Funny, poignant and masterfully performed, it is a play for everyone
Presented by: Galleon Theatre Group Reviewed: 21 October, 2022 Jimmy and Alice have been married for all of their adult lives. Now in their 60s, and having to move out of the family home, they are clearing out the attic junk and reminiscing about their shared lives. Younger versions of both of them appear on […]
Presented by Galleon Theatre Group Reviewed 7th April, 2022 The warning’s on the tin. There’s a lot of kissing in this show. But this is not a rom-com. Nor is it a farce. It’s a show about actors, truth and craft. Written by American playwright Sarah Ruhl (she of In the Next Room; or The […]
Fantastically performed, a pure joy to watch
It’s been a long break, but Galleon are back with their usual fine level of production.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue concerns a middle-aged couple who have an apartment in New York in the seventies when New York had the highest crime rate in the world, rising unemployment in addition to common city problems of noise and smells assaulting the senses.
Charlie Fuller has built himself a comfortable life in his retirement village, having several ‘friends with benefits’, all of who are aware of, and happy with the situation. His daughter thinks he needs looking after, that he may be declining, losing his grip. Meanwhile she is having her own dalliance with a work colleague. The arrival of a new widow and her nephew upsets the balance for both of them.
Written in the early Seventies and set in the late Sixties, Alan Ayckbourn's How The Other Half Loves made us laugh at ourselves and our social (or lack of them) mores.
The publicity describes this production as a dark comedy about the dark ages! That about sums it up nicely, with the emphasis on comedy. Michael Hollinger has written a play about moral dilemmas - we all face them - the concept of doing the right thing for the wrong reason.
Season’s Greetings: a family gathers for four days of Christmas festivities, which rapidly disintegrate into attempted adultery, attempted murder and attempted puppetry!
This production is good and has plenty of laughs and Williamson fans will love it. Galleon continues to provide great community theatre and is well supported for good reasons.
Michael Jacobs' comedy 'Cheaters' is about relationships and an examination of commitment and fidelity.
Galleon Theatre Company are all set to present Michael Jacobs' delightful rom-com (with a slight difference) Cheaters as their 2016 season's final production.
'Sex Cells' follows the office lives of four women who work in a sex toy call centre. The story follows their lives as they search for love, family and meaning.
British play 'Sex Cells' is soon to have its Australian Premiere, when Adelaide’s Galleon Theatre Group presents it at the Domain Theatre, Marion Cultural Centre.
What would you do if you showed up for a dinner party only to find the hostess missing and the host upstairs in his bedroom with a bullet hole in his ear.?
Author Jake has women troubles: they are on his mind; they are in his mind. He only has to think about them to have them materialise and speak the dialogue he gives them. But what happens if they start writing their own conversations?
Disaster strikes for a bride-to-be when her ex-boyfriend shows up on her wedding day in this funny comedy at the Galleon Theatre Group.
Presented by Galleon Theatre Group Reviewed 22 May 2014 This reviewer is in LOVE! – with Galleon Theatre Group’s latest show, the Australian premiere of Loves and Hours. Stephen Metcalfe’s hilarious, yet poignant, modern script and this entire production of it are picture perfect. With no less than forty scenes covering such things as […]
The Club is an iconic Australian play by Australia’s most produced playwright, and as such is often treated with undue reverence. Galleon’s production is a down to earth rendition of this well-written comedy.