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Review: 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL at Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL at Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — October 14, 2022
This is a fun, lively, funny production that really needs no introduction. ...
Review: AFTER ALL THIS at Rumpus, 100 Sixth Street, Bowden

Review: AFTER ALL THIS at Rumpus, 100 Sixth Street, Bowden

by Barry Lenny — October 10, 2022
It stays with you long after you leave the building....
Review: THE ELF ON A SHELF MUST DIE AND CHEATERS at Holden Street Theatres

Review: THE ELF ON A SHELF MUST DIE AND CHEATERS at Holden Street Theatres

by Barry Lenny — October 9, 2022
Everybody had fun, and the audience had an enjoyable time....
Review: RENT at Queen's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: RENT at Queen's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — October 8, 2022
The 1994 award-winning rock musical....
Review: THE NORMAL HEART at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: THE NORMAL HEART at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — October 5, 2022
If you don’t already have tickets, you’d better hurry....
Review: SAVAGE at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: SAVAGE at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — September 24, 2022
Explosive, violent, urgent, and hugely physical....
Review: INTO THE WOODS at ARTS Theatre

Review: INTO THE WOODS at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — September 23, 2022
Tickets are sure to be in short supply as word spreads....
Review: GIANNI SCHICCHI at Norwood Ballroom

Review: GIANNI SCHICCHI at Norwood Ballroom

by Barry Lenny — September 18, 2022
This was a wonderful performance....
Review: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH MARY JANE? at Holden Street Theatres

Review: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH MARY JANE? at Holden Street Theatres

by Barry Lenny — September 15, 2022
Make sure that you see this production!...
Review: SWEET ROAD at ARTS Theatre

Review: SWEET ROAD at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — September 10, 2022
Fascinating stories of a diverse group of people on road trips in remote Australia....
Review: SUNSHINE SUPER GIRL at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: SUNSHINE SUPER GIRL at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — September 7, 2022
A moving and inspiring story of success against all the odds....
Review: THE PITMEN PAINTERS at ARTS Theatre

Review: THE PITMEN PAINTERS at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — August 19, 2022
It all began with a WEA art appreciation course....
Review: DRACULA: THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER at Star Theatres

Review: DRACULA: THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER at Star Theatres

by Barry Lenny — August 17, 2022
Hugh O'Connor is a most effective Dracula....
Review: ARCADIA at Little Theatre, University Of Adelaide

Review: ARCADIA at Little Theatre, University Of Adelaide

by Barry Lenny — August 15, 2022
The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild has finally reached Arcadia....
Review: THE BIG SING - THE ARMED MAN: A MASS FOR PEACE at Adelaide Town Hall

Review: THE BIG SING - THE ARMED MAN: A MASS FOR PEACE at Adelaide Town Hall

by Barry Lenny — August 10, 2022
The performance was tied to the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima....
Review: DOGFIGHT at St. Jude's Hall, Brighton

Review: DOGFIGHT at St. Jude's Hall, Brighton

by Barry Lenny — August 10, 2022
Do you remember On The Town, that wonderful musical film from 1949; three young sailors on shore leave on the loose in New York, singing and dancing through life, and meeting girls? Well, Dogfight, presented by St Jude's Players, is a bit like that, but just a bit. It's a dark reflection on men and ...
Review: CHALKFACE at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: CHALKFACE at Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — August 10, 2022
In a late career change, I gained a degree in Adult and Vocational Education, and then a post-graduate degree in Secondary Education, leading to several years of relief and contract teaching in music and drama for a number of high schools. I was, therefore, looking forward to State Theatre Company's...
Review: OTHELLO at Star Theatres

Review: OTHELLO at Star Theatres

by Barry Lenny — August 8, 2022
Shakespeare will always be a part of the theatre scene...
Review: SUOR ANGELICA at Clayton Wesley Uniting Church

Review: SUOR ANGELICA at Clayton Wesley Uniting Church

by Barry Lenny — July 24, 2022
An intimate and sensitive performance....
Review: DI AND VIV AND ROSE at Rumpus, Bowden

Review: DI AND VIV AND ROSE at Rumpus, Bowden

by Barry Lenny — July 22, 2022
The play is so well chosen for this collective. It is a truth universally acknowledged, at least by me and my mentor, Myk Mykyta, that most modern plays are twenty minutes too long. Contemporary audiences have been conditioned by films and, especially, television to pick up the thread of a story ver...
Review: MOMENTS IN THE WOODS: SONGS AND STORIES OF SONDHEIM – ADELAIDE CABARET FEST

Review: MOMENTS IN THE WOODS: SONGS AND STORIES OF SONDHEIM – ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2022 at Her Majesty's Theatre

by Barry Lenny — June 24, 2022
That standing ovation was very well-deserved....
Review: TUCK SHOP LADIES WITH LITTLE WISE AND SPECIAL GUEST SUSIE KEYNES – THE TRIN

Review: TUCK SHOP LADIES WITH LITTLE WISE AND SPECIAL GUEST SUSIE KEYNES – THE TRINITY SESSIONS at Church Of The Trinity

by Barry Lenny — June 19, 2022
It was a party, a celebration of the anniversary of a great venue....
Review: THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III at ARTS Theatre

Review: THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — June 18, 2022
Being Alan Bennet, there is plenty of wit and humour....
BWW Review: FORCES OF NATURE: A FRENCH ENCOUNTER at Elder Hall, University Of Adelaid

BWW Review: FORCES OF NATURE: A FRENCH ENCOUNTER at Elder Hall, University Of Adelaide

by Barry Lenny — June 3, 2022
It was a thrill to hear this music....
BWW Review: BETTY BLUE EYES at ARTS Theatre

BWW Review: BETTY BLUE EYES at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — June 3, 2022
This is a fun night out. See what BWW's critic thinks about this production. ...
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