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39 Steps

The 39 Steps

25 October - 3 November 2024
 
Adapted by Patrick Barlow

From the novel by John Buchan

From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock

 

A whisky, two stubborn singletons bound by handcuffs, and a chase from London to the Scottish Highlands, The 39 Steps takes a Hitchcock masterpiece based on the ground-breaking spy novel by John Buchan and transforms it into a theatrical spectacle of comedy, action, romance, and fresh fish.
 

Adapted by Patrick Barlow for the West End and Broadway, this Olivier and two-time Tony award winning play has dozens of characters – all played by a ridiculously talented cast of four – with sound effects created live by an on-stage foley artist. The play is a pastiche of Hitchcock’s 1935 film (and his other works), creating laugh-out-loud comedy from witty dialogue – often unchanged from Hitchcock’s writers – and inventive stagecraft, on a stripped-back set in the intimate surroundings of University of Adelaide’s Little Theatre.

 

CONTENT WARNING
Mild violence, sexual tension, political ideology.
The performance may also contain an instance of flashing lights, simulations of gunshots, whisky drinking, and fish frying.

 

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The Theatre Guild follows the advice of The University of Adelaide in staging its performances for the 2024 season.