True Ability. We develop professional theatre pieces, films & advocacy for artists with a lived experience of disability. Disability-Led Theatre
14/10/2025
🎭✨ Everything that has a Begining has an End ✨
Today, True Ability took its final bow. 💫
What an extraordinary journey it has been — full of creativity, courage, laughter, and connection.
To our brilliant True Ability Ensemble — a group of talented Artists living with a disability who have inspired, challenged, and moved us with every performance — thank you for sharing your skills, vision and for creating some truly unforgettable theatre 💖
To everyone who joined our workshops and shows, supported our vision, and believed in the power of theatre — we are deeply grateful.
Although this chapter is ending, the spark you helped create will continue to inspire everything we do moving forward.
With gratitude and love,
The True Ability Team ✨
08/09/2025
Absolutely Fantastic work in the rehearsal room tonight ♥️ Want to join the True Ability Ensemble?. Our Classes start at 4:30p to 6pm every Monday at the North Adelaide Community Center . Come and try for Free 😊 For more information 📧 ajzproductionsinfo@gmail.com or call us 📞 0410426715
01/08/2025
We are so saddened to hear about Gavin’s passing. Gavin was an incredible human and was one of the first participants of True Ability back when we started. Gavin had a natural talent to talk to people and make them feel comfortable in an interview. He was an incredible advocate and innovator. He had a passion to make things more accessib and easier for everyone. We miss you already Gavin , we send our love to you , your family and all the people you touched in your journeys.
Storyteller.
Podcaster.
Friend.
Gentleman.
Absolute legend of a human that is Gavin Burner.
The SACID team are sad to share that Gavin passed away earlier this week. These words only begin to describe Gavin and the impact he had on everyone lucky enough to know him.
A world without Gav doesn’t feel right. He is deeply missed by all of us at SACID and by so many more beyond our team.
Gavin brought wisdom, warmth, humour, and heart to everything he did.
He was a gift to our lives, and his legacy keeps on giving.
We are honoured to share an episode from Gavin’s brilliant podcast From the Sea to the Outback.
In this episode - Support Your Friends - you’ll hear the depth of his care, his curiosity, and his joy in connecting with people.
We hope you find comfort in listening and enjoy it as much as he loved recording it for you.
Join True Ability Adult Ensemble. Classes start 21st of July 4:30p to 6pm at the North Adelaide Community Center . Come and try for Free 😊 For more information 📧 ajzproductionsinfo@gmail.com or call us 📞 0410426715
16/06/2025
Absolutely fantastic day in the rehearsal room 🎭
14/06/2025
Absolutely Fantastic work today everyone ♥️
07/04/2025
Wow , 🤩 Our Fantastic and FREE School Holidays Program is here!!!! And We have and Amazing one We are starting with a SuperHeroes Drama Workshop on day 1 and we are to do Bowling and Mini Golf on day 2 and are off to the Movies on day 3. 🎭🎥🏌️🎳😊🍿🥤 And yes it’s all Free!!!
Please note There are not split bookings , all kids need to attend all the activities.
Or other enquiries can be made by Phone on 0404 553 263.
Please help us make bookings booking easier by using email we won’t accept bookings via Facebook messenger or by writing on posts. Only children who are confirmed by us can attend the Program.
There will be forms to be filled out on the day please be on time
31/03/2025
Absolutely Fantastic Class tonight ⭐️ Want to learn film acting? 🎥 We are currently creating short films and you can learn the whole process of film making. Bring your ideas and make them a reality or come for the ride that other ensemble members are creating. True Ability and The City of Adelaide are excited to announce a unique scholarship opportunity made possible through a partnership with AJZ Productions. The scholarship is for participation in weekly True Ability workshops at the North Adelaide Community Centre City, for the entirety of 2025. To be eligible for the scholarship you must be aged 18+, City of Adelaide resident and new to the True Ability program.
True Ability delivers, theatre, film and interactive projects with disabled artists in South Australia and run a weekly workshop session at North Adelaide Community Centre on Mondays 4.30-6.00pm.
This opportunity is valued at $1400 and includes an open rehearsal performance at the end of the year. Interested participants can attend one free session before making the year-long commitment.
Happy World Theatre Day from the True Ability Ensemble 🎭♥️
28/03/2025
19/03/2025
Want to learn film acting? We are currently creating short films and you can learn the whole process of film making. Bring your ideas and make them a reality or come for the ride that other ensemble members are creating. True Ability and The City of Adelaide are excited to announce a unique scholarship opportunity made possible through a partnership with AJZ Productions. The scholarship is for participation in weekly True Ability workshops at the North Adelaide Community Centre City, for the entirety of 2025. To be eligible for the scholarship you must be aged 18+, City of Adelaide resident and new to the True Ability program.
True Ability delivers, theatre, film and interactive projects with disabled artists in South Australia and run a weekly workshop session at North Adelaide Community Centre on Mondays 4.30-6.00pm.
This opportunity is valued at $1400 and includes an open rehearsal performance at the end of the year. Interested participants can attend one free session before making the year-long commitment.
True Ability and The City of Adelaide are excited to announce a unique scholarship opportunity made possible through a partnership with AJZ Productions. The scholarship is for participation in weekly True Ability workshops at the North Adelaide Community Centre City, for the entirety of 2025. To be eligible for the scholarship you must be aged 18+, City of Adelaide resident and new to the True Ability program.
True Ability delivers, theatre, film and interactive projects with disabled artists in South Australia and run a weekly workshop session at North Adelaide Community Centre on Mondays 4.30-6.00pm.
This opportunity is valued at $1400 and includes an open rehearsal performance at the end of the year. Interested participants can attend one free session before making the year-long commitment.
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True Ability, the latest enterprise of AJZ Productions, brings together former MP, advocate, and writer Kelly Vincent and award-winning actor, director and writer Alirio Zavarce in dual leadership of this new and exciting theatre organisation.
Kelly and Alirio bring a wealth of experience in both disability and the arts. This new venture combines Kelly's experience in politics, policy, and advocacy with Alirio's unique methodology in education, consultation and theatre-making. True Ability's mission is to create professional theatre pieces, films and advocacy for artists with a lived experience of disability in Adelaide, Australia and be an exemplar of excellence in arts and accessibility to people around the world.
Kelly is leading True Ability in collaboration with multi-award-winning Theatre-Maker Alirio Zavarce (former Artistic Director of No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability 2016-2020) "I am excited to co-lead with Alirio because he has a strong and proven ability to work with disabled artists in a respectful and genuine way. Alirio is able to meet people where they are and assumes competence, drawing personal stories and talents out of people, no matter what their communication style is or physical or learning challenges." said Kelly"We want to create, advocate and bring a new perspective, a new alternative to the artistic landscape of theatre in Australia. True Ability will create new works that are strong and relevant to our times," said Alirio
Kelly Vincent is the company's Creative Director, a role which combines writing and broader artistic input with developing policy and advice on best practice in access and inclusion. 'Although there are great disability arts organisations in Australia, many of them do not have disabled people in leadership positions," Kelly continued "to truly represent disabled artists and audiences alike, that has to change, and I am excited to be a part of that."
True Ability's first project is truly exciting, Kelly and Alirio are collaborating on a first stage creative development to Re-Imagine Robert Hewett's 1983 play, Gulls. Funded by the Arts South Australia Richard Llewellyn Deaf and Disability Arts Program.
Mitchell Butel, Artistic Director of State Theatre of South Australia is delighted by True Ability: "I have long admired Kelly Vincent and Alirio Zavarce. I know these great artists will breathe life into and create an exciting new vision for this acclaimed and beloved play from the Australian theatrical canon. The proposed development is ambitious, exciting and needed - both in the diverse ecosystem of our theatre and in how the lived experience of disability is represented on the stage."
"What does it mean to be human? How does a person forge their own identity in a world that views them as infantile, incapable, and perhaps even burdensome? What are we missing out on as a society when we don't amplify, or even hear, the voices of disabled people? These are the questions that Alirio and I want to explore"
About Kelly: Between 2010 and 2018, Kelly was a Member of the Legislative Council for the Dignity Party, making lasting changes for disadvantaged South Australians. Some of their achievements include reforming the justice system for vulnerable victims of crime, establishing a treatment centre of excellence for the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, improving access to public transport, and removing barriers in the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Kelly has worked in the Education Department supporting neurodiverse students and they now work as Access and Inclusion Coordinator for the 2020 Adelaide Fringe. She supports radical change in the way the needs of people with disabilities are met, believing that the biggest thing that needs to shift and change are people’s attitudes to disability. Kelly is the Creative Director of True Ability
About Alirio: Alirio is a multi-award-winning director and theatre-maker in his own right and has developed a distinct methodology of Documentary Theatre that combines film, moving image and live performance in multiple bodies of work. He has created works in Jails, Detention Centres, Universities, Schools, with Youth at Risk, with Multicultural and Linguistically Diverse Communities and with companies across Australia and Overseas. Alirio has numerous performance credits with many theatre companies across Australia including: Sydney Theatre Company, Victorian Opera, The Malthouse, State Opera South Australia, State Theatre Company of South Australia and Windmill Theatre. Alirio is the Artistic Director of AJZ Productions, True North Youth Theatre Ensemble and True Ability.
About AJZ Productions: AJZ Productions is a not for profit innovative arts organisation established in 2012 and is led by award-winning theatre-maker Alirio Zavarce and produced by Juliette Zavarce. AJZ Productions ethos is to provide quality art experiences for the broader community. It engages with artists and creatives from a variety of performance genres to produce and present theatre experiences and events that step outside the norm. AJZ Productions has a focus on creating quality, innovative original new work. From 2014 to 2019 AJZ Productions created, run and programmed ‘Live from Channel 9” & ”Live From Channel 9 Tandanya” a boutique interdisciplinary venue at the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
In 2013 AJZ Productions founded one of the most successful youth theatre ensembles in South Australia namely True North Youth Theatre Ensemble.
