2017 Myriad

In 2017 the group consisted of only 14 students but for the first time were able to perform in a theatre, Off Broadway Theatre in Papakura. Knowing that this would be a challenge, Douglas returned to a scripted work, Myriad, which he adapted for this group. Seven years earlier, the Shakespeare group had produced Myriad as a radio play. Three actors had older siblings who had produced the radio play. The Southside Group knew everyone from the radio play so they enjoyed listening to the earlier radio production as they began their own stage version.

Myriad tells a tale about the crew of the starship Oddity, adventuring through space and doing battle with the evil Minos and his terrible Convolution invention that threatens to destroy the fabric of reality.

In 2021 the crew returned in a prequel adventure titled The Oddity, a play which included one of the original Myriad cast.