The Dictionary of Lost Words

After delighting audiences and critics alike in sold out seasons in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, the State Theatre Company South Australia’s highest and fastest selling show in the history of the Dunstan Playhouse returns to Adelaide as part of a wider national tour throughout 2025.

Lovingly adapted by South Australian playwright Verity Laughton from Pip Williams’ acclaimed bestseller, The Dictionary of Lost Words is back.

In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. The Dictionary of Lost Words is the story of the girl who found it.