All posts tagged "Brendan Cooney"
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948ArtsTheatre Review: Cyprus Avenue
You can always rely on a Red Phoenix play to entertain - It is truly a black comedy not to be missed
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1.3KEntertainmentTheatre Review: Dividing the Estate
You can always rely on Red Phoenix to give you an interesting night out in the theatre. Dividing the Estate is a richly written piece of American drama by Horton Foote.
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1.1KEntertainmentTheatre Review: The Flint Street Nativity
From the pen of renowned author Tim Firth, The Flint Street Nativity is a comic gem. Anyone who has attended school plays for the early years of their children’s education will be able to relate to the characters, played, of course, by adults.
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937ArtsTheatre Review: Frank Forbes and the Yahoo Boy
Frank Forbes and the Yahoo Boy is a heartfelt play, written and directed by Adelaide local Matt Hawkins. It explores relationships and the importance of forgiveness – with plenty of wry jokes sprinkled throughout.
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1.1KArtsTheatre Review: Men Behaving Badly
Based on the 90’s British sitcom of the exact same title, Men Behaving Badly focuses on London-based flatmates Gary and Tony and their male misbehaviour and troublesome adventures, and their long-suffering partners Dorothy and Deborah.
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464ArtsTheatre Review: The Golden Dragon
Although not a household name in Australia, this prolific contemporary German playwright and theatre director has written an allegory bathed in magic realism and tricked out with quirky cinematic idiosyncracies.
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598LatestTheatre Review: Ross: The Lives of Lawrence of Arabia
The fabled hero of the Arabian conflict is only one side of his story and, told from a military point of view, this play looks at the man inside the myth.
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636ArtsTheatre Review: Out of the Ordinary
Presented by Accidental Productions Reviewed 7 Oct 2016 Are you in need of a good laugh? Well, get yourself down to the Bakehouse Theatre and buy a ticket for Out of the Ordinary. It will cure your ills and leave you feeling better about life! The story is about a girl who just wants to be […]
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1.4KArtsTheatre Review: Up Pompeii
'Up Pompeii' is based on the popular BBC comedy television series and follows the household of Ludicrus Sextus as everyone tries to get a piece of carnal action.
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Tea Tree Players Take A Trip ‘Up Pompeii’
Well known for their hilarious British farces, Tea Tree Players are about to present the South Australian premiere of the stage version of Up Pompeii. Written in the seventies by Carry On… stalwart Talbot Rothwell and Sid Colin, Up Pompeii was a BBC television comedy series starring the one and only Frankie Howerd, basically to cash in […]
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1.1KFamilyTheatre Review: Pinocchio
For 38 years Tea Tree Players has produced an end-of-year pantomime filled with audience participation, fun and frivolity. This year’s production of 'Pinocchio' is no exception.
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956Performing ArtsTheatre Review: Guys and Dolls
Many people when asked their favourite musical will reply, without hesitation, Guys and Dolls. It is definitely well known and well loved.
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1.0KLatestTheatre Review: Mary Poppins
Matt Byrne is getting a reputation for bringing fresh, hard to do shows to Adelaide. We are grateful to him for the chance to see this favourite children’s story.
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1.2KLatestInterview: Lauren Potter On Playing The Title Role In MBM’s Production Of Mary Poppins
South African born Lauren Potter talks to Fran Edwards about her latest high-flying role as Mary Poppins.
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1.7KLatest‘Mary Poppins’ Is About To Pop In And On To The Adelaide Stage!
Matt Byrne Media will present the SA Premiere of the world’s most loved family musical, Mary Poppins, in Adelaide and Elizabeth this July/August.
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1.0KLatestTheatre Review: Hairspray
In 1960s Baltimore, USA, an overweight girl becomes an unexpected celebrity on a dance show and in the fight against segregation. A fun, feel-good musical!
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747LatestFringe Review: Xanadu
This ultimate, retro homage to the 1980 film that starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly finds the right balance of cheese, romance and fashion faux pas.
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Theatre Review: Meet My Husbands
Meet My Husbands is a play of misunderstandings and entanglements of Shakespearean proportion, albeit without the grandiose dialogue to match.
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Hairspray
Hairspray's ongoing popularity is no doubt due to a combination of the music, story and characters, but it’s the feel-good nature of the show that lingers with a smile long after the curtain comes down. This is one has it all.
