Edinburgh Fringe sell-out. UK and European tour smash hit. "Remarkably inventive, thoroughly entertaining...extraordinarily effective...19th-century science can rarely have been so fascinating and never so much fun." The Stage. Bring your monkeys!

A show for young and old alike, The Origin of Species... tells the incredible story of how Charles Darwin came to discover the secrets of evolution and why it took him over twenty years before he plucked up the courage to publish his remarkable idea. It’s a show packed with big ideas, terrible puns, brilliant physical comedy and six cracking original songs about everything from blasted boring barnacles to the perils of marrying your own cousin.

*****“Witty, clever, absurd... Comic genius...Grown-ups will love it. Kids will adore it. A gem.” Broadway Baby

Season and Ticket Price

HOLDEN STREET THEATRES – THE STUDIO

EARLY BIRD 21 Feb at 6pm

All Tix $15.00

PREVIEW 22-23 Feb at 6pm

Preview Price $17.00

SEASON 2, 7, 14, 17, March at 1pm. 3-4, 9-10 March at 4.30pm. 24-26, 28-29 Feb, 1, 16-18 March at 6pm. 6-8, 12-15 March at 9pm

Season Ticket pricesA - $25.50, C - $20.00, CH - $15.00, FB - $20.00, G - $18.00

INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOW

The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection or the Survival of (R)Evolutionary Theories in the face of Scientific and Ecclesiastical Objections: being a Musical Comedy about Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was written to commemorate the double anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth (200 years) and the publication of his book The Origin of Species (150 years) in 2009. It was first performed at the Southwark Playhouse in London on November 6th 2008, and has since played in Norway, Sweden, Croatia, on tour throughout the UK, and at the Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe Festivals. This is the company’s first visit to the Adelaide Fringe.

John Hinton (Actor and writer): Recent theatre credits include Sexing the Cherry (Metta Theatre, Southbank Centre); Home (Tangled Feet theatre company, international tour); the monster in Cloning Frankenstein (Teater EnKor, Sweden); Dionysus in The Bacchae (Theatre of Living Light, Australia); Crunch! A Show About Apples (Tangram Theatre, international tour); The Measurement Shop (Tangled Feet, London); Returpappor (Allikateatern, Sweden); and various shows with Voodoo Vaudeville (UK tours). The Origin of Species… is his professional playwriting debut. His second self-penned solo show, Ragnarök: The Weird of the Gods, will première at Brighton Fringe Festival in May 2012.

Daniel Goldman (Director): For Tangram: Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis (5 stars Time Out Critics Choice) Crunch! (Total Theatre Award Nomination, International Tour & West End), Richard III (Winner of the Better Bankside Shakespeare Award), Penelope Skinner’s debut play F**ked (5 Stars Time Out Critics Choice), Almost 10 (Stage Award Nomination for Best Solo Performance) and Fuente Ovejuna (Time Out Critic’s Choice). Freelance Directing includes You’re not like the other girls Chrissy (Stage Award Winner for Best Solo Performance) as well as numerous shows for drama schools. Daniel is also the Artistic Director of London’s CASA Latin American Theatre Festival.