Reviews

Review by Steve Davis To be or not to be a comedy? That is the question posed by Humble Boy. This play, written by Charlotte Jones, opened last night as the latest production by the [...]

Review by Mark Wickett When the socially awkward Felix returns home for his father’s funeral, his mother’s behaviour and ongoing scorn regresses him to his childhood. Another man, who is nothing [...]

Reviewed by Barry Lenny The Adelaide Repertory Theatre Society closes their year with Humble Boy, written by Charlotte Jones, a modern version, loosely derived from Shakespeare’s [...]

Peter Bleby  Bees, death, astrophysics, entymology, string theory, words, and most of all, relationships are all features of this engaging play, but you don’t have to know anything [...]

Reviewed by Samela Harris It’s a highly “Americana” play. Indeed David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People is a highly “Bawsten” play set, as it is in Boston’s rough old Southie district and [...]

Reviewed by Lisa Lanzi It is eternally a mystery to me, as a distant observer, that America still (in some quarters) proclaims itself a ‘classless society’. In his 1821 autobiography, Thomas [...]

Reviewed by Haydn Radford I do feel it is an excellent example of the gritty, ‘real life’ stories that we should see more of on the stage – Nick Fagan. Perfect production and [...]

Reviewed by Shelley Hampton Good People is the brilliant new offering from The Adelaide Repertory Theatre. Written by David Lindsay-Abaire, himself a ‘Southie’ from Boston, and skilfully [...]

Reviewed by David Smith This was a spell-binding performance by the Adelaide Rep. Nick Fagan and his skilful cast sustained the intensity and interest from the outset. The subtleties of the [...]

Reviewed by Barry Lenny The Adelaide Repertory Theatre Society is presenting David Lindsay-Abaire‘s 2011 dark comedy, Good People, directed by Nick Fagan. They say that you cannot [...]