage cut-off dates before Christmas to ensure your loved one doesn’t miss out. Alternatively, you can order a subscription package and download one of our handy print-at-home gift cards to give on Christmas Day!

THE GIFT GUIDE

For when you can't decide

A State Theatre Company South Australia gift voucher guarantees a great night out, while giving your loved one the flexibility to decide what they want to see, when they want to see it. Our gift vouchers are available in any denomination you choose making it the perfect gift for all budgets.

For someone extra special

Bundle 4-6 plays from our 2025 Season in a subscription package to receive huge ticket discounts, priority seating and more ticket flexibility than ever, with one free ticket exchange per show within a subscription. Plus, subscribers access special offers on entertainment and hospitality and invitations to exclusive behind-the-scenes events!

For the Musical Lover

For the musical aficionado in your life give the gift of experiencing their new favourite musical, the Australian premiere of the Tony Award-winning KIMBERLY AKIMBO by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori. Directed by four-time Helpmann Award-winner and outgoing Artistic Director, Mitchell Butel and starring Australian stage icons Marina Prior, Casey Donovan, Nathan O’Keefe and Christie Whelan Browne, brims with infectious energy and tunes that soar. This new musical transcends generations with laughter, love and a poignant reminder of life’s fleeting moments. KIMBERLY AKIMBO skates on stage at Her Majesty’s Theatre 8 – 19 July.

For the Comedy Lover

Keen for a laugh? South Australian playwright Emily Steel blows open the doors of Parliament House to unlock some devilish and dangerous truths in this bold new black comedy, HOUSEWORK. Two of Australia’s greatest comic actresses take to the stage in this thrilling world premiere – Susie Youssef and Emily Taheny, with direction from Artistic Associate Shannon Rush. Sex scandals, betrayals, culture wars, the price of power, motherhood and Machiavellian manipulation – it’s all in a day’s work inside the House.

For the Fun Loving Friend

Take your fun-loving friend on a trip back to the 1990s with the iconic Australian coming-of-age story, LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI by Vidya Rajan and based on the beloved book by Melina Marchetta. Three generations of women. The Italian-Australian experience. Fresh from sold out seasons in Sydney and Melbourne will have its Adelaide premiere in 2025. Directed by the new Artistic Director of Brink Productions, Stephen Nicolazzo, there’s a new Josie coming this way!

For the Book Lover

For the book lover in your life, lovingly adapted by South Australian playwright Verity Laughton from Pip Williams’ acclaimed bestseller, THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS is back in 2025 for a return season.

THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS tells the story of Esme, a young girl who takes it upon herself to preserve the ‘women’s words’ being neglected by the male lexicographers creating the first Oxford Dictionary.

For Someone who Loves Classics

One of Tennessee Williams’ most powerful plays and an American classic, THE GLASS MENAGERIE is a compelling journey into the heart of memory, illusion and a family fighting for their lives. In a small apartment in 1930s St Louis, Amanda Wingfield and her two children, Tom and Laura, spin singular and separate dreams. Under the direction of Artistic Associate Shannon Rush this production will feature some of Adelaide’s finest performers including Ksenja Logos as Amanda and Kathryn Adams as Laura at the Odeon Theatre.

PRINT-AT-HOME GIFT CARDS

Download one of our handy print-at-home gift cards to accompany your theatre tickets!