The Bleby family name is well-known in South Australian legal circles. A lesser-known fact is the family has also earned an impressive reputation in amateur theatre over more than 35 years!

The first (and still the only!) African-born actor to play Othello in Australia, Shedrick Yarkpai, is back in Independent Theatre’s upcoming performance of the classic Shakespeare tragedy.

Arran Beattie may not be trailing a billowing red cape or arrive on a white steed when he takes to the stage in Independent Theatre’s Othello early next month, but he is certainly the show’s saviour!

It’s been more than three decades since they last graced the Little Theatre stage, but Independent Theatre is finally back home and ready to perform Anton Chekhov’s revolutionary Seagull.

After waiting 20 years for his bucket list role, Adelaide’s newly adopted leading man Matt Hyde is heading back on stage in one of the most powerful plays of the late 20th Century, as Independent Theatre’s lead in BENT.