This event celebrates the launch of Flinders University’s 2025 Creative Writing Anthology, Attachment Theory, conceived and written by 3^rd-year Creative Writing students and published by Glimmer Press.

As part of the launch, 2^nd-year Drama students will present staged readings from the Attachment Theory.

An evening to celebrate storytelling and performance from the stars of the future!

The Honours ensemble of the Bachelor of Performance say farewell to the Drama Centre and launch their careers with FutureShocks: New Voices on Stage, a vibrant anthology of new short works created and performed by the students themselves.

Directed by Anthony Nicola, the production gathers an array of stories both personal and political, combining humour, provocation, and raw honesty. These works emerge from a year-long creative development process in which students generated original material drawn from their own worlds; exploring contemporary questions of identity, belonging, and the role of the artist in uncertain times.

Presented in the historic Queens Theatre, FutureShocks captures the spirit of Flinders Drama Centre, known for producing actors and directors who make as well as perform. It signals the arrival of a new wave of South Australian voices – the writers, performers, and creative leaders who will shape the future of the artform.

The Queens Theatre
Playhouse Land, Adelaide 5000

November 20, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
November 21, 1:00pm and 5:30pm

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

The Honours ensemble of the Bachelor of Performance say farewell to the Drama Centre and launch their careers with FutureShocks: New Voices on Stage, a vibrant anthology of new short works created and performed by the students themselves.

Directed by Anthony Nicola, the production gathers an array of stories both personal and political, combining humour, provocation, and raw honesty. These works emerge from a year-long creative development process in which students generated original material drawn from their own worlds; exploring contemporary questions of identity, belonging, and the role of the artist in uncertain times.

Presented in the historic Queens Theatre, FutureShocks captures the spirit of Flinders Drama Centre, known for producing actors and directors who make as well as perform. It signals the arrival of a new wave of South Australian voices – the writers, performers, and creative leaders who will shape the future of the artform.

The Queens Theatre
Playhouse Land, Adelaide 5000

November 20, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
November 21, 1:00pm and 5:30pm

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

The Honours ensemble of the Bachelor of Performance say farewell to the Drama Centre and launch their careers with FutureShocks: New Voices on Stage, a vibrant anthology of new short works created and performed by the students themselves.

Directed by Anthony Nicola, the production gathers an array of stories both personal and political, combining humour, provocation, and raw honesty. These works emerge from a year-long creative development process in which students generated original material drawn from their own worlds; exploring contemporary questions of identity, belonging, and the role of the artist in uncertain times.

Presented in the historic Queens Theatre, FutureShocks captures the spirit of Flinders Drama Centre, known for producing actors and directors who make as well as perform. It signals the arrival of a new wave of South Australian voices – the writers, performers, and creative leaders who will shape the future of the artform.

The Queens Theatre
Playhouse Land, Adelaide 5000

November 20, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
November 21, 1:00pm and 5:30pm

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

The Honours ensemble of the Bachelor of Performance say farewell to the Drama Centre and launch their careers with FutureShocks: New Voices on Stage, a vibrant anthology of new short works created and performed by the students themselves.

Directed by Anthony Nicola, the production gathers an array of stories both personal and political, combining humour, provocation, and raw honesty. These works emerge from a year-long creative development process in which students generated original material drawn from their own worlds; exploring contemporary questions of identity, belonging, and the role of the artist in uncertain times.

Presented in the historic Queens Theatre, FutureShocks captures the spirit of Flinders Drama Centre, known for producing actors and directors who make as well as perform. It signals the arrival of a new wave of South Australian voices – the writers, performers, and creative leaders who will shape the future of the artform.

The Queens Theatre
Playhouse Land, Adelaide 5000

November 20, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
November 21, 1:00pm and 5:30pm

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

A comprehensive day of research presentations, workshops, networking, and awards celebrating excellence in business research.

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Registration & Welcome Coffee
Arrival, check-in, and informal networking over light refreshments.

9:00 – 10:00 AM

Opening Keynote
Welcome from the Dean of Research and a keynote address with Q&A.

10:00 – 11:00 AM

Parallel Sessions

• HDR student research presentations
• Workshop on connecting teaching and research

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

World Ranking Workshop
Strategic insights on enhancing research visibility and university rankings.

12:30 – 1:30 PM

Lunch & Poster Session
Networking lunch with poster displays from researchers.

1:30 – 2:30 PM

Parallel Sessions

• More HDR student presentations
• Faculty research showcase and panel

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Afternoon Tea & Networking
Refreshments and networking break.

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Parallel Sessions

• Final round of HDR student presentations
• Panel on industry collaboration

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Awards Ceremony
Recognition of top student and faculty contributions.

5:00 – 6:00 PM

Networking & Closing
End-of-day drinks, canapés, and informal networking.

Flinders Drama Centre previews an epic new Australian take on Medea

Students of Flinders Drama Centre’s Bachelor of Performance courses in Acting, Directing and Theatre-Making present the first ever staging of Medea in Exile, a bold new triptych created by acclaimed Australian playwright Tom Holloway and classicist Dr Emma Cole. This fully-staged performance will contribute to the work’s final phase of development and offers audiences an exclusive first look ahead of its future professional world premiere.

The trilogy spans Medea’s lost prelude and aftermath: from her childhood as a priestess presiding over human sacrifice, through her erased encounter with Herakles, to her later exile in Athens where she again confronts betrayal and the destructive instinct for revenge.

This epic new work follows Medea’s journey across three distinct worlds — exploring themes of exile, reinvention, and survival. Staged across multiple indoor and outdoor locations within the Drama Centre and Bedford Park campus, the production culminates in a powerful site-responsive performance under the open sky, invoking Adelaide’s status as the ‘Athens of the South’ in a year that sees the finalisation of our new Sister City relationship with the ancient home of world theatre.

Flinders University Drama Centre
Humanities Road (Free parking at Carpark 5)
Bedford Park SA 5042

November 26, 27: 6:30pm
November 28: 7:00pm
November 29: 5:00pm
(Please note the outdoor presentation of part 3 of the Medea in Exile tryptich is not wheelchair accessible)

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

Special Event – Tom Holloway and Emma Cole in conversation with Elena Carapetis 4:00pm Saturday November 29.

Flinders Drama Centre previews an epic new Australian take on Medea

Students of Flinders Drama Centre’s Bachelor of Performance courses in Acting, Directing and Theatre-Making present the first ever staging of Medea in Exile, a bold new triptych created by acclaimed Australian playwright Tom Holloway and classicist Dr Emma Cole. This fully-staged performance will contribute to the work’s final phase of development and offers audiences an exclusive first look ahead of its future professional world premiere.

The trilogy spans Medea’s lost prelude and aftermath: from her childhood as a priestess presiding over human sacrifice, through her erased encounter with Herakles, to her later exile in Athens where she again confronts betrayal and the destructive instinct for revenge.

This epic new work follows Medea’s journey across three distinct worlds — exploring themes of exile, reinvention, and survival. Staged across multiple indoor and outdoor locations within the Drama Centre and Bedford Park campus, the production culminates in a powerful site-responsive performance under the open sky, invoking Adelaide’s status as the ‘Athens of the South’ in a year that sees the finalisation of our new Sister City relationship with the ancient home of world theatre.

Flinders University Drama Centre
Humanities Road (Free parking at Carpark 5)
Bedford Park SA 5042

November 26, 27: 6:30pm
November 28: 7:00pm
November 29: 5:00pm
(Please note the outdoor presentation of part 3 of the Medea in Exile tryptich is not wheelchair accessible)

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

Special Event – Tom Holloway and Emma Cole in conversation with Elena Carapetis 4:00pm Saturday November 29.

Flinders Drama Centre previews an epic new Australian take on Medea

Students of Flinders Drama Centre’s Bachelor of Performance courses in Acting, Directing and Theatre-Making present the first ever staging of Medea in Exile, a bold new triptych created by acclaimed Australian playwright Tom Holloway and classicist Dr Emma Cole. This fully-staged performance will contribute to the work’s final phase of development and offers audiences an exclusive first look ahead of its future professional world premiere.

The trilogy spans Medea’s lost prelude and aftermath: from her childhood as a priestess presiding over human sacrifice, through her erased encounter with Herakles, to her later exile in Athens where she again confronts betrayal and the destructive instinct for revenge.

This epic new work follows Medea’s journey across three distinct worlds — exploring themes of exile, reinvention, and survival. Staged across multiple indoor and outdoor locations within the Drama Centre and Bedford Park campus, the production culminates in a powerful site-responsive performance under the open sky, invoking Adelaide’s status as the ‘Athens of the South’ in a year that sees the finalisation of our new Sister City relationship with the ancient home of world theatre.

Flinders University Drama Centre
Humanities Road (Free parking at Carpark 5)
Bedford Park SA 5042

November 26, 27: 6:30pm
November 28: 7:00pm
November 29: 5:00pm
(Please note the outdoor presentation of part 3 of the Medea in Exile tryptich is not wheelchair accessible)

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

Special Event – Tom Holloway and Emma Cole in conversation with Elena Carapetis 4:00pm Saturday November 29.

Flinders Drama Centre previews an epic new Australian take on Medea

Students of Flinders Drama Centre’s Bachelor of Performance courses in Acting, Directing and Theatre-Making present the first ever staging of Medea in Exile, a bold new triptych created by acclaimed Australian playwright Tom Holloway and classicist Dr Emma Cole. This fully-staged performance will contribute to the work’s final phase of development and offers audiences an exclusive first look ahead of its future professional world premiere.

The trilogy spans Medea’s lost prelude and aftermath: from her childhood as a priestess presiding over human sacrifice, through her erased encounter with Herakles, to her later exile in Athens where she again confronts betrayal and the destructive instinct for revenge.

This epic new work follows Medea’s journey across three distinct worlds — exploring themes of exile, reinvention, and survival. Staged across multiple indoor and outdoor locations within the Drama Centre and Bedford Park campus, the production culminates in a powerful site-responsive performance under the open sky, invoking Adelaide’s status as the ‘Athens of the South’ in a year that sees the finalisation of our new Sister City relationship with the ancient home of world theatre.

Flinders University Drama Centre
Humanities Road (Free parking at Carpark 5)
Bedford Park SA 5042

November 26, 27: 6:30pm
November 28: 7:00pm
November 29: 5:00pm
(Please note the outdoor presentation of part 3 of the Medea in Exile tryptich is not wheelchair accessible)

Tickets $30/$20(Concession)/$10 Flinders Students & Staff

Special Event – Tom Holloway and Emma Cole in conversation with Elena Carapetis 4:00pm Saturday November 29.

This is an irresistibly funny play about a working-class family with big dreams for their futures. Martin, the father, is trying to keep his failing milk-delivery business alive. His son Billy dreams of making it in art school, and his sister Sophie wants to teach young girls martial art. And their mother Kath, is just trying to keep the family together. Share a year with a family whose supposedly ordinary lives are rich with idiosyncrasies, as they struggle with their hang-ups, leaning on one another to get through tough times.

Written by Tom Wells
Presented by Flinders University Drama Centre Second Years
Directed by Kestrel Pleasance

Starring:
Nate Johnson
Violet Alfred
Jakub Hapugoda
Amelia Harder
Sienna Druce

Crewed by:
Elki Gillen-Turner
Peri Broomhill

Loveplay is about the quest for love and sex—seductions, transactions, and encounters, all taking place in the same square of land over 2000 years.

Presented by the second years of the Flinders Drama Centre.

Starring:

Aidan Puckridge
Bahija Darif
Connor Clark
Georgia Watts
Maisie Juett
Oscar Baldwin

Directed by:
Christian Hadgis

Creative Team:
Grace Colliver
Savannah Guthrie

This is an irresistibly funny play about a working-class family with big dreams for their futures. Martin, the father, is trying to keep his failing milk-delivery business alive. His son Billy dreams of making it in art school, and his sister Sophie wants to teach young girls martial art. And their mother Kath, is just trying to keep the family together. Share a year with a family whose supposedly ordinary lives are rich with idiosyncrasies, as they struggle with their hang-ups, leaning on one another to get through tough times.

Written by Tom Wells
Presented by Flinders University Drama Centre Second Years
Directed by Kestrel Pleasance

Starring:
Nate Johnson
Violet Alfred
Jakub Hapugoda
Amelia Harder
Sienna Druce

Crewed by:
Elki Gillen-Turner
Peri Broomhill

Loveplay is about the quest for love and sex—seductions, transactions, and encounters, all taking place in the same square of land over 2000 years.

Presented by the second years of the Flinders Drama Centre.

Starring:

Aidan Puckridge
Bahija Darif
Connor Clark
Georgia Watts
Maisie Juett
Oscar Baldwin

Directed by:
Christian Hadgis

Creative Team:
Grace Colliver
Savannah Guthrie

This is an irresistibly funny play about a working-class family with big dreams for their futures. Martin, the father, is trying to keep his failing milk-delivery business alive. His son Billy dreams of making it in art school, and his sister Sophie wants to teach young girls martial art. And their mother Kath, is just trying to keep the family together. Share a year with a family whose supposedly ordinary lives are rich with idiosyncrasies, as they struggle with their hang-ups, leaning on one another to get through tough times.

Written by Tom Wells
Presented by Flinders University Drama Centre Second Years
Directed by Kestrel Pleasance

Starring:
Nate Johnson
Violet Alfred
Jakub Hapugoda
Amelia Harder
Sienna Druce

Crewed by:
Elki Gillen-Turner
Peri Broomhill

Loveplay is about the quest for love and sex—seductions, transactions, and encounters, all taking place in the same square of land over 2000 years.

Presented by the second years of the Flinders Drama Centre.

Starring:

Aidan Puckridge
Bahija Darif
Connor Clark
Georgia Watts
Maisie Juett
Oscar Baldwin

Directed by:
Christian Hadgis

Creative Team:
Grace Colliver
Savannah Guthrie