Reviews

Review by Sarah Westgarth Farce can be hard to pull off. The comedy relies on broad characterisation, unrealistic scenarios, and improbably coincidences. The chaos must be choreographed or the [...]

Review by Valerie Lillington It’s Bill and Rachel’s wedding day. The stag party was the night before and Bill wakes up with a horrible headache and a naked woman [...]

Review by Barry Hill “Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it it’s not so hot anymore.” This is the message of the Adelaide Repertory Theatre’s latest offering Perfect [...]

Review by Trish Francis Bill (Heath Trebilcock) 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 (Ellen [...]

Review by  Barry Lenny The Adelaide Repertory Theatre Society is presenting Frankenstein, using Nick Dear‘s script, written for the National Theatre and first performed in [...]

Review by Richard Lane Nick Dear’s adaptation of MaryShelley’s novel Frankenstein, is a grotesque story terrifying us from the very opening of Kerrin White’s production. A ghastly, naked monster [...]

Review by David Grybowski   You would have to be brain-dead to not have seen the handmade humanoid in some media form or another. Mary Shelley wrote the short story – which became her [...]

Review by Janice Bailey Pam O’Grady’s experience and flair are evident in this thoroughly entertaining and well-executed Music Hall show. Pam has gathered a stellar cast whose obvious enjoyment [...]

Reviewed by Jan Kershaw With Palace of Varieties the Adelaide Rep provides the audience with a wonderful evening at an old time music hall. It was great to see audience members getting into the [...]

Reviewed by Samela Harris Roll up, Roll up. The Rep’s end-of-year romp into the realms of classic vaudeville is a night of raucous audience engagement and tears of mirth. This is a wonderful [...]