Windmill Theatre Co

Windmill Theatre Co
Industry Theatre
Founded 2002
Headquarters Adelaide, Australia
Key people
  • Rosemary Myers (Artistic Director)
  • Kaye Weeks (Executive Producer)
Products Productions
Website windmill.org.au

Windmill Theatre Co (previously known as Windmill Performing Arts) established in 2002 as a South Australian Government initiative[1] is Australia's flagship professional theatre company for child and young adult audiences. The current artistic director is Rosemary Myers.[2]

Since 2002, it has grown into a leading national company. The founding director and creative producer was Cate Fowler (through 2007). The founding patron was children's author Mem Fox (through 2007).

Windmill performs a season in Adelaide yearly, with shows also touring through regional South Australia and interstate. Internationally, Windmill have performed in many countries, including in the US (including Off-Broadway), New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore and South Korea.[3]

The company was behind Girl Asleep, the winner of the 2016 CinefestOz best film, adapted from its stage production.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Public Corporations (Australian Children's Performing Arts Company) Regulations 2001
  2. ↑ Samela Harris, Children's theatre artistic director speaks, The Advertiser, 5 February 2008
  3. ↑ http://www.ozarts.com.au/artists/windmill_performing_arts?SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=artist_events
  4. ↑ James Robert Douglas, (31 August 2016) Girl Asleep: how an Adelaide theatre company made one of this year's best Australian films, The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2017
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