Stirling Players gather strong cast to revive Williamson play more relevant 20 years on
Stirling Players gathers a strong cast for the revival of a David Williamson play that, sadly, is more relevant 20 years later.
Director Vicky Horwood has an eye for talent, assembling an impressive cast who work cohesively and understand the material well. This classic Williamson play, set in 2005, has trademark humour and boldly-drawn characters. The staging and direction ensure that it gallops along with terrific energy and a pace to keep us interested as we are propelled towards a very satisfying ending.
Peter Goers, Rob Cusenza and Robin Schmelzkopf shine in homage to Neil Simon’s classic comedy at The Rep
Peter Goers, Rob Cusenza and Robin Schmelzkopf shine in homage to Neil Simon’s classic comedy at The Rep.
A decades long friendship between Peter Goers, Rob Cusenza and Robin Schmelzkopf comes together in Adelaide Repertory’s The Sunshine Boys, proving that comedy is serious business and this is seriously good comedy.
Director Goers has also designed a brilliant set that perfectly captures the vaudeville theme. His sense of history and understanding and love of showbiz in general and vaudeville in particular, comes through in this perfect vehicle for The Rep with its own century-plus tradition.
Cusenza and Schmelzkopf are proven song-and-dance men over their long careers in Adelaide theatre and Goers gives them a chance to strut their stuff with a joyful duo at the end. Otherwise, they play two ageing, antagonistic curmudgeons making one last reprise of their 43-year famous vaudeville double act: Lewis and Clark.
Danielle Lim and Sam Lau bring charm and charisma to a raw two-hander in the Comeback Festival at Goodwood Theatre
We were promised, “coarse language, adult themes and partial nudity” but we also got a funny, clever poignant play with two delightful young actors who I will follow with interest.
Charismatic duo Danielle Lim and Sam Lau maintain a charm offensive through the raw, yet moving, Bang on the Nerve by Van Badham
It is one play of six in the inaugural Goodwood Theatre & Studio’s Comeback Festival where audiences were encouraged to see two plays with a drink and dinner in between.
Michelle Nightingale and Benji Riggs take another Nick Fagan play to novel heights
Michelle Nightingale and Benji Riggs deft handing of Holden Theatre Theatre’s compelling psychological drama The Sound Inside also confirms director Nick Fagan’s talent for recognising and bringing the world’s most culturally relevant dramas and dark comedies to Adelaide.
This is Nick Fagan’s third play for Holden Street Theatre as its new director in residence and reunites Fagan, Nightingale and Riggs after the brilliant The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2024 for The Flying Elephant Company
Michelle Nightingale gives a memorable performance as Bella Baird. Her character is self-assured, intelligent and sometimes distant but we sense her warmth and humour early on.
Brant Eustice brilliantly cracks the complex code of Alan Turing’s mind and life as gay pioneer of AI
Brant Eustice brilliantly captures the warmth and complexity of Alan Turing, the gay pioneer of AI (artificial intelligence), in St Jude’s Players Breaking The Code.
Eustice’s performance solidifies his place among Adelaide’s elite actors and the excellent supporting cast shows the depth of local talent.
‘You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown’. Gilbert & Sullivan joyfully recreates Charles Schulz’s classic comic strip, ‘Peanuts’
‘You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown’. Gilbert & Sullivan’s joyful heartwarming recreation of Charles Schulz’s classic comic strip, ‘Peanuts’Six adorable figures from the original Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz come to life exactly as they are drawn and this production shows us their charm and why this is such a popular comic for adults and children alike. This splendid cast totally commit to their characters without overplaying the child element and the simple, effective staging allows every one of them to shine. Charlie Brown is a different kind of musical and that’s it’s charm. Instead of the usual story arc; conflict, romance, plots and sub-plots it’s a breezy series of vignettes, like a revue linked by strong characters and universal ideas.
Anything Goers and a delicious slice of classic Broadway comedy in The Rep’s ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’
Peter Goers as Sheridan Whiteside is at the centre of the mayhem in the Adelaide Rep’s ‘The Man Who Came…
Oceans of Emotion. Dave Simms and Blue Sky Theatre shine through When the Rain Stops Falling
Blue Sky Theatre. Director Dave Simms’ thoughtful and intimate version of this Australian classic by Andrew Bovell has not been done in Adelaide for 10 years. Some plays you need to experience at different stages of your life and this timeless, intense drama invites appreciation from each new generation of audience.
SPARKs fly when Chekhov’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ meets ‘Family Guy’ in whacky but worthy experiment in controlled madness
This Uncle Vanya is where fans of Anton Chekhov and the brilliant adult animated series Family Guy intersect. That’s hard to imagine; sounds ridiculous but it works fabulously. Mary Angley has done some audacious tweaking and brought us a fresh, imaginative and spontaneous play. Chekhov is the backbone with themes that work as well today as in 1897: existential dread of a wasted life, unrequited love, environmental angst, resentment and familial tensions. Mary Angley and the Papermouth Theatre’s creative team and cast have cleverly injected ASMR – and soap – into this Russian soapie.
Adam Goodburn, Sarah Hamilton the professional pillars for Marie Clark Theatre to bring so many youths to ‘Oliver!’
Adam Goodburn as Fagin in the Marie Clark Musical Theatre production of Oliver! Image Daniel Salmond Adam Goodburn and Sarah…
‘Come from Away’ lands a triumph, showing how far, high and deep the Adelaide local theatre has come
The sold-out 2025 season of Therry’s Come from Away musical was a landmark moment in South Australian and Adelaide community theatre. The professional standard of this show, with excellence across a large ensemble, was an indicator of the depth of talent in Adelaide. Come from Away brought home that Adelaide community theatre has firmly removed the shackles and prejudice from the “amateur” descriptor.
Adelaide gets best seats in the house for British plays as NT goes live in cinemas around globe
Adelaide sees the best of the latest British plays, thanks to NT Live proving that all the world’s stage by taking NT productions to cinemas worldwide.
Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre students’ shows let Adelaide preview the best emerging talent.
Opening in 1961, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, seven Tony Awards and the New York Drama Critics Circle award. It featured Robert Morse as J Pierpont Finch who went on to star in the 1967 film.