Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?

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Martin has a marriage and life to envy. A loving wife, a loving teenage son and a celebrated career as an architect that is about to bloom even brighter with an offer to design a 27 billion-dollar dream city in the American Midwest.

Stevie loves Martin, deeply and their house is filled with wit and joy. Until…

As Martin prepares for a TV interview to salute his brilliance, he reveals a secret that could cause the pillars of that house to fall.

Edward Albee’s Tony Award-winning dark comedy masterpiece was a huge and Helpmann Award-winning success for State Theatre Company South Australia in the early 2000s but its tales of transgression, desire and betrayal still startle as if they were written yesterday.

In this shattering new production directed by Mitchell Butel (Girls & Boys), Claudia Karvan, the beloved Logie and AACTA award-winning star of Love My Way, The Secret Life Of Us and Bump, stars in her first stage appearance in 25 years, as the fabulous and ferocious Stevie. Alongside Claudia stars a phenomenal cast including Nathan Page (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The 39 Steps, Ripcord), Mark Saturno (A View from the Bridge, Hibernation, The Normal Heart) and making his stage debut, Yazeed Daher (The Hunting, The Heights).

The New York Times said “it forces you against your will to reconsider the erotic patterns in your life” and Variety: “Albee’s tragicomedy throws every convention into question”.

But the greatest question will linger… just who or what is Sylvia?

Claudia Karvan’s return to the stage in this dazzling and devastating play, from the man who also wrote Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, is big and wonderful news. Both Claudia and I were knocked out by Marion Potts’ hilarious and jaw-dropping earlier production for STCSA and we’ve both wanted to explore the play’s genius anew ever since. The stars have aligned – I couldn’t be more excited. Mitchell

CONTENT
Transgressive sexual references and references to bestiality, violence, coarse language, references to sexual assault, and adult themes.  Please contact us for more information.

RUN TIME
1 hour 40 minutes (no interval).

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Single Ticket Prices

PREVIEW/MATINEE
Adult $85.00
Concession $75.00
Under 30, Full Time Student $49.00

EVENING
Adult $95.00
Concession $85.00
Under 30, Full Time Student $49.00

PARTIALLY RESTRICTED VIEW SEATS
A limited number of partially restricted view tickets are available for each performance. The view of the stage will be slightly restricted from your seat for a few minutes only. The ticket prices for these seats reflects the restriction.
Preview/Matinee $50.00
Evening $60.00

Bookings via State Theatre Company South Australia ticketing incur a $8.95 transaction fee.
Bookings via Ticketek incur an $9.25 transaction fee.
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Audio Described Performances and Pre-Show Briefing
Saturday 18 February, 1pm (briefing), 2pm (performance) – Click here to book online
Monday 20 February, 5.30pm (briefing), 6.30pm (performance with post-show Q and A) – Click here to book online

Captioned Performances
11.00am, Wednesday 22 February – Click here to book online

Resources
Audio Described Introductory Notes Transcription – Click here to download
Audio Described Introductory Notes Audio Recording – Click here to listen

Visit the Access page for more information on our Access Program.

Subscriber Briefing

2023 Subscribers are invited to join us for an exclusive Subscriber Briefing to learn more about the creation of the show.
– 6 February

Post Show Q&As

We hold Q&As with our artists and creative teams so that you can ask questions about the production.
– 20 February
– 22 February Matinee – hosted by Jane Doyle

A Date with State

Venue Access

This show will be performed 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.