About us

Our mission is to produce great theatre, which delights and challenges both members of the company and the audience. Our productions will combines the skills and experience of established and emerging artists and practitioners to assist people in developing and refining their skills.

Development: Consistently provide opportunities for established and emerging actors, technicians, designers and administrators to develop and refine their skills.

Corporate: Provide Public Speaking Training, Corporate Improvisation and Development.

Community: Provide support for the development, promotion and delivery of a range of community events and activities.

Education: Develop educational resources or programs for a range of audiences using art based experiences.

Events: Planning, managing and delivering events, including parties, quiz nights, production promotions and corporate events.

Alison Kershaw - Creative Director

Alison first appeared on stage at the age of 4, her Mum had to come on stage and drag her off.  Since then Alison has done almost every job in theatre including, acting, washing costumes for the Royal Shakespeare Company, rigging lighting for rave parties and stage managing American beauty pageants.

In Adelaide Alison has stage manager for Mixed Salad Productions, St Jude Players, Musaic, Velada Flamenco and TEDxAdelaide. Alison founded Acorn Productions in 2009 to support and encourage amateur theatre participants and audiences to take delight in stepping outside their comfort zone, and Alison thanks everyone who has helped make Acorn Productions possible. 

Glen Christie was co-founder of Acorn Productions but is now a PhD candidate at University of South Australia.