Community Theatre

Barry Hill OAM

Stage Whispers readers outside South Australia will mainly know Barry Hill as a reviewer, occasionally also reviewed for his direction, or for his stage performances. A stalwart of Adelaide theatre, we congratulate Barry, who was honoured with the Order of Australia Medal on Australia Day, thanking him for his lengthy, passionate ‘service to the Performing Arts’. We asked Barry to share some of his theatrical highlights.

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Carrie the Musical for Sydney’s South

The Regals Musical Society is bringing the cult classic Carrie the Musical to Rockdale Town Hall for a limited engagement in June.

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Assassins at Lane Cove

This May audiences will be transported to an imagined historical “revusical” exploring the shady side of the American dream.

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Ayckbourn Comedy’s Behind-the-scenes Disasters

IT’S the play that’s got everything – including the kitchen sink.

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My Fair Lady for Melbourne

Lerner & Loewe’s much-loved musical My Fair Lady is back in Melbourne for a limited engagement produced by GSOV - Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria - on 30 and 31 March, 1 and 2 April - includ

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A Case Full of Laughs at Castle Hill

Castle Hill Players is presenting the classic Ray Cooney farce Funny Money, adapted into a movie starring Chevy Chase, for their second offering of their 2023 season, at the Pavilion Theatre from 31 March to 22 April.

What would you do if you arrived home from work and discovered that you'd picked up somebody else’s briefcase on the train? Then you opened that briefcase and discovered it contained a cool £735,000 in cash?

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All About Eve in Adelaide

The production of All About Eve produced by St Jude’s Players in Brighton, South Australia in April 2023, adapted and directed by Olivia Jane Parker, is not the play with the same name as the original story (The Wisdom of Eve), but instead, an adaptation of the Joseph L Mankiewicz film screenplay of that story, titled All About Eve and starring Bette Davis.

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Female Spin on The Odd Couple for WA

OLIVE is a slob and Florence is a snob – the classic play

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Six Children’s Choirs Join Toowoomba’s Boy From Oz

As opening night of the Empire Theatre’s major 2023 musical The Boy from Oz approaches, cast and crew are hard at work putting the finishing touches to the show.

The Boy From Oz, presented by Mort & Co, will feature talented local vocalists, dancers and musicians, who are set to dazzle when the curtain is finally lifted for the six show season from Friday 17 March to Sunday 26 March.

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Who’s in Bed with the Butler at Adelaide Rep?

Michael Parker’s farce Who’s in Bed with the Butler is one of a string of box office hits written in the British style of naughty but nice, developed for the American Market. An interesting note is that Michael met his wife Susan in the theatre; in fact, he cast her in the role of “Suzy Legere” in his world premiere of “Who’s In Bed With The Butler?” in California, in which he had the role of the butler.

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