The Barefoot Review - Adelaide Theatre Reviews

Everyman Theatre. The Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre. 6 Dec 2013   Musicals: you either love ‘em or you hate ‘em. And this is the exact reason why the Musical of Musicals is among the rarest of gems – it smiles down on camps from  [ ... ]

Miss Kitka’s House of Burlesque. The Canberra Irish Club. 30 Nov 2013
While many visitors view Canberra as simply the destination to make their once in a lifetime, obligatory good citizen’s pilgrimage to Parliament House, the Capital is actually [ ... ]

Growling Grin Productions. Bakehouse Theatre. 29 Nov 2013
Often good books (or plays) do not translate well into film, and Closet Land is an example of the reverse.  I confess to not having ever seen the 1991 independent cult film of the same n [ ... ]

State Opera of South Australia. Adelaide Festival Theatre. 26 Nov 2013
You can have too much of a good thing, can’t you?  Well, apparently not, for this is the third run in Adelaide since 1999 of this particular production by Moffatt Oxenboul [ ... ]

Lunch Review
Asian
After a brief absent stint from the restaurant scene to focus on my own culinary creations, I felt that it was time to jump back on the horse and bring you another semi-regional review. With my friend Jarrod flying in from Melbourne, I saw the perfect opportuni [ ... ]

Dinner Review
Authentic Italian
After a relaxed lunch at Mr Mick’s Kitchen and an afternoon probing the township of Clare for local produce to take back home, it was time for Alexandra and I to move on to our dining destination in the state heritage listed, copper mining town o [ ... ]

Lunch Review
Tapas
After a failed first attempt dining at Mr Mick’s Kitchen in Clare back in February, I was convinced by a Clare Valley local, Alexandra Milner-Smyth, that it was undoubtedly worth the return journey to taste some of the Tapas creations on offer at Tim Adam’s [ ... ]

Paper Mache City tour. The Loft. 17 Oct 2013
Walking into The Loft that Thursday night to review Briana Cowlishaw’s gig, I thought to myself, “geez, what a strange venue for jazz pop music”. Situated above a medical centre of all places, my  [ ... ]

Adelaide Youth Orchestras. Elder Hall. 22 Sep 2013
As the old saying goes, silence is golden, and this is never truer than when silence is effectively incorporated into a musical composition.  Forget arpeggios or scale passages played at dizzyi [ ... ]

Adelaide Town Hall. 13 Sep 2013.
Guest conductor Mark Wigglesworth demonstrated his enormous skill in a concert that was very much a mixed bag:  the bookends were immensely pleasing, the in-between not as much.
Wagner’s ‘Prelude and Liebst [ ... ]

Adelaide Youth Orchestras. Adelaide Town Hall. 1 Sept 2013.
On a perfect Sunday afternoon the youth of Adelaide demonstrated in exemplary style that serious concert music is alive, well and prospering in the hands of the younger generation.    [ ... ]

I have been privileged to know three generations of the Tyrrell family, Murray (deceased), current head of the clan Bruce, and his son Chris now involved in the business. There are other family memb [ ... ]

The Burge family can be traced back 5 generations to John Burge and his wife Eliza who arrived in Australia after making the trip from England in 1855. Today, after following in the footsteps of his [ ... ]

New York City has long been fertile ground for creative types from all over the world, seeking inspiration  from the city that never sleeps.
Burgeoning young jazz pop artist, Briana Cowlishaw, is one of many Australians who have made this pilgr [ ... ]