Beating up the BeatlesCabaret Fringe Festival. Charlee Watt. Carclew Ballroom. 31 May 2024 In the immortal words of Mick Jagger “Charlie’s good tonight, isn’t he?”. That was 1969 and [ ... ]
If you don’t fight… you lose: Politics, Posters an...Flinders University Museum of Art. 25 May 2024 Cover Image: Mandy Martin, Adelaide railway station 2 (detail), 1973, screenprint, ink on paper, 50.0 x 73.7 cm (image) 55.9 x 75.9 cm (sheet), [ ... ]
CandideState Opera South Australia and State Theatre South Australia. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 25 May 2024 One cheers and laments at the same time for this historic production. One [ ... ]
The Trip to BountifulRed Phoenix Theatre. Holden Street Theatres. 23 May 2024 References to Texan playwright Horton Foote as “America’s Chekov” really hit home with one experiences The Trip [ ... ]
Cowardy Cowardy CustardRed Peppers / Hands Across The Sea. Holden Street Theatres. 16 May 2024 In an era when short plays were really not the thing, Noël Coward decided to write a slew of them, primarily [ ... ]
The Book of QuestionsAldo Iacobelli. Adelaide Central Gallery. 9 May 2024
The entrance to Aldo Iacobelli’s exhibition at Adelaide Central Gallery is via the reception area, past open plan offices, through [ ... ]
Interview: Simone DiSisto on CabFringe 2024She says she’s a behind-the-scenes person in the arts, which is probably why not everyone knows her name. But everyone has very probably indeed been somewhere at something which bears the [ ... ]
Urinetown – The MusicalThe Hills Musical Company. Stirling Theatre. 11 May 2024 The Hills Musical Company’s latest offering Urinetown - The Musical, now playing at the Stirling Theatre, first premiered [ ... ]
Potted Potter – The Unauthorized Harry Experience ...Adelaide Festival Centre. Dunstan Playhouse. 10 May 2024 It’s a bit of a jolt when you realise that the first Harry Potter book was released 27 years ago. It seems just yesterday [ ... ]
The Addams FamilyThe Metropolitan Musical Theatre Company of South Australia. Arts Theatre. 10 May 2024 One can usually depend upon The Met to turn out a competent musical production, often with the proverbial [ ... ]
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize2024 Finalist Artworks. South Australian Museum. 22 Apr 2024 Public awareness of the changing environment and the impact of global heating has escalated rapidly in recent years due to [ ... ]
Symphony Series 3: GrandeurAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 12 Apr 2024 Grandeur was the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s third concert in its flagship Symphony series, and it was very satisfying. The [ ... ]
Little WomenThe Broadway Musical. Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre. Scott Theatre. 18 Apr 2024 It is always exciting when the Elder Conservatorium turns on a production. Therein is arrayed the [ ... ]
A Shortcut to HappinessTherry Theatre. Arts Theatre. 11 Apr 2024 Playwright Roger Hall has been knighted for his contributions to theatre. He is the pride of New Zealand with a wealth of works under his belt [ ... ]
Pride In Prejudice: The Wharf ReviewThe Wharf Revue. Dunstan Playhouse. 9 Apr 2024 As befits the title, Pride In Prejudice opened in the ‘Bonnet’ parlour, with the prejudice flowing thick and fast. The befrocked [ ... ]
Opinion: History rests on the brink as SA Museum f..."Reimagine." This word set all my cultural alarm bells off into strident chimes of incredulity. The new administration plans to “reimagine” our stately old SA Museum. They find [ ... ]
The MaidsFamous Last Words. Goodwood Theatre & Studios. 6 Apr 2024 In the intimate Studio performance space at the Goodwood Theatre, Benedict Andrews and Andrew Upton’s ‘transalation’ [ ... ]
A Politics of the LivingEna Grozdanić. Post Office Projects. 2 Apr 2024 Ena Grozdanić’s exhibition A politics of the living at Post Office Projects comprises a series of small images mounted on the wall [ ... ]
Ice-told Stories Through Layers of DustPenelope Cain. Post Office Projects. 2 Apr 2024 Penelope Cain’s Ice-told stories through layers of dust tells of how ice-cores recently taken from the Antarctic ice-shelf contain [ ... ]
BlackbirdSOLUS Productions. The Studio - Holden Street Theatres. 4 Apr 2024 Hunting down and confronting, face to face, the other half of a traumatically complex relationship 15 years later is [ ... ]
Beating up the BeatlesCabaret Fringe Festival. Charlee Watt. Carclew Ballroom. 31 May 2024 In the immortal words of [ ... ]
CandideState Opera South Australia and State Theatre South Australia. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 25 May [ ... ]
The Trip to BountifulRed Phoenix Theatre. Holden Street Theatres. 23 May 2024 References to Texan playwright Horton [ ... ]
Cowardy Cowardy CustardRed Peppers / Hands Across The Sea. Holden Street Theatres. 16 May 2024 In an era when short [ ... ]
Urinetown – The MusicalThe Hills Musical Company. Stirling Theatre. 11 May 2024 The Hills Musical Company’s latest [ ... ]
Potted Potter – The Unauthorized Harry Experience ...Adelaide Festival Centre. Dunstan Playhouse. 10 May 2024 It’s a bit of a jolt when you [ ... ]
The Addams FamilyThe Metropolitan Musical Theatre Company of South Australia. Arts Theatre. 10 May 2024 One can [ ... ]
Little WomenThe Broadway Musical. Elder Conservatorium Music Theatre. Scott Theatre. 18 Apr 2024 It is always [ ... ]
A Shortcut to HappinessTherry Theatre. Arts Theatre. 11 Apr 2024 Playwright Roger Hall has been knighted for his contributions [ ... ]
Pride In Prejudice: The Wharf ReviewThe Wharf Revue. Dunstan Playhouse. 9 Apr 2024 As befits the title, Pride In Prejudice opened [ ... ]
The MaidsFamous Last Words. Goodwood Theatre & Studios. 6 Apr 2024 In the intimate Studio performance [ ... ]
BlackbirdSOLUS Productions. The Studio - Holden Street Theatres. 4 Apr 2024 Hunting down and confronting, [ ... ]
Elvis – A Musical RevolutionDavid Venn Enterprises. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 3 Apr 2024 Elvis Presley caused a Rock 'n' [ ... ]
The Ark★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Raucous Behaviour. House and Grounds, Carclew. 16 Mar 2024 There’s [ ... ]
Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen A...★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Bally, Gluttony. 17 Mar 2024 Sky Scraper (aka John Hugo) is [ ... ]
Time MachineAdelaide Festival. Elizabeth Streb & Streb Extreme Action. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 16 Mar 2024 Time [ ... ]
Berliners★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Studio, Holden Street Theatres. 16 Mar 2024 Berliners is a [ ... ]
WayfinderAdelaide Festival. Dance North. Space Theatre. 14 Mar 2024 Waiting in an overheated foyer for [ ... ]
Antigone in the AmazonAdelaide Festival. Mio Rau/NT Gent & MST. Dunstan Playhouse. 15 Mar 2024 Implanting Sophocles' [ ... ]
MarrowAdelaide Festival. Australian Dance Theatre. Odeon Theatre. Choreography: Daniel Riley. 13 Mar 2024 An [ ... ]
The Bacchae★★★1/2 Riverland Youth Theatre. The Arch, Holden Street Theatres. 12 Mar 2024 Brush up [ ... ]
Qui a tué mon père (Who killed my father)Adelaide Festival. Schaubuhne Berlin & Theatre de las Ville Paris. Dunstan Playhouse. 9 Mar 2024 Despite [ ... ]
The PromiseAdelaide Festival. Wende and the Royal Court Theatre. The Space. 7 Mar 2024 This shouldn’t [ ... ]
Station J – An MI6 Comedy★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Arch, Holden Street Theatres. 7 Mar 2024 It is almost axiomatic [ ... ]
Daylight Express - Anthony Romaniuk: PerpetuumAdelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 7 Mar 2024 Perpetuum is part of the Adelaide Festival’s [ ... ]
Is this the gate?Adelaide Festival. Nicholas Lens and JM Coetzee. Elder Hall. 8 Mar 2024 Elizabeth Costello is [ ... ]
I Am The Boss★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. 0471 Acro Physical Theatre & Cluster Arts. The Bunker, Fool’s [ ... ]
Virtuoso★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Basement. 6 Mar 2024 Virtuoso is a one-man comedic routine [ ... ]
Diana Nguyen: Sunny Side Up★★★★ Diana Nguyen. Spiegel Zelt. 5 Mar 2024 Bodily functions (of various permutations) [ ... ]
The Threepenny OperaAdelaide Festival. Berliner Ensemble. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 6 Mar 2024 No longer the “Wunderkind”, [ ... ]
The Ukulele Man★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Marcel Cole. Star Theatres. 5 Mar 2024 In his heyday, the music [ ... ]
The Rest Is PoliticsAdelaide Festival / Adelaide Writers Week. Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart with Sarah Ferguson. Adelaide [ ... ]
Meredith ArwadyAdelaide Festival. In recital with Michael Ierace. Daylight Express. Elder Hall. 4 Mar 2024 I [ ... ]
GuurandaAdelaide Festival. Insite Arts & Adelaide Festival. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 2 Mar 2024 Here [ ... ]
007 Voices Of Bond★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. Regal Theatre. 2 Mar 2024 007 Voices of Bond is a celebration [ ... ]
The Wizard of Oz★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. Adelaide Academy & Theatre Bugs. 1 Mar 2024 (Oz cast) There [ ... ]
The Nightingale and Other FablesAdelaide Festival. Festival Theatre. 1 Mar 2024 From the moment the performance of The Nightingale [ ... ]
Uke Springsteen – Nebraska & The Hits★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. Ben Roberts. Grace Emily Hotel. 29 Feb 2024 During this performance, [ ... ]
Goodbye, LinditaAdelaide Festival. Dunstan Playhouse. 29 Feb 2024 In a sparsely-furnished, grey-walled room, [ ... ]
Symphony Series 3: GrandeurAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 12 Apr 2024 Grandeur was the Adelaide Symphony [ ... ]
Symphony Series 2: HorizonsAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 22 Mar 2024 The physical horizon is almost mystical. [ ... ]
Gladys Knight: Farewell TourFrontier Touring. Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre. 21 May 2024 This might be one of [ ... ]
Víkingur Ólafsson: Goldberg VariationsAdelaide Festival. Adelaide Town Hall. 15 Mar 2024 Every now and then, one is fortunate enough [ ... ]
Recitals on the Fringe: Esmond Choi★★★★★ Recitals Australia. Esmond Choi, Piano. North Adelaide Baptist Church. 24 Feb 2024 A [ ... ]
Symphony Series 1: MajestyAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 9 Feb 2024 The ASO’s first Symphony Series [ ... ]
FragmentationAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Grainger Studio. 2 Feb 2024 The Adelaide Symphony orchestra’s [ ... ]
Eternal BeautyAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Grainger Studio. 8 Dec 2023 “Welcome to this unique listening [ ... ]
Smoke And MirrorsAdelaide Wind Orchestra. Elder Hall. 25 Nov 2023 The Adelaide Wind Orchestra is a musical gem [ ... ]
Wildschut & BraussMusica Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 15 Nov 2023 What does it mean to compose a piece of music for [ ... ]
A Symphony of SpaceWoodville Concert Band. Woodville Town Hall. 20 Oct 2023 Community arts is alive and well in [ ... ]
Considering Matthew ShepardSoundstream New Music. Elder Hall. 14 Oct 2023 Considering Matthew Shepard is billed as a “…modern [ ... ]
Vision String QuartetMusica Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 12 Oct 2023 On occasion you know that what you are hearing in [ ... ]
Symphony Series 7: DreamsAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 22 Sep 2023 What’s in a title? The ASO’s [ ... ]
Emily Sun in RecitalAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide. 9 Sep 2023 Violinist Emily [ ... ]
Matinee Series 3: CarefreeAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Elder Hall. 9 Aug 2023 This reviewer has previously remarked that [ ... ]
A Stroll Around EuropeJames Huon George & Philippa McAuliffe. Urrbrae House. 30 Jul 2023 There is a relatively [ ... ]
Symphony Series 5: VitalityAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 28 Jul 2023 After a measured performance of [ ... ]
Chopin’s PianoMusica Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 26 Jul 2023 Chopin’s Piano is Musica Viva’s current [ ... ]
Symphony Series 4: EmbraceAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 7 Jul 2023 Tonight’s audience for the [ ... ]
Matinee Series 2: EleganceAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 28 Jun 2023 The second concert in the ASO’s [ ... ]
Symphony Series 3: SkywardAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 23 Jun 2023 Styled Skyward, the third concert [ ... ]
Garrick OhlssonMusica Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 8 Jun 2023 Garrick Ohlsson speaks from the stage at various [ ... ]
Henry Rollins - Good To See YouThebarton Theatre. 8 Jun 2023 I’ve attended Henry Rollins performances for over 30 years [ ... ]
UtopiasAustralian String Quartet. Adelaide Town Hall. 22 May 2023 The power of music is indisputable. [ ... ]
Among The Birds And The TreesMusica Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 26 Apr 2023 Musica Viva can be relied upon to present the uncommon, [ ... ]
Symphony Series 2: WildAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 21 Apr 2023 Dubbed Wild, the second concert [ ... ]
Matinee Series 1: RadianceAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Elder Hall. 5 Apr 2023 Presented in the recently refurbished Elder [ ... ]
Symphony Series 1: PanoramaAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 31 Mar 2023 The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s [ ... ]
CelestialAdelaide Festival. St Peter’s Cathedral. 15 Mar 2023 The Adelaide Chamber Singers is one [ ... ]
Music for other WorldsAdelaide Festival. Alex Frayne and Paul Grabowsky. Adelaide Town Hall. 15 Mar 2023 Adelaide Town [ ... ]
Kronos Five DecadesAdelaide Festival. Festival Theatre. 13 Mar 2023 The Kronos Quartet is not your usual string [ ... ]
Cédric TiberghienAdelaide Festival. Adelaide Town Hall. 6 Mar 2023 Presented in association with Musica Viva, [ ... ]
AWO At The Oscars!★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. Adelaide Wind Orchestra. Arts Centre at St Peters Girls’ School. [ ... ]
TranquillityAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Grainger Studio. 3 Feb 2023 Tranquillity is the first in the ASO’s [ ... ]
Summer Festival of Fine Music – Seraphim TrioAdelaide Hills Chamber Players. St John’s Church. 22 Jan 2023
Helen Ayres commented from the stage [ ... ]
Summer Festival of Fine Music – Beethoven
Adelaide Hills Chamber Players. Hopgood Theatre. 21 Jan 2023
Adelaide Hills Chamber Players concerts [ ... ]
MessiahAdelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 16 Dec 2022 From the very moment Melbourne-based [ ... ]
The KillersWith Amy Shark, Something For Kate, Oscar The Wild, Bermuda Bay. VALO After Race Concert. 4 Dec 2022 In [ ... ]
East Meets WestOrchestral Concert. Ausfeng. Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 17 Nov 2022 The [ ... ]
If you don’t fight… you lose: Politics, Posters an...Flinders University Museum of Art. 25 May 2024 Cover Image: Mandy Martin, Adelaide railway station [ ... ]
The Book of QuestionsAldo Iacobelli. Adelaide Central Gallery. 9 May 2024
The entrance to Aldo Iacobelli’s exhibition [ ... ]
Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize2024 Finalist Artworks. South Australian Museum. 22 Apr 2024 Public awareness of the changing [ ... ]
A Politics of the LivingEna Grozdanić. Post Office Projects. 2 Apr 2024 Ena Grozdanić’s exhibition A politics [ ... ]
Ice-told Stories Through Layers of DustPenelope Cain. Post Office Projects. 2 Apr 2024 Penelope Cain’s Ice-told stories through [ ... ]
混沌知觉 ChaostopiaAlice Hu. Nexus Arts Gallery. 2 Apr 2024 Alice Hu’s remarkable installation at Nexus [ ... ]
Bruce Nuske with Khai LiewSamstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia. 27 Mar 2024 The crowd was in a celebratory [ ... ]
Between the Details: Video Art from the ACMI Colle...Flinders University Museum of Art, Bedford Park. 15 Mar 2024 Between [the] Details is an engrossing [ ... ]
Dana AwartaniSamstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia. 12 Mar 2024 The Samstag Museum of Art reopened [ ... ]
NeotericaAdelaide Festival. Northeastern Concourse, Adelaide Railway Station. 7 Mar 2024 Adelaide railway [ ... ]
Eighteenth Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art – I...Inner Sanctum. Art Gallery of South Australia. 4 Mar 2024 Title image: Lawrence English. Photo [ ... ]
YuckyAdelaide Festival. Josh Campton & Lorcan Hopper, Sophie Cassar, Makeda Duong, Sam Petersen, Elizabeth [ ... ]
Interview: Simone DiSisto on CabFringe 2024She says she’s a behind-the-scenes person in the arts, which is probably why not everyone knows [ ... ]
Opinion: History rests on the brink as SA Museum f..."Reimagine." This word set all my cultural alarm bells off into strident chimes of incredulity. The [ ... ]
Interview: Another Stroll in the ParkMurray Bramwell with Ian Scobie and Annette Tripodi. 20 Feb 2024 As WOMADelaide 2024 draws closer, [ ... ]
Story: Womadelaide 2024From the bustling streets of Paris to the serene landscapes of Tibet, from the rhythmic beats of Senegal [ ... ]
Opinion: David O’Brien’s 2023 Top TenSociopolitical theatre/dance loomed large in mind through nationally and locally produced work in 2023. [ ... ]
Interview: Vonni Brit Watkins on Priscilla, The Mu...She's known simply as Vonni. Vonni Brit Watkins is Adelaide’s most vivacious transgender identity. Indeed, [ ... ]
Interview: The World Returns to Botanic ParkMurray Bramwell talks with Director Ian Scobie and Associate Director Annette Tripodi about the rapidly [ ... ]
Interview: Yungchen Lhamo’s WOMADelaide return.It was 28 years ago that we lay beneath the starlight in Botanic Park carried into a reverie as an ethereal [ ... ]
Interview: WOMAD musician shares the joyThere he is, in home territory, Mumbai, sharply depicted against a pristine Zoom greenscreen. But it [ ... ]
Opinion: David O’Brien’s 2022 Top TenThis year 10 just wasn’t enough; the 2022 Top Ten contains 11. Yes, there could be 50 in this list. [ ... ]
Interview: Laughter expected on the Reps 23rd floo...Post covid lockdowns and pre a predicted new wave, what we really need is laughter. And who best [ ... ]
Interview: Annette Tripodi & Ian Scobie on WOMADel...Back to the Park: WOMADelaide 2022 Returns to Full Strength. Director Ian Scobie and Associate [ ... ]
Story: Artists Petition SA Government to increase ...An unprecedented groundswell of pressure has erupted from the direction Fringe artists, summoning [ ... ]
Interview: Balkan Ethno OrchestraOut of these difficult few years of negative, comes a resounding positive. It is the Balkan Ethno Orchestra [ ... ]
Russell Starke OAMRussell Starke OAM. He was one of our own, an early member of the Adelaide Critics Circle and [ ... ]
Interview: Reb Fountain for Womadelaide 2022In itself, her name rings a sense of gentle beauty with firm resolve. And, in herself, so it very much [ ... ]
Interview: Kelly Vincent on UnSeen and disability ...Are disabled people “unseen” by the able-bodied? Kelly Vincent thinks so. Indeed, she [ ... ]
Interview: Anchuli Felicia King on White Pearl for...How seriously do we dare to take the promises of the cosmetics industry? And, what is beauty, anyway? Such [ ... ]
Story: Holden Street's innovation for Ed Fringe Aw...In this dire time of pandemic Adelaide’s Holden Street Theatres is making thrilling history [ ... ]
Wings 2 Fly Theatre Announce Further Scholarship S...Local South Australian youth theatre company Wings2Fly Theatre have announced an extension to their scholarship [ ... ]
