# Pomona: the South Australian premiere of a London dark play

**Featured** — On Your Markus  
**Event:** Pomona  
**Tickets:** https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1476481  
**Published:** 8 July 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/pomona/

Adelaide University Theatre Guild presents Alistair McDowall's dark one-act play Pomona, directed by Thomas Midena, at the Little Theatre from 7-16 August 2026. Ollie searches for her missing sister on an abandoned concrete island at the city's heart, navigating a puzzle-like narrative that blends the fantastical with nightmare logic in this South Australian premiere, which premiered in London in 2014.

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Presented by **Adelaide University Theatre Guild**

Written by **Alistair McDowall**  
Directed by **Thomas Midena**

7-16 August 2026  
Little Theatre

An amateur production by arrangement with **Blue Posts Management Ltd**

![Neon pink and purple abstract liquid forms with event text overlay on dark background.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/adhoc/1354f363/1476481_POMONAHEADERlarger_010626070818.jpg)

What darkness lurks at the heart of the city?

Ollie is searching for her sister, and all roads lead to Pomona: an abandoned concrete island at the heart of the city. But as others have learned the hard way, getting involved can cost you everything. Perhaps to survive, it’s better to ignore the truth.

*Pomona *is a dark, intense and curious one-act play about living in the modern world. It unfolds like a puzzle, flirts with the fantastical, and twists like a nightmare.

The play was first performed in London in 2014, and this will be its South Australian premiere.

**TICKETS**

$28 Full / Adult  
$23 Concession / Student

**PERFORMANCES**

Friday 7 August – 7:30pm  
Saturday 8 August – 3pm  
Sunday 9 August – 3pm  
Wednesday 12 August – 6:30pm  
Thursday 13 August – 7:30pm  
Friday 14 August – 7:30pm  
Saturday 15 August – 3pm  
Sunday 16 August – 3pm

**RUNTIME**

Approximately 95 minutes (no interval).  
Bar will remain open after the show.

**CONTENT WARNING**

This play contains coarse language, violence, adult themes, including references to sexual assault and suicide.

**VENUE**

Little Theatre  
Adelaide University

**[TICKETS](https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1476481)**

![Promotional poster for Pomona theatre production with neon pink and blue lighting effects and stylised faces, running 7-16 August.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/adhoc/2b9ff636/740169735_1611769284284518_8135322846123540468_n.jpg)

![AUTG Theatre Guild logo with stylised letters on purple background.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/adhoc/2b17d753/617808208_1461688392625942_6107391201165781931_n.jpg)