History

The Adamson Theatre Company

Each of the St Kilda Road campus's four main theatrical productions - the Senior School and Middle School plays, and the Campus and Junior School musicals - is performed under the banner of the Adamson Theatre Company. Named after the famous venue which is its home, the 'Company' was conceived in 1988 by the then campus head, Tony Conabere, to bring together the theatrical aspirations in each of the new mini-schools, and to centralize budgeting and administration. The idea of a theatre company also aimed at highlighting the honoured position of theatre arts within the broader cocurricular program, and to consolidate the campus's long tradition of plays and musicals (before coeducation, in frequent partnership with other schools).

Tony Scanlon was appointed the first Director of the Adamson Theatre Company in 1989, and still holds that position. Many of those who, under his leadership, are responsible for each year's theatre program (stage and technical directors and the costume department) have been involved since before the Company's official recognition. They have, between them, along with others who have since left, brought countless plays to life on the stage. The Adamson Theatre Company has already established a rich and continuing heritage.

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