Introduction

Lee Cook (Tinman), Leah Potter (Dorothy) holding Toto (Chico Sccarber), Sean Flierl (Strawman) and Tom Bayford (Lion) about to head down the yellow brick road.

The Wizard of Oz is our current production .

Lee Cook (Tinman), Leah Potter (Dorothy) holding Toto (Chico Sccarber), Sean Flierl (Strawman) and Tom Bayford (Lion) about to head down the yellow brick road.

Therry is an Adelaide community theatre company of long and proud record: established 1943, the winner of multiple awards, and with possession of its own rehearsal rooms, extensive wardrobe, and construction premises. 

In 2011, we presented the Australian premiere of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap; our March production, Breaker Morant, won the Adelaide Critics Circle Award for Best Group and our musical, Crazy for You, won Encore’s MusiCAL Award for Best Show.

Each year we present four productions: March, June, August, and November.  The June production is a musical; the other three vary in form but are usually two comedies and a drama (a murder mystery, thriller, or other drama). 

We generally have an 11-performance season at the 500-seat Arts Theatre in Adelaide.  Through public demand, we sometimes have to mount extra performances (seven of them for a total of 18 sold-out performances of The Mousetrap). 

If you’re a performer, go to our audition page to see what roles might be coming up.

If you’re a theatre-goer, go to our program page and find out more about the current season and how to subscribe.

If you’re interested in helping email or phone us.  There are no age or physical ability restrictions. There’s a place for everyone at Therry – from painting sets, doing administrative work, lifting and toting sets and furniture, or making tea and doing dishes, to specialist skills such as scenic artwork, costume making, millinery and props making. 

Come and be part of the fun at our regular Tuesday night get-togethers … not every debut has to be on a stage.

Join us at the clubrooms where all the plotting, planning, painting and production work is done to get each show from the page to the stage. 

 

What the Critics Say

And Then I Wrote

November 2010
"Another polished Therry Production with a set that looks good and is designed to work well"
Fran Edwards, Encore Magazine

Breaker Morant

November 2011
"A well-presented, entertaining production of an important part of Australian history"
Jamie Wright, Adelaide Theatre Guide
"Another well-rounded production and a credit to everyone involved"
Barry Lenny, Glam Adelaide

Crazy for You

June 2011
"Top notch production values. Brilliant performances"
Aaron McDonald, Adelaide Theatre Guide
 
"At the risk of sounding excessive, everything is done well"
Nicole Russo, Barefoot Review
 
"There are not enough superlatives to describe Therry's latest production Crazy for You"
Wendy Mildren, Encore Magazine
 

Awards: 2010 Musical "Curtains"

CurtainsTo the delight of everyone involved in the production, Therry won the Adelaide Critics Circle Award in the category of Amateur Group: Best Show for its June production of the murder mystery musical Curtains – an Australian premiere.

Congratulations to all involved in this show.  As President, Jill Bartlett, said in accepting the award in December 2010:

“There is something that we all have that is more valuable than money.  Everyone in this room has it; everyone in the world has it, all in equal measure.  It is time.  If you lose money, spend money, waste money, you can earn more, win more, inherit more – even steal more money.  But when you give your time, you cannot win more time, inherit more time, make more time or steal it from someone else."

In addition, Sue Wylie (who played the role of Carmen Bernstein in Curtains) and Myfanwy May (Phoebe Firth in Therry’s March production of Haywire) were both nominated as Best Performer, together with Megan Humphries for Northern Light Theatre’s production of Spamalot.

Our heartfelt congratulations to all three ladies. 

There were shrieks of delight when it was announced that the award was won by the indomitable Myfanwy May.  Well done, Vannie.  You are a star!

 

Vannie with her award

Curtains has also been nominated as Best Show, Musical (Amateur) for the Adelaide Theatre Guide's annual Curtain Call Awards which will be announced at a gala dinner on Saturday, 10th September.