Adelaide Repertory Theatre

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'The Adelaide Repertory Theatre, often called Adelaide Rep or The Rep, is an amateur theatre company in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the longest surviving amateur theatre company in the Southern Hemisphere. [1] [2] It celebrated its centenary in 2008 having been set up in 1908 by students from the Elder Conservatorium. [3] [4]

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The company currently[ when? ] presents four productions each year and The Arts Theatre is used by theatre groups and the community.

The company has performed at many venues around Adelaide. [4] In 1963, the company opened the Arts Theatre. The first production there was the Peter Ustinov comedy, Romanoff and Juliet . [5]

Awards

Notable associates

Notable associates of the Theatre include:

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References

  1. Affort, T. (1995). Adelaide Repertory Theatre. In P. Parsons (General Editor), Companion to Theatre in Australia. Sydney, Currency Press, p. 11
  2. Comans, Dr Christine A.W. (2006) La Boite's History as Doctoral Study: A Research Methodology Story. NJ Drama Australia Journal 30(2):pp. 73-82.
  3. Geoffrey Milne, (2004), Theatre Australia (Un)limited: Australian Theatre Since the 1950s, Rodopi, p. 75, ISBN   90-420-0930-6
  4. 1 2 3 Brissenden, Alan (25 September 2008). "Stirring the intellectual pot". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 16 October 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. Austage
  6. Adelaide Repertory Theatre, Sustained contribution (organisations) 2008 Winner, Ruby Awards, ARTS SA
  7. The Awards Archived 4 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Adelaide Critics Circle. Retrieved 2007-05-19
  8. Amateur Theatre I Hate Hamlet, Messenger Newspapers, 2006
  9. City Messenger Theatre Awards
  10. Roxy Byrne entry at the Australian Women’s Archives Project
  11. Alexander Melrose entry at the Australian Dictionary of Biography
  12. Sydney Talbot Smith entry at the Australian Dictionary of Biography