{"id":24761,"date":"2025-08-05T11:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/?p=24761"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:16:17","slug":"the-shock-of-the-new-in-adelaide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/2025\/08\/05\/the-shock-of-the-new-in-adelaide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shock of the New in Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week in the Matthew Flinders Theatre, the Drama Centre students are presenting the major research-led Honours performance for the year, and in addition to the evening performances, they are offering a special free matinee performance for staff and students at <strong>11am on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Shock of the New in Adelaide<\/em> is a curated anthology performance of scenes from pivotal productions in the history of South Australian theatre\u2014works that shifted the cultural landscape, sparked conversation, or simply refused to play by the rules.<\/p>\n<p>Performed by the graduating actors of the Bachelor of Performance (Honours), this dynamic collection traces the pulse of innovation through Adelaide\u2019s theatrical past. From iconic breakthroughs to little-known provocations, the result is a vivid, shape-shifting evening of live performance\u2014an archival excavation turned living, breathing theatre.<\/p>\n<p>A collaborative performance guided by the Australian Creative Histories and Futures Artist in Residence, director Chris Drummond, and supported by the State Theatre Company of South Australia, <em>The Shock of the New in Adelaide <\/em>is staged with striking imagery and bold performer-led interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>We would love for you to join us at one of the performances. Please contact <a href=\"mailto:hurr0028@flinders.edu.au\">Chris Hurrell<\/a> to arrange a free ticket to this Friday&#8217;s matinee performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24762 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/shock-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/shock-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/shock-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/shock-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/shock.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>Some plays began here. Others landed here and left a mark.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>All of them helped reimagine what our theatre could be.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Directed by:<\/strong> Chris Drummond<br \/>\n<strong>Performed by:<\/strong> the graduating actors of the Bachelor of Performance (Honours)<br \/>\n<strong>Performances:<\/strong> August 6, 7, 8, 9 at 7:30pm, August 8 at 11:00am<br \/>\n<strong>Tickets:<\/strong> Adult: $25, Concession: $18, Student:$12. <a href=\"https:\/\/events.flinders.edu.au\/events\/the-shock-of-the-new-in-adelaide\/\">Buy now<\/a><br \/>\nMatthew Flinders Theatre, Humanities Road Bedford Park (nearest parking Carpark 5).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week in the Matthew Flinders Theatre, the Drama Centre students are presenting the major research-led Honours performance for the year, and in addition to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4958,"featured_media":24762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55563,8152],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-college-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/fit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}