Born in London, Barry was introduced to theatre as a small boy, through being taken to see traditional Christmas pantomimes, as well as discovering jazz and fine music at a very young age. High school found him loving the works of Shakespeare, as well as many other great playwrights, poets and novelists. Moving to Australia, he became a jazz musician, playing with big bands and his own small groups, then attended the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University of Adelaide, playing with several orchestras. This led to playing in theatre pits, joining the chorus, playing character roles, playing lead roles (after moving into drama), then directing, set and lighting design, administrative roles on theatre boards and, finally, becoming a critic. After twenty years of writing he has now joined the Broadway World team to represent Adelaide, in South Australia. Barry is also a long time member of the prestigious Adelaide Critics Circle.
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2015: PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE Brings Presidential Concerts To Adelaide
June 13, 2015
June 13, 2015
Harper Clements looks back over her forty years, working in the White House.
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2015: FRISKY AND MANNISH Bring Modern Cabaret To Adelaide
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015
Frisky and Mannish are no strangers to Adelaide audiences, and their many fans turned out in force.
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2015: MEOW MEOW - HIS MASTER'S CHOICE Was A Saucy Look At The Source Of Cabaret
June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015
Meow Meow, once again, had the audience in the palm of her hand from first to last.
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2015: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS - UNDER THE COVERS Brings German Kabarett Into The 21st Century
June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015
Jacqui Dark and Kanen Breen, accompanied, or perhaps that should be aided and abetted, by their musical director, Daryl Wallis, at the piano are the Strange Bedfellows.
BWW Reviews: SELBY AND FRIENDS - THE CZECH CONNECTION Was An Exciting Evening Of Music
June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015
Every concert has new aspects, new joys, and new stories, and so did this one.
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2015: MY VAGABOND BOAT Takes A German Kabarett Inspired Look At Refugees
June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015
Rooted in Weimar era German Kabarett, with touches of Dadaism evident, My Vagabond Boat is about loss, enforced travel, and seeking new lives.
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2015: THE TAP PACK Cleverly Combined Dance, Song, And Comedy
June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015
It is nigh on impossible to resist a tap show, and so The Tap Pack just had to be on my list.
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2015: VARIETY GALA PERFORMANCE Started A Fortnight Of The Best In Cabaret
June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015
The packed audience showed their appreciation with continuous bursts of applause and laughter.
BWW Reviews: THE GOODBYE GIRL Gets A Rare Performance In Adelaide
June 8, 2015
June 8, 2015
The Goodbye Girl, is the 1993 musical based on the film from 1977, with a book by Neil Simon, music by Marvin Hamlish, and lyrics by David Zippel
BWW Reviews: ADELAIDE CABARET FRINGE 2015: MIDNIGHT SOUL Covered Decades Of Music With Meaning
June 3, 2015
June 3, 2015
The performance spanned the decades, with so many landmark songs marking the way.
BWW Review: ADELAIDE CABARET FRINGE 2015: OPENING NIGHT GALA PERFORMANCE Was A Cabaret Fan's Dream Come True
May 30, 2015
May 30, 2015
The marvellous Opening Night Gala Performance, like the whole Cabaret Fringe, has found audiences continually increasing. Even this much larger venue was sold out.
BWW Reviews: DON GIOVANNI Achieves The Sexual Tension And Displays Of Genuine Emotion Needed
May 25, 2015
May 25, 2015
The original production received critical acclaim but, by comparison, this production makes that one look rather tame.
BWW Reviews: MASQUERADE Brings An Iconic Children's Book To Life
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
The Moon is in love with the Sun and sends her servant, Jack Hare, to deliver her message of love, but he is not the most reliable of creatures.
BWW Reviews: SMALL GODS Is A Pratchett Take On The Darkness Of Religion And Political Manipulation
May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015
Fittingly, for the first Unseen Theatre Company production since Sir Terry Pratchett's death, Small Gods shows us one of his darker pieces.
BWW Reviews: CANZONE DE MIO PADRE (SONGS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME) Was A Collection Of Italian Tenor Favourites
May 18, 2015
May 18, 2015
Anybody who enjoys full throated singing, and a swirling orchestral backing, would have been as a delighted as I was.
BWW Reviews: THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE Delves Into The Minds Of Two Misfits
May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015
In an intense hour we meet two damaged and dysfunctional young people, Chloe and Chris, the 'odd boy', as she describes him.
BWW Reviews: CATS Still Fills Theatres After Thirty-Four Years
May 8, 2015
May 8, 2015
The songs in this show are not based on the poems, they are the poems, word for word.
BWW Reviews: G&S FEST: PRINCESS IDA Completes A Trio Of Savoy Operettas
May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015
The third and final production in the Gilbert and Sullivan Society's Festival at the Arts Theatre is G&S Fest: Princess Ida.
BWW Reviews: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Is Really Quite Something
May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild has turned, once again, to the multi-award winning director, Megan Dansie, to tackle Shakespeare's comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.
BWW Reviews: ROTUNDA Commemorates The First World War And The ANZAC Gallipoli Landings
May 3, 2015
May 3, 2015
Tissues were definitely used by some members of the audience to wipe away tears during the most moving sections of this performance.
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