Room to Play works with local, professionally trained artists to create awesome, intimate spectacles in theatre. This initiative calls on the richness and diversity of local performers.
Room To Play Productions
WHY THEATRE? WHY NOW?
Enlivened by the senses, existing deeply in the moment, witnessing transformation in real time, breathing, laughing or even crying with the audience that shares our space is uniquely the realm of performance art. In a world deep in digital with options to scroll and swipe right as a default response, the experience of theatre is exceptional. We strive to embody the poetry of the soul, the expression of a story told through humans in action.
DEAR AUDIENCE
The sweat is real. The risk is real. To fail in front of you, our audience, is frightening. To celebrate with you, our audience, is joyous. We know we are only complete with your presence. Relationships are everything to us. Collaboration is our alchemy.
From the moment you get dressed, enter a foyer, have a drink, hear the music (or silence) and clap with the actors we know that the experience has been our shared journey and we are all the richer for it. Theatre is as ephemeral as life itself. Room to Play lean into this fleeting space with passion and purpose, knowing that we leave a mark on all that gather.
past shows
The Bald Prima Donna
by EUGENE IONESCO
(Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
The Virtuous Burglar
by DARIO FO
(Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
Afterplay
by BRIAN FRIEL
(Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
One was Nude and One Wore Tails
by DARIO FO
(Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
Red Sky Morning
by TOM HOLLOWAY
(Room to Play production, directed by Beth Child)
The Eisteddfod
by LALLY KATZ
(Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
Mistero Buffo
by DARIO FO
(Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
The Hanging
by ANGELGA BETZIEN
(Playlab Hot Lines. Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
I Stand Here Ironing
by TILLIE OLSEN
(Directed by Heidi Gledhill, Anne Pensalfini production)
The Bull the Moon and the
Coronet of Stars
by VAN BADHAM
Directed by Heidi Gledhill, co-produced with Heather Fairbairn and Kate Wild, A Hive Collective production)
I am King. I am Queen.
by ROYMATA HOLMES & HEIDI MANCHE’
(Co-devised and Directed by Heidi Gledhill)
Beginning
by DAVID ELDRIDGE
Directed by Heidi Gledhill at PIP Theatre
The Virtuous Burglar
by DARIO FO
(A new adaptation by Students2022, Australian Performing Arts Conservatory. Directed by Heidi
Gledhill)
Banging Denmark.
by Van Badham
Directed by Heidi Gledhill at PIP Theatre
The Virtuous Burglar at JosJos
by DARIO FO
Directed by Heidi Gledhill
Speaking in Tongues
by Andrew Bovell
Directed by Heidi Gledhill at Ad Astra
All in The Timing
by DAVID IVES
Directed by Heidi Gledhill
Coming soon
A Woman Alone
by Franca Rame
