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Born in London, Barry was introduced to theatre as a small boy, through being taken to see traditional Christmas pantomimes, as well as discovering jazz and fine music at a very young age. High school found him loving the works of Shakespeare, as well as many other great playwrights, poets and novelists. Moving to Australia, he became a jazz musician, playing with big bands and his own small groups, then attended the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University of Adelaide, playing with several orchestras. This led to playing in theatre pits, joining the chorus, playing character roles, playing lead roles (after moving into drama), then directing, set and lighting design, administrative roles on theatre boards and, finally, becoming a critic. After twenty years of writing he has now joined the Broadway World team to represent Adelaide, in South Australia. Barry is also a long time member of the prestigious Adelaide Critics Circle.

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Review: TROPHY BOYS at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

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 Room

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 Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre

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 Light Square, Adelaide

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

March 4, 2026

This is high risk theatre.

Review: FARAWAY at Odeon Theatre

February 27, 2026

The world premiere of Faraway, a new work by Jenni Large.

Review: PHÈDRE at Star Theatres

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

November 16, 2025

They are dedicated to bringing Adelaide performances of the cantatas.

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

October 30, 2025

I really need to see this production again.

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

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 FESTIVAL 2025 at Festival Plaza, Adelaide Festival Centre

October 23, 2025

Another huge success for T.

Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC at ARTS Theatre

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.

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

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, Adelaide Festival Centre

September 15, 2025

Singer/songwriters who play guitar a bit were disappointing in a guitar festival.

September 16, 2025

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

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