For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

FUMA Exhibition Launch

You are warmly invited to join us for the opening celebration of Un-Discipline, a new FUMA exhibition curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker. Showcasing works by First Nations artists from the collection, this powerful exhibition challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification.

Guest speaker
Kirstie Parker
Yuwaalaraay yinarr
Reconciliation advocate
Signatory, Uluru Statement from the Heart

Thursday 30 July 2026
5:00–7:00pm
Formalities from 6:00pm

Flinders University Museum of Art
Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building
Flinders University, Bedford Park

RSVP by 27 July

Artists: Richard Bell, Peter Japanangka Blacksmith, The Blak Laundry, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Michael Cook, Selma Nunay Coulthard, Destiny Deacon, Karla Dickens, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Gordon Hookey, Vanessa Inkamala, Danie Mellor, Hayley Millar Baker, Nancy Naawi, Clinton Naina, Alexander Nganjmirra, Sonya Rankine, Michael Riley, Yhonnie Scarce, Darren Siwes, Uta Uta Tjangala and Judy Watson.

Flinders University Museum of Art
Ground Floor, Social Sciences North Building

Humanities Road, adjacent carpark 5

Bedford Park SA 5042

FREE EXHIBITION

Monday 20 July–Friday 18 September 2026

Public Transport | Parking | Map

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

For more than fifty years, Howard Barker has been one of Britain’s most influential and uncompromising contemporary dramatists. To mark his eightieth birthday, Flinders Drama Centre honours Barker’s extraordinary contribution to contemporary theatre with Wrestling with Catastrophe, a major ensemble production celebrating a writer whose provocative, poetic plays have challenged, divided and inspired generations of theatre-makers while remaining unlike anything else on the modern stage.

Directed by one of Howard Barker’s closest artistic collaborators, Gerrard McArthur, Wrestling with Catastrophe has been created by the graduating Honours actors of Flinders Drama Centre and brought to life by performers, directors, designers and theatre-makers from across the Drama Centre. Together they have crafted an original theatrical journey through scenes drawn from across Barker’s remarkable body of dramatic work.

Violent, beautiful, darkly funny and intellectually exhilarating, Barker’s dramas refuse easy answers. Love becomes political. Beauty becomes dangerous. History is shaped as much by private desire as by public power. Rather than offering certainty, Barker’s theatre invites audiences to embrace contradiction, complexity and imagination.

The production also celebrates Adelaide’s distinctive engagement with Barker’s work, from the Australian premiere of No End of Blame in 1981 to Brink Productions’ (a company founded by Drama Centre graduates) acclaimed exploration of his plays throughout the 1990s. In continuing this tradition, Wrestling with Catastrophe offers audiences a rare opportunity to encounter the exhilarating, uncompromising theatre of one of Britain’s most original dramatic voices.

Performances 29 July – 1 August @ 7:30pm and 31 July @ 2pm

This event is for prospective students interested in an Honours Degree with the College of Health and Enablement

This information session will provide details about what the Honours program entails; you will meet the Honours Health Sciences Coordinator; and hear from current/past Honours students; and there will be plenty of time for you to ask questions.

As part of the Honours degree, you can complete a research project in a health discipline of your choice – such as disability, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, optometry, nutrition, exercise science and more – allowing you to shape your study around your passions.

An Honours degree enables you to develop advanced research skills, deepen your expertise, and work alongside experienced researchers on projects that make a real difference. You’ll contribute to meaningful research, build valuable professional connections, and gain the confidence to influence practice and drive positive change.

Scheduled Sessions:

• Tuesday 11 August
• Monday 23 November

For further information please contact che.honours@flinders.edu.au

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

PC4 2026 Scientific Symposium 

PC4 (Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group) in partnership with Flinders University’s Caring Futures Institute invites you to come together and drive innovation and improvement in cancer in primary care research on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at Crowne Plaza Adelaide, SA.

With a focus on the theme “Primary Care: Central to Comprehensive Cancer Care”, the day will showcase primary care’s vital and enduring role throughout one’s cancer journey — from prevention and early detection through to treatment, survivorship, and palliative care.

The Symposium will showcase the latest research in primary care and cancer across a range of sub-themes, including the incorporation of cutting-edge technology, optimising the integration and provision of care across primary and tertiary systems, improving psychological and physiological support, and emerging trends in cancer and cancer care.

Register here

Curated with Associate Professor Ali Gumillya Baker Un-Discipline is a powerful exhibition of First Nations art that challenges colonial frameworks of knowledge, culture, and classification. Join a free FUMA floortalk offering deeper insight into key works and curatorial ideas behind the show.

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 13 August

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 27 August

12:15 – 12:45    Friday 4 September

12:15 – 12:45    Thursday 10 September

Flinders University Museum of Art

Ground Floor Social Sciences North Building

Follow the link to select a date and reserve your place

This event is for prospective students interested in an Honours Degree with the College of Health and Enablement

This information session will provide details about what the Honours program entails; you will meet the Honours Health Sciences Coordinator; and hear from current/past Honours students; and there will be plenty of time for you to ask questions.

As part of the Honours degree, you can complete a research project in a health discipline of your choice – such as disability, nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, optometry, nutrition, exercise science and more – allowing you to shape your study around your passions.

An Honours degree enables you to develop advanced research skills, deepen your expertise, and work alongside experienced researchers on projects that make a real difference. You’ll contribute to meaningful research, build valuable professional connections, and gain the confidence to influence practice and drive positive change.

Scheduled Sessions:

• Tuesday 11 August
• Monday 23 November

For further information please contact che.honours@flinders.edu.au

Flinders University’s December Graduation Ceremonies are a celebration of academic achievement and an opportunity to recognise the dedication, perseverance, and success of our graduating students.

Held across a series of ceremonies, these events bring together graduates, their families, friends, supporters, staff, and distinguished guests to mark this significant milestone. Each ceremony features the formal conferral of awards, graduate processions, presentations by University representatives, and the presentation of graduates to the Chancellor.

Graduation is one of the University’s most important traditions, providing an opportunity for the Flinders community to come together and celebrate the accomplishments of the graduating class as they prepare for the next chapter of their personal and professional journeys.

We look forward to welcoming graduates and guests to celebrate this special occasion with us.