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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?...
Review: THE WATSONS at Little Theatre, University Of Adelaide

Review: THE WATSONS at Little Theatre, University Of Adelaide

by Barry Lenny — August 6, 2025
I have not laughed so much at the theatre in God knows how long....
Review: DEAR SON at Odeon Theatre

Review: DEAR SON at Odeon Theatre

by Barry Lenny — July 31, 2025
You will leave the theatre enlightened and uplifted....
Review: SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD at ARTS Theatre

Review: SHAKESPEARE IN HOLLYWOOD at ARTS Theatre

by Barry Lenny — July 18, 2025
Be quick to book if you need a good laugh....
Review: ALMOST, MAINE at Stirling Community Theatre

Review: ALMOST, MAINE at Stirling Community Theatre

by Barry Lenny — July 15, 2025
Every sketch is applauded heartily....
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — July 12, 2025
You only have until next weekend to see this sensational production....
Review: A STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION at The Studio, Holden Street Theatres

Review: A STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION at The Studio, Holden Street Theatres

by Barry Lenny — June 27, 2025
A mesmerising eighty minutes of theatre....
Review: JOANNE HARTSTONE - THE SMART GIRL’S GUIDE TO BREAKING UP – ADELAIDE CABAR

Review: JOANNE HARTSTONE - THE SMART GIRL’S GUIDE TO BREAKING UP – ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2025 at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

by Barry Lenny — June 15, 2025
An hilarious cabaret show that deserves repeating at a later date....
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