Hole In The Wall

A history as I remember it: The Hole was at 180 Hamersley Rd (now the Subiaco Arts Centre) from '84 until the big shake up in Perth theatre that happened around '90/91. The WA Theatre Company (which was based at the Playhouse) was in financial strife, as was the Hole In The Wall company. Artistic Directors were sacked, boards were restructured, basically the two companies were merged to try and solve their difficulties... into an entity called the State Theatre Company of WA. It was based at the Hamersley Rd complex. Aarne Neeme was the Artistic Director. (The TIE company attached to the WA Theatre Co [Acting Out] had already become independent and moved to the ground floor of Subi. It soon became Barking Gecko. The company that was formerly called Swy Theatre, under Alan Becher in Murray St, moved to the vacated Playhouse and became the Perth Theatre Company. Eventually Yirra Yaakin Aboriginal Theatre took over the Murray St Venue. Musical chairs...!) The State Theatre Co merger only lasted a couple of years. They had a highly productive ensemble structure and produced a lot of shows in a short time, perhaps burning out their resources..! It was disbanded. By then a new company had sprung up at the Octagon...Black Swan Theatre Co. They were the ones to inherit the Subi venue for many years, under Andrew Ross. Somehow, the Hole In The Wall Theatre still retained a board structure, and re-emerged as a company under Ray Omedei (who had been the Artistic Director for most of its Subiaco tenancy). They had a small venue in William St, upstairs over a kebab shop (diagonally across the road from where the Rechabites is), as well as performing in a variety of other locations. They survived for quite a few more years on a project-by-project basis. I don't know what happened to them after that. I can't remember any appearances after about 2000-2001. Cheers, Craig ~<8>-/====\---------