- Adelaide Repertory Theatre
The Adelaide Repertory Theatre (The Rep) is an amateur
theatre company inAdelaide ,South Australia . It is the longest survivingamateur theatre company in the Southern Hemisphere. [Affort, T. (1995). Adelaide Repertory Theatre. In P. Parsons (General Editor), "Companion to Theatre in Australia". Sydney, Currency Press, p. 11] [ [http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00007088/01/7088.pdf 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.] ] It was set up in 1908 by students from theElder Conservatorium . [Geoffrey Milne, (2004), "Theatre Australia (Un)limited: Australian Theatre Since the 1950s", Rodopi, p. 75, ISBN 9042009306]The company currently 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. In 1963, the company opened the Arts Theatre. The first production there was the
Peter Ustinov comedy, "Romanoff and Juliet ". [ [http://www.ausstage.edu.au/indexdrilldown.jsp?xcid=59&f_event_id=68955 Austage] ] .Awards
*2008 Ruby Award for Sustained Contribution by an Organisation [ [http://www.arts.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1&c=4882 The Ruby Awards] ]
*2006 the Adelaide Critics Circle The Coopers Group Award for "School for Scandal" [ [http://www.adelaidecritics.com/html/theawards.html The Awards] , Adelaide Critics Circle. Retrieved2007-05-19 ]
*2006 theMessenger Newspapers Light Year Award for best comedy: "I Hate Hamlet" [ [http://www.messenger.net.au/Pulse/htm/amatth2506.htm Amateur Theatre "I Hate Hamlet", Messenger Newspapers, 2006] ]
*2001 the Light Year Award Glen Christie's performances as Norman in "The Dresser" and Barney in "Kid Stakes" won Best Amateur Actor in theMessenger Newspapers City Messenger Theatre Awards [ [http://www.messenger.net.au/pulse/htm/theat12.html City Messenger Theatre Awards] ]Notable associates
Notable associates of the Theatre include:
*Alexander Melrose - playwright [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150410b.htm Alexander Melrose entry] at theAustralian Dictionary of Biography ]
*Roxy Byrne - actress [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150410b.htm Roxy Byrne entry at the Australian Women’s Archives Project] ]
*Sydney Talbot Smith - Chairperson, Vice President and President at times between 1919 and 1948 [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160329b.htm Sydney Talbot Smith entry] at theAustralian Dictionary of Biography ]
*Keith Michell - ActorKeith_Michell
*Frank Ford AM - DirectorFrank_Ford_(director) References
External links
* [http://www.adelaiderep.com Adelaide Repertory Theatre]
* [http://www.theatreguide.com.au/current_site/directory/companies_detail.php?CompanyID=adelrep Adelaide Repertory Theatre in the Adelaide Theatre Guide]
* [http://www.ausstage.edu.au/indexdrilldown.jsp?xcid=59&f_org_id=431&f_event_id=68955 Adelaide Repertory Theatre at AusStage (Gateway to the Performing Arts resources on the Net)]
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