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Bakehouse Theatre
The Bakehouse Theatre, at 255 Angas Street, Adelaide, has been around for many years in many forms.


 * In 1890 The Bakehouse was aquired by Lovell's to be used as a bakery.
 * In the 1950's it became "Farmers Radio". The building next door was used by Suburban Taxi service for dispatching cars. (now Yeate's Mechanical services).
 * It became the Communist Party Headquarters in July 1976. This included meeting areas and their version of a bookshop. Whilst the Party occupied the premises they formed a band called "The Red Peril' and released a single called "Give Frazer the Razor" They had to have the single produced in singapore as no Australian Record company would cut the disc..
 * In 1976 The Salisbury College of Advanced Education rented space from the Communist Party to perform. Two of the people instrumental in producing these performances were Keith Gallasch and Jackie Cook.
 * In 1979 The Red Shed was officially launched by these two together with some people in the Communist Party. When the Red Shed got into financial difficulties it combined with "The Troupe".

This collaboration lasted around 10 years during which some of the highlights were:-


 * 1980 An International Food Festival for which they closed off Cardwell St
 * 1980 Jo Hill created controversy with the lyrics of a song about women
 * 1983 Julie Holledge and Nick Sutus from Flinders University dug up the concrete floor of the theatre and replaced it with a wooden one
 * 1983 The building was broken into and a small fire was created on the southern side of the building. This was thought to have political motivations. Channel 7 hurried out to cover the news.
 * 1985 The first play from the Red Shed was "Turning the Tables " written by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
 * Until 1989 there was a "Tribune Fair" every year in November with a variety of performers such as the Italian Ensemble and Eileen Darly.
 * Then in 1990 Communist Party crashed and the building and all its assets were taken over by the SEARCH Foundation

In 1998, Peter Green took over the theatre from The Red Shed and re-named it The Bakehouse Theatre in line with its original origins. He developed as a leading independent theatre.

Among many other projects, in 2005, Peter created the hugely successful and much appreciated "Artist's Development Programme" which catered for newly graduated actors, giving them an opportunity to hone their craft before being picked up by some of the larger professional theatre companies. At the same time it was hired out to a variety of other theatre companies.

In 2007 this Development Programme lost its funding and the theatre was taken over by Pamela Munt. Although there was now no funding to continue this particular programme, Pamela had great sympathy with the mission statement behind it and was keen to ensure that the theatre remained alive. As the new Artistic Director of the Bakehouse with very limited funding, Pamela has been obliged to run the theatre mostly as a venue for hire, but can still give some support to emerging artists, through her "Unseen Theatre Company " scheme.

The venue is a much sort after during the Adelaide Fringe Festival. It have 2 performing spaces, running up to 3 shows a night in each theatre.

Shows
july 1997               Rules of Thumb (Red Shed)

July 2011              Molly's Shoes

October 2018       LINES

November 2018   Fefu And Her Friends

February 2019     Last of the Red Hot Lovers