Happy 40'th Birthday to Rocky Horror.
Creator of the Rocky Horror Show Richard O'Brien says he never expected the popular Rock N' Roll musical to be a hit, rather it was just a lot of fun to write
Forty years on since its first stage appearance at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1973, Richard says he still gets a thrill from hearing the audience laugh.
"To hear the audience laughing at a line that you thought was mildly funny forty years ago and they still laugh at it, is a great joy."
Richard, now 72 years old, says the show was never intended to be a huge success.
"It wasn't formulaic, it wasn't people sitting around a table and saying if we do this we'll have a hit, what it was people sitting around a room and saying let's have a lot of fun."
Richard says there is a childish joy attached to the Rocky Horror Show, which is one of the reasons for its longevity.
"It rocks on because it is a childish kind of journey.
I've always loved populist themes and Rocky is choc-full of populist themes."
The Rocky Horror Show will be at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre from April 24, 2014.