by Clayton Werner | Feb 28, 2021 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2021, Family Entertainment, Musical Theatre, Reviews
[CHILDREN’S EVENT/Musical Theatre ~ UK] Norwood Concert Hall, Sat 27 Feb. Theatre Bugs and the Adelaide Theatre Academy have put together a massive musical in staging Mary Poppins; a large cast, a complex drama including song, dance, choreography, acting, plenty of...
by Bobby Goudie | Oct 30, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, Reviews
Raj House, Fri 28 Oct. Victoria Healy was given the nickname Dick Van Dyke in primary school. Looking back Victoria hypothesised whether the name possibly related to her being bisexual, her cheery persona or the inability to master an accent, but unfortunately her...
by Dave Bradley | Jul 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Joe Hill (Hachette Australia) 2016, 752pp, RRP $29.99 The latest epic from Hill (the pen name of Joseph Hillstrom King, a.k.a. Stephen’s son) acknowledges his Dad in an opening list of inspirations, where Hill admits to supposedly stealing the basic idea for this one...
by Rosie van Heerde | Feb 21, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Interviews, Theatre
by Rosie van Heerde. Excitement is steadily building as audiences impatiently await the arrival of The James Plays Trilogy, a series of three dramatic works written by Rona Munro and brought to Adelaide by the National Theatre of Scotland. Directed by Laurie Sansom,...
by Lynette Washington | Jul 3, 2015 | Musical Theatre, Reviews, Theatre
Arts Theatre, Thu 2 Jul Matt Byrne’s South Australian premiere of the Broadway musical version of Mary Poppins is very high quality amateur theatre. With beautiful orchestration, delightful costumes and quality lead performers, the result is a charming production that...
