Barry Lenny

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Written by Barry Lenny, Thursday 10th April 2025. The State Theatre Company of South Australia has been including musical theatre in its repertoire, with recent successful productions of Candide and Lady Day. Former Artistic Director, Mitchell Butel, who is now Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company, is returning to Adelaide to direct Kimberley Akimbo, a co-production with the Melbourne Theatre Company.

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Barry Lenny

Reviewed by Ewart Shaw Friday 4th April 2025. What an Adelaide occasion. The Dictionary of Lost Words, the book by Pip Williams, adapted for the stage by Verity Lawton, is shared with an Adelaide audience on the stage of the Dunstan Playhouse . I don’t use bourgeois as an insult. A healthy and active middle class who care about and support the arts, who have a strong social conscience, and some disposable income, are vital to the health of a society.

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Barry Lenny

Reviewed by Ewart Shaw, Thursday 3rd April 2025. Labour of Love is a play with its political heart on its sleeve. It is also a labour of love for St Jude’s Players. It’s long, it’s wordy, and confusing in structure, but director, Kym Clayton, is blessed with a strong and confident cast. The scenes follow the main characters’ political and personal fortunes in a series of scenes across the twenty years of their interactions.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Barry Lenny

Reviewed by Barry Lenny, Thursday 3rd April, 2025. Phil Olson’s 2013 comedy, Mum’s Gift (originally Mom’s Gift), is directed by Lucy Johnson for The Therry Dramatic Society. As a first-time director, she could have benefited from working with a more experienced director. The pace was not always there, and much of the time we saw actors acting, rather than the characters.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Barry Lenny

Reviewed by Ewart Shaw, Saturday 29th March 2025. Before I get into a detailed analysis of Billy Elliot, and tick off the adjectives on the critics’ cheat sheet, just book tickets to this latest Northern Light Theatre Company success. It has heart, it has soul, and it has soles, and many of them. Billy Elliot, first a film and then a stage musical.