Perth Theatre Company was a
live theatre company in
Perth, Western Australia.[1]
History
Perth Theatre Company was founded as SWY Theatre Company by graduates from the specialist Theatre Arts course at
John Curtin Senior High School in 1983. Between 1983 and 1986, SWY operated out of a disused warehouse in
Fremantle before moving to 65 Murray Street, Perth in 1987. In 1994 the Company adopted the name of Perth Theatre Company and found a new home at
the Playhouse Theatre. In 1996, Perth Theatre Company became a company limited by guarantee.
In 2008, Perth Theatre Company's only Artistic Director, Alan Becher died and Melissa Cantwell was appointed the company's new Artistic Director.[2]
In 2016 Perth Theatre Company ceased operations.[3]
Production history
As SWY Theatre Company
1983: Or Else, Locked In, Going Home, Self Service and Roll Call.
1984: Waterfront
1985: Children of War, Greek.
1986: Fast Forward, Stars, The Flash Stockman, Wham, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Boomeroo! (
Festival of Perth).
1987: Zen and Now, Cheapside, Such is Life (Festival of Perth), No Room for Dreamers.
1988: Europe, Mummy loves you Betty Ann Jewel, Zen and Now.
1989: Teechers, It's a Girl, Separation.
1990: Teechers, Under Milk Wood, Crystal Clear, Living in the 70s.
1991: Low, Beach Blanket Tempest, A Night in the Arms of Raeleen, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Stories from Suburban Road.
1992: Wild Cat Falling, Stories from Suburban Road (remount for northwest WA regional tour).
1993: Five Fingers, Hedda Gabler, Cargo, The Newspaper of Claremont Street.