All posts tagged "Adelaide Repertory Theatre"
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Moonlight and Magnolias
In June at the Arts Theatre find out how the film “Gone with the Wind” was saved from being gone with the wind!Hollywood, February 1939: Acclaimed movie producer David O. Selznick has a problem: his massively hyped production of “Gone With The Wind” is bleeding big money, the script is unfilmable, he has fired the […]
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946ArtsTheatre Review: Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
A parodic take on a classic Conan-Doyle mystery with quality performances and laughs all round
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1.7KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Sweet Road
Described by its playwright, Debra Oswald, as ”a road movie on stage”, this idiosyncratic Australian play examines the subtle ways in which the outback impacts those who drive through it
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954EntertainmentTheatre Review: The Madness of George III
Presented by The Adelaide Repertory Theatre (aka The Rep) Reviewed 18 June 2022 Alan Bennett’s The Madness of George III received its premier on November the 28th 1991 at The National Theatre in London and subsequently toured The UK and the United States. It was made into a film in 1994 and has graced a […]
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1.1KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Loot
Presented by Adelaide Repertory Theatre (aka The Rep)Reviewed 7 April2022 Joe Orton was nothing if not offensive: it was his aim in life. As a result, he wrote a clever, witty, irreverent script ready to lambast anything considered sacred. On opening night this production did not deliver all that it could have. The truth is […]
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795EntertainmentTheatre Review: Humble Boy
Presented by Adelaide Repertory Theatre (aka The Rep)Reviewed 18 November 2021 Written by Charlotte Jones, this play is a confusing look at relationships and their inherent problems. Focusing on Felix, a Theoretical Astrophysicist who has returned home for his father’s funeral, the story examines the strained relationship with his mother. We also get to see […]
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839EntertainmentTheatre Review: Good People
Presented by Adelaide Repertory Theatre (aka The Rep)Reviewed 3 September 2021 David Lindsay-Abaire’s script for Good People is wordy and at times this causes it to lose pace. Nick Fagan has presented this piece on a very well-planned set, designed by Brittany Daw with differing looks for the two acts. The split set in the […]
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929EntertainmentTheatre Review: We’ll Always Have Paris
This story of three ladies “of a certain age” takes an amusing look at old friendships and the ability to change
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1.5KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Crimes of the Heart
A moving and funny story about sisters and the secrets they keep
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1.1KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The Rivals
Written in 1775 by Richard Sheridan, The Rivals has seen many revivals, but still maintains its intrinsic humour.
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1.8KEntertainmentTheatre Review: A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a story that has become a part of Christmas time for many of us. Whether it's the original novel by Charles Dickens or one of the many film adaptations, it is a well-known tale. For their final season of 2020, the Adelaide Repertory Theatre presents a new, reworked version of this timeless tale.
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2.2KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Look Back In Anger
The play is about a time when Britain was transitioning from a nation fighting for survival to a nation crowned with glory that had lost the ability to feel.
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1.4KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Well, Shut My Mouth
Director Sue Wylie has lovingly brought to life Brenton Whittle’s easy-going reflection on death in Well, Shut My Mouth. This new local play, boasting a confident and cohesive cast, meditates on what it means to “slip on to the other side” through the eyes of three generations of a very Australian family.
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1.9KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The Miracle Worker
This play is about courage, determination, perseverance and the clash of two indomitable wills that come to terms with their own personal disabilities to heal their broken spirits.
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1.0KArtsTheatre Review: Rules for Living
Rules for Living is a dark comedy about family dysfunction and societal norms by Sam Holcroft. The play follows a family preparing for Christmas lunch and tensions begin to rise as they deal with family issues. Holcroft uses the psychological theory that people reinforce negative behaviour traits each time they fall back on them as coping strategies (“rules for living”) at stressful times.
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1.7KArtsTheatre Review: Perfect Wedding
Bill makes a big mistake at his stag party and wakes up in the honeymoon suite, on the morning of his wedding, with a mysterious woman, Judy. With the help of his best man, Tom, Bill tries to cover up the fact that he cheated on his fiancée. Unfortunately for Bill, but luckily for the audience, hilarious chaos occurs.
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837ArtsTheatre Review: Palace of Varieties
With Palace of Varieties the Adelaide Rep provides the audience with a wonderful evening at an old time music hall.
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1.2KArtsTheatre Review: Our Boys
Our Boys is a play by Jonathan Lewis set in a military hospital in London in 1984.
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768ArtsTheatre Review: The Psychic
This is a whodunit, murder mystery that produces a somewhat psychologically disturbing twist no-one saw coming, with a few laughs along the way.
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735ArtsTheatre Review: Don’t Dress For Dinner
What happens when a husband and wife decide to have a nice romantic evening, but not with each other? Find out in Adelaide Rep's hilarious farce, 'Don't Dress For Dinner'
