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Review: MACHINAL at Goodwood Theatre

Review: MACHINAL at Goodwood Theatre

by Barry Lenny — May 22, 2026
You won’t want to miss this one....
Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centr

Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — May 13, 2026
Petra Kalive has made some interesting casting choices....
Review: CINDERELLA at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: CINDERELLA at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — May 8, 2026
If you have never seen a live opera, this would be an excellent introduction....
Review: THE HOUSEWARMING at Goodwood Theatre

Review: THE HOUSEWARMING at Goodwood Theatre

by Barry Lenny — April 26, 2026
Australia is not a classless society. Class is based in wealth and social standing....
Review: RBG: OF MANY, ONE at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: RBG: OF MANY, ONE at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — April 11, 2026
Heather Mitchell delivers a master class....
Review: AUSTRALIA DAY at ARTS Theatre

Review: AUSTRALIA DAY at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — April 10, 2026
Biggins raises many questions, but provides no answers....
Review: CLUEDO at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: CLUEDO at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — March 23, 2026
You will likely want to go back and see it a second time....
Review: TROPHY BOYS at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: TROPHY BOYS at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — March 18, 2026
It all begins hilariously, as the four boys claim that they support feminism, but the misogyny shows through....
Review: WAITING FOR HAMLET – ADELAIDE FRINGE 2026 at Ayer’s House State Dining Ro

Review: WAITING FOR HAMLET – ADELAIDE FRINGE 2026 at Ayer’s House State Dining Room

by Barry Lenny — March 12, 2026
King Hamlet and Yorick are an hilarious Shakespearean Odd Couple....
Review: MARY SAID WHAT SHE SAID – ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2026 at Adelaide Festival Theat

Review: MARY SAID WHAT SHE SAID – ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2026 at Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — March 7, 2026
For Isabelle Huppert, this is a massive undertaking, a tour-de-force performance....
Review: MANIFEST DESTINY – ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2026 at Immersive Light And Art, 63 Li

Review: MANIFEST DESTINY – ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2026 at Immersive Light And Art, 63 Light Square, Adelaide

by Barry Lenny — March 5, 2026
Alex Frayne’s analogue photography captures the history, presence, and future of people and place....
Review: POV - ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2026 at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: POV - ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2026 at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — March 4, 2026
This is high risk theatre....
Review: FARAWAY at Odeon Theatre

Review: FARAWAY at Odeon Theatre

by Barry Lenny — February 27, 2026
The world premiere of Faraway, a new work by Jenni Large....
Review: PHÈDRE at Star Theatres

Review: PHÈDRE at Star Theatres

by Barry Lenny — December 4, 2025
This is very fine; not perfect, but who else in Adelaide would be up to the task?...
Review: THE CANTATA BAND - HOPE AND TRIUMPH at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Review: THE CANTATA BAND - HOPE AND TRIUMPH at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

by Barry Lenny — November 16, 2025
They are dedicated to bringing Adelaide performances of the cantatas....
Review: TWO BLOOD – AUSTRALIAN DANCE THEATRE - OZASIA FESTIVAL 2025 at Odeon Theatr

Review: TWO BLOOD – AUSTRALIAN DANCE THEATRE - OZASIA FESTIVAL 2025 at Odeon Theatre

by Barry Lenny — October 30, 2025
I really need to see this production again....
Review: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: ROMÉO ET JULIETTE at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — October 24, 2025
Charles Gounod took Shakespeare’s tale of the star-crossed lovers and adapted it to create the 1867 opera, Roméo et Juliette, with an overture and Shakespeare’s explanatory prologue, delivered by the chorus, followed by a five-act opera, with a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. ...
Review: SEARCHING BLUE - THE HUMAN EXPRESSION (T.H.E.) DANCE COMPANY - OZASIA FESTIVA

Review: SEARCHING BLUE - THE HUMAN EXPRESSION (T.H.E.) DANCE COMPANY - OZASIA FESTIVAL 2025 at Festival Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — October 23, 2025
Another huge success for T.H.E. and a wonderful, spiritual experience writes BroadwayWorld's critic about the OzAsia Festival. ...
Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at ARTS Theatre

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — September 30, 2025
The hills are alive with the sound of music and the Arts Theatre is alive with The Sound of Music, in this most enjoyable production from the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Now, this is not the film. All your old familiar songs are there, but sometimes in a slightly different context. There’s a new...
Review: CATS at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: CATS at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — September 26, 2025
Almost forty years ago, in 1987, I happened to be sent on a training course in Melbourne, when Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Cats, had its run in Sydney and been transferred to Melbourne’s Her Majesty’s Theatre, and I took advantage of the opportunity to buy a ticket to see the performance....
Review: LAU NOAH AND LIOR – ADELAIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL 2025 at Her Majesty's Theatre,

Review: LAU NOAH AND LIOR – ADELAIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL 2025 at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — September 15, 2025
Singer/songwriters who play guitar a bit were disappointing in a guitar festival....

by Barry Lenny — September 16, 2025
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Review: DUO SIQUEIRA LIMA AND YOUNG TAEK JO – ADELAIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL 2025 at Elde

Review: DUO SIQUEIRA LIMA AND YOUNG TAEK JO – ADELAIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL 2025 at Elder Hall, University Of Adelaide

by Barry Lenny — September 14, 2025
We heard three remarkable musicians....
Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: THE MAGIC FLUTE at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — August 29, 2025
A thought-provoking reworking of Mozart's popular opera....
Review: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH at St Jude's Hall

Review: NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH at St Jude's Hall

by Barry Lenny — August 10, 2025
Ah, memories. Where would we be without them?...
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