Peter Maddern

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TWIST – Tea Tree Players – Tea Tree Players Theatre – 4K

It certainly won’t surprise to hear at year’s end that Lamerton winners have come from this production; it’s all rollicking great fun

THEATRE – Singing in the Rain – Festival Theatre – 4K

It all makes for an enormously enjoyable night with women very much in the majority in the audience; so men be prepared to sail along with the tide. 4K

THEATRE – Ross – Independent Theatre – The Space – 3.5K

Ross is an ambitious production from Adelaide premier theatre group that perhaps indicates that there are limits to what even this team can deliver with its usual high grade impact. 3.5K

THEATRE – Don Parties On – Red Phoenix – HST – 4K

It’s all great fun but mostly for those of Don’s generation but Williamson’s biting humour aided by Eustice’s deft handling of the brewing farce keeps the whole rollicking along and richly enjoyable for all. 4K

THEATRE – 12 Angry Men – HST – 5K

This simply is perhaps the best theatre you will see all year – it certainly has been for this reviewer – with an experienced and talented cast at the top of their games. 5K

THEATRE – The Effect – UATG – Little Theatre – 4K

While The Effect is by no means a text book on how medical trials are actually conducted, the impacts on the participants and their various and very separate motivations keep the emotions of the audience engaged. 4K

THEATRE – OZ ASIA – Skin – Maj Gallery – 4.5K

Brave, (no doubt mighty expensive to stage), but highly rewarding, Skin embraces what it means to reach the boundary of our existence. Surely, the highlight of this year’s OzAsia. 4.5K

THEATRE – OZ ASIA – God Bless Baseball – Space Theatre – 3.5K

God Bless Baseball is an engaging opportunity to be immersed in the twin and overlapping worlds of East Asia countries and the game itself. 3.5K

THEATRE – OZ ASIA – The Record – Space Theatre – 3K

Interesting, worth the trip from home, but not sure I would want to pay to see it again. 3K

THEATRE – A Steady Rain – Lost in Translation – HST – 4K

For intense theatre, the aptly named A Steady Rain delivers a punch and if one missed it in March, do not again now. 4K