News
Upcoming auditions - 2024-25 season
November 2024
We have now cast the first production of 2025: Table Manners.
There will be an informal reading of our March production of While the Sun Shines on Monday 4 November, followed by auditions on Monday 11 November.
There will be an informal reading of our April production of Tis A Pity She's A Whore on Monday 6 January, followed by auditions on Monday 27 January.
2023-24: The Season Summary
September 2024
Well done to everyone involved on stage and off, and thank you to all our audience members for sharing these productions with us. You can see photos, cast and crew lists for each show on the Past Productions page. Click on the show name to read a review of the production.
2023:
2024:
DNA
A Million Tiny Plays
This season, RSS won Swan awards in four categories. Click on the show names to see cast and crew lists as well as photos from each production.
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Best Production of a Play - Enron
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Best Male Performer in a Play - Luciano Dodero in Cyrano de Bergerac
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Best Set Design - Junis Olmscheid for Enron
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Best Costume Design - Junis Olmscheid, Miriam King and John Gilbert for Cyrano de Bergerac
Overall, RSS received 30 nominations, including Enron, Private Lives, Heroes, and Cyrano de Bergerac in best production categories with all also receiving technical nominations, as did Othello. Acting nominations were received for cast members from Enron, Measure for Measure, Private Lives, Othello, Cyrano de Bergerac as well as Alberta Best in the aged 14 and under youth category for A Million Tiny Plays and the ensemble cast of Enron and Heroes.
2022-23: The Season Summary
July 2023
Well done to everyone involved on stage and off, and thank you to all our audience members for sharing these productions with us. You can see photos, cast and crew lists for each show on the Past Productions page.
2022:
2023:
Jake Revolver, Freelance Secret Agent
Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters
This season, RSS won Swan awards in five categories. Click on the show names to see cast and crew lists as well as photos from each production.
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Best Production of a Play - Henry V
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Best Youth Production of a Play - Jake Revolver, Freelance Secret Agent
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Best Male Performer in a Play - Luciano Dodero in Henry V
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Best Supporting Female Performer in a Play - Fran Billington in The Hollow
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Fight Direction in multiple shows - Scott Tilley
Overall, RSS received 20 nominations, including The Hypochondriac and Henry V in best production categories with both also receiving technical nominations, as did Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters. Acting nominations were received for cast members from Henry V, Julius Caesar, Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, Murder in the Cathedral and The Hollow. Multiple nominations in youth categories were also received for Jake Revolver, Freelance Secret Agent.
2021-22: a season completed!
July 2022
Congratulations and a huge thank you to all involved in ensuring that these productions happened! Please click on the production name to read the review.
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2022:
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
This season, RSS won Swan awards in six categories. Click on the show names to see cast and crew lists as well as photos from each production.
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Best Production of a Play - Ben Hur
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Best Overall Design and Stage Presentation - The Duchess of Malfi
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Best Male Performer in a Play - Tom Nunan in Ben Hur
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Best Supporting Female Performer in a Play - Fiona Smith in Quartermaine's Terms
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Best Supporting Male Performer in a Play - Gately Freeman in The Comedy of Errors
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Best Female Performer Aged 14 & Under - Alberta Best in Henry IV
Overall, RSS received 14 nominations, including The Duchess of Malfi and Holloway Jones in best production categories as well as technical nominations for Henry IV, The Duchess of Malfi and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Acting nominations were received for cast members from Holloway Jones, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Henry IV, Quartermaine's Terms, Ben Hur, The Comedy of Errors and Hay Fever.