Graduate Dramatic Society (GRADS)

Address
PO Box 3023 Broadway
Nedlands 6009

Venue
Dolphin Theatre and New Fortune Theatres, UWA, Nedlands

Company information
The Graduate Dramatic Society (GRADS) originated in 1953 at the University of Western Australia. The Sunken Garden at UWA, a theatre created from a sandpit, was in 1948 the venue for a season of Oedipus Rex which earned the plaudits of Laurence Olivier and Vivienne Leigh among others. Jeana Bradley of UWA was the director. The subsequent blossoming of dramatic activity suggested to some of the undergraduates that they should continue after they graduated. For the ensuing fifty(+) years the Graduate Dramatic Society has been a leading source of fine, mostly classic, theatre in Western Australia.

Combined productions with the University Dramatic Society were early features of the Festival of Perth. In 1964 the New Fortune Theatre came into use. The first production was Hamlet, directed by Jeana Bradley and Philip Parsons, and involving GRADS members. Besides these two theatres the society also used the old Dolphin, a weatherboard building. That was demolished after the new Dolphin came into use in 1976. The present Dolphin has a large stage and is well equipped with lighting and sound rigs and a fly tower.

At present GRADS mounts three productions a year, chiefly in the Dolphin Theatre. Early in the year a joint Shakespearian production with the University Dramatic Society takes place in the New Fortune Theatre. This is a uniquely suitable venue for the purpose, mimicking almost exactly the Fortune Theatre of Shakespeare's time.

Membership of GRADS, originally for graduates of UWA, has been extended to graduates of any tertiary institution, and non-graduate members are welcome as associate members.

Further information
Enquiries
0401 216 962

Upcoming events

2013
THE MERRY GO ROUND IN THE SEA (PRODUCTION) 19/07/2013 - 03/08/2013
SPEAKING IN TONGUES (PRODUCTION) 01/11/2013 - 16/11/2013


Past productions

2013
The Man from Mukinupin09/02/2013 - 21/02/2013

2012
M. BUTTERFLY by David Henry Hwang02/11/2012 - 17/11/2012
Habeas Corpus20/07/2012 - 04/08/2012
Love's Labour's Lost09/03/2012 - 24/03/2012

2011
All My Sons04/11/2011 - 12/11/2011
Three Sisters01/07/2011 - 16/07/2011
TWELFTH NIGHT (GRADS SUMMER SHAKESPEARE)15/03/2011 - 26/03/2011

2010
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof30/10/2010 - 13/11/2010
With Friends Like These...25/06/2010 - 10/07/2010
Macbeth09/03/2010 - 20/03/2010

2009
She Stoops To Conquer31/10/2009 - 14/11/2009
A Double Bill: The Proposal and Black Comedy 26/06/2009 - 11/07/2009
The Merchant of Venice05/03/2009 - 20/03/2009

2008
A Laughing Matter08/09/2008 - 07/11/2008
Much Ado About Nothing03/03/2008 - 14/03/2008

2007
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY (Harold Pinter)26/10/2007 - 09/11/2007
The Importance of Being Earnest (GRADS)27/07/2007 - 11/08/2007
Henry V08/03/2007 - 23/03/2007

2006
Cosi27/10/2006 - 11/11/2006
Hedda Gabler26/07/2006 - 05/08/2006
A Midsummer Night's Dream15/03/2006 - 25/03/2006

2005
What the Butler Saw23/09/2005 - 08/10/2005
And a Nightingale Sang...29/06/2005 - 09/07/2005

2004
The Tempest17/02/2004 - 28/02/2004

2003
Noises Off10/09/2003 - 20/09/2003
Noises Off10/09/2003 - 20/09/2003
The Taming of the Shrew07/03/2003 - 22/03/2003

2002
I Hate Hamlet05/09/2002 - 14/09/2002
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead21/06/2002 - 06/07/2002
GRADS Green Room19/06/2002 - 19/06/2002
GRADS Green Room17/04/2002 - 17/04/2002
Hamlet13/03/2002 - 23/03/2002

2001
Don`s Party31/08/2001 - 15/09/2001
After Aida22/06/2001 - 07/07/2001

2000
The Green Room20/09/2000 - 20/09/2000
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll11/08/2000 - 26/08/2000
A Doll's House16/06/2000 - 01/07/2000

1999
The Homecoming12/11/1999 - 27/11/1999


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Graduate Dramatic Society (GRADS)
The Graduate Dramatic Society (GRADS) originated in 1953 at the University of Western Australia. The Sunken Garden at UWA, a theatre created from a sandpit, was in 1948 the venue for a season of Oedipus Rex which earned the plaudits of Laurence Oli


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