When the Rocky Horror Show first played in 1973, its creator, Richard O'Brien, never thought it would still be tantalising audiences 50 years later. Now the 81-year-old will take the stage in three of the Adelaide shows in honour of its success.
abc.net.au/news/the-rocky-horror-show-turns-50/102235126When Richard O'Brien first brought the Rocky Horror Show to the stage in 1973, he thought it would play for three weeks, at most.Creator Richard O'Brien will take to the stage in Adelaide as a special guest star"I thought after three weeks everyone who would want to see this kind of entertainment would have seen it or missed it and we would go on to other things," O'Brien said.
Its success saw it swiftly transferred to the Chelsea Classic Cinema, before running for six years at the Kings Road Theatre and then at the Comedy Theatre in the West End from 1979 to 1980.Richard O'Brien on stage. Humble when asked about what he believed was key to the show's success, O'Brien said the Rocky Horror Show was a re-telling of fairy tales.
"Everybody comes on stage at the right time. All of the songs happen at the right time. The unveiling of the story as it goes along is reassuring to the audience."O'Brien will take to the stage for three performances only in Adelaide as a special guest star alongside radio and television personality Myf Warhurst, who stars as The Narrator.
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