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State Theatre Company South Australia presents

Eureka Day

By Jonathan Spector

12 Nov — 27 Nov 2021
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

Dates & Times

Tangent Talk

Subscriber Briefing

Season

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    • P
    • P
    • ON
    • AD
    • AD
    • QA
    • C
    • QA
    • C
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Preview
ON
Opening Night
C
Captioned
AD
Audio Described
QA
Post-show Q&A

This may be a difficult conversation

The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: inclusivity, equality and social justice. All decisions are made by consensus, resulting in some very long meetings. But when African American mother Carina joins the board and a viral outbreak occurs at the school, parents are divided on a particularly prescient issue… vaccination.

Hailed by the New York Times as the “perfect comedy for our age of disagreement”, Jonathan Spector’s riotous but compassionate play takes one of the world’s most hot-button issues and sets it on fire. As parents from the school sound off in a Facebook live chat, audiences are forced to grapple with some of the biggest questions facing our community. Why is it that in trying to do our best, we’re often at our worst? How do we balance the protection of our children with the well-being of others? Why are some people so allergic to soy?

Former Artistic Director Rosalba Clemente returns to State Theatre Company South Australia to pull the trigger on perhaps the most topical, scintillating and scandalous play of the year.

Rosalba Clemente was my first ever acting teacher. She’s a champion of truth, integrity and humanity. I know she’ll make this provocative comedy shock, delight and dare you to re-think. Mitchell

Run time: Approx. 2 hours (including interval)

Content:
Contains coarse language and adult themes
Age guide – 15 +

  • Director

    Rosalba Clemente

  • Set & Costume Designer

    Meg Wilson

  • Lighting Designer

    Mark Shelton

  • AV Design & Content

    Chris Petridis

  • Composer

    Stuart Day

  • Sound Designer

    Andrew Howard

  • With

    Caroline Craig
    Glynn Nicholas
    Juanita Navas-Nguyen
    Matt Hyde
    Sara Zwangobani

Dates & Times

      • P
      • P
      • P
      • ON
      • AD
      • AD
      • QA
      • C
      • QA
      • C
P
Preview
ON
Opening Night
C
Captioned
AD
Audio Described
QA
Post-show Q&A

Tickets

Single tickets to Eureka Day are now on sale!

Events

Tangent

Join our esteemed panel on Monday 25 October for our Tangent Talk on Eureka Day. Click here to book.

Subscriber Briefing

2021 Subscribers are invited to join us on Monday 8 November for an exclusive Subscriber Briefing to learn more about the creation of the show.

Post Show Q&As

We hold Q&As with our artists and creative teams so that you can ask questions about the production.

VENUE ACCESS

Venue Access

Eureka Day is being held at the Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre.

The recommended Dunstan Playhouse and Space Theatre drop off zone is at the northern end of the Riverbank Footbridge on War Memorial Drive (walk across the Footbridge to Dunstan Playhouse) or at the Intercontinental Hotel (walk north between the Intercontinental Hotel and Railway Station along the lane way to the Riverbank). There is also a drop off area and two accessible car spaces on lower Festival Drive, accessible from the west via Montefiore Road.

Getting to the Venue

Adelaide Festival Centre is easily accessible by public transport, including the tram (stop at Railway Station), trains, buses and a free bus service that operates on a loop throughout the city and North Adelaide with stops on the corner of King William Road and North Terrace.

For more information visit https://adelaidemetro.com.au/

For information about parking near the Adelaide Festival Centre, please click here.

COVID SAFE & VENUE INFORMATION

State Theatre Company South Australia is following advice from the Australian Government Department of Health and SA Health regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and will continue to do so as the situation changes in South Australia and around the country. Please visit our Terms & Conditions of Sale page for COVID safe venue information.

Should conditions change, will provide updates via our website, social media, and/or direct communication with ticket buyers.

Before you attend an event, please read the pre-show email sent to ticket buyers to keep up-to-date with the latest guidelines. If you did not purchase your tickets, please ask the person who did to send you your pre-show email.