Celebrating Artistic Excellence
No Strings Attached Theatre Of Disability has earned significant recognition for our artistic innovation and professional excellence. Our award-winning productions have challenged perceptions, transformed lives, and established our reputation as South Australia’s premier disability theatre company.
These accolades celebrate not only our artistic achievements but also the extraordinary talent of our performers living with disability. Each award recognises our commitment to creating professional theatre that showcases ability, while providing meaningful paid employment in the arts for performers living with disability
Our recognition spans major national awards including Helpmann Award nominations, Ruby Awards, and Fringe Festival Awards. This acknowledgment from the broader arts industry affirms that professional theatre created with performers living with disability can achieve the highest standards of artistic excellence.
Our Honours
These awards reflect our 30-year legacy of creating fearless, limitless, boundless theatre that challenges perceptions and transforms lives.
Through collaborative co-design that reflects lived experience, we continue to produce professional theatre that receives acclaim from audiences and critics alike.
2025
Ruby Awards Nomination: High 2024 received a nomination for Best Collaboration, celebrating the exceptional partnership between lead artist Rachel High, co-director Lisa Lanzi, writer Dr Sharon Mascall-Dare OAM, and No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability’s ensemble of disabled artists.
2024
Ruby Awards Nomination: My War 2023 received a nomination for Best Collaboration, recognizing the exceptional partnership between No Strings Theatre Of Disability, State Theatre Company South Australia, and Military and Emergency Services Health Australia.
2020
Ruby Award: The Premier’s Award for Lifetime Achievement Presented to our late founder Helen Flinter-Leach for founding No Strings Theatre Of Disability
2015
Helpmann Award Nomination: Sons & Mothers 2014 was nominated for Best Regional Touring Production of Sons & Mothers 2014. Written, devised and directed by Alirio Zavarce with and for the Men’s Ensemble of No Strings
2014
Ruby Award:Sons & Mothers 2013 received Community Impact (under $100,000) Written, devised and directed by Alirio Zavarce with and for the Men’s Ensemble of No Strings
2012
Fringe Festival Awards Sons & Mothers received multiple honours:
- Best in Fringe Award
- Adelaide Critic Circle “Best Theatre Production Award”
- Bank SA “inSpace Development Award”
- Adelaide Festival Centre “Best Venue Award” (Queens Theatre)
2011
Graham F Smith Foundation Peace Award: Trapped For social commitment to human rights and justice and artistic commitment to experimentation, excellence and innovation in the arts. Written and directed by Alirio Zavarce with Kym Mackenzie
2010
Green Room Award Nominations: Tom the Loneliest, two nominations in the Independent Theatre category:
- Duncan Luke (Male Performer)
- Kerry Ireland (Lighting Design)
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