Adelaide Repertory Theatre

Adelaide Repertory Theatre

The Adelaide Repertory Theatre (The Rep) is an amateur theatre company in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the longest surviving amateur 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 the Elder 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. Retrieved 2007-05-19]
*2006 the Messenger 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 the Messenger 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 the Australian 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 the Australian Dictionary of Biography]
*Keith Michell - Actor Keith_Michell
*Frank Ford AM - Director Frank_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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