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The Dictionary of Lost WordsThe Dictionary of Lost Words15 Apr - Samela Harris

State Theatre Company South Australia. Dunstan Playhouse. 5 Apr 2025   For one who has writing about theatre and the arts in this city for sixty years and then some, The Dictionary of Lost [ ... ]

Billy Elliot, The MusicalBilly Elliot, The Musical02 Apr - John Doherty

Northern Light Theatre Company. The Shedley Theatre. 29 Mar 2025
I find staged plays based on movies, as opposed to movies based on plays, intriguing. “Why? Why do they do it” is [ ... ]

Sister Act - a Divine Musical ComedySister Act - a Divine Musical Comedy27 Mar - Samela Harris

John Frost for Crossroads Live, Shake and Stir and Power Arts in Association with James Wilson. Festival Theatre. 26 Mar 2025   Would-be glitzy nightclub singer, Deloris, witness to [ ... ]

Shared SkinShared Skin23 Mar - Chris Reid

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. 19 Mar 2025   Curated by Rayleen Forester and comprising the work of 11 artists, Shared Skin is an insightful selection of artworks concerning family, [ ... ]

TOD TalksTOD Talks23 Mar - David Grybowski

Adelaide Fringe. The Kingfisher at Gluttony. 21 Mar 2025   TOD Talks is an improvised bunch of TED-style talks by five comedians taking the opportunity to cross market their own shows.  They [ ... ]

Big Name, No BlanketsBig Name, No Blankets18 Mar - Alex Wheaton

Adelaide Festival. Her Majesty’s Theatre. Ilbijerri Theatre Company. 14 Mar 2025   This is a story of family and of love, specifically of the Butcher brothers and their dream to play [ ... ]

Trifonov & Goerne: Swan SongsTrifonov & Goerne: Swan Songs15 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Adelaide Town Hall. 14 Mar 2025   One of the last events in the 2025 Adelaide Festival featured two of the world’s best artists – pianist Daniil Trifonov [ ... ]

Trent Dalton’s Love StoriesTrent Dalton’s Love Stories15 Mar - Arna Eyers-White

Adelaide Festival. Dunstan Playhouse. 13 Mar 2025   For the first five minutes or so, there’s a sense of expectation, even trepidation, from the opening night audience. It feels a [ ... ]

Paavali Jumppanen: Beethoven and BoulezPaavali Jumppanen: Beethoven and Boulez14 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 13 Mar 2025   As part of the Adelaide Festival’s Daylight Express Series at the Elder Hall, Finnish piano virtuoso Paavali Jumppanen performed two behemoths [ ... ]

Daylight Express: ANAM: A Viennese MatinéeDaylight Express: ANAM: A Viennese Matinée14 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 12 Mar 2025   The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is a nationally and internationally respected classical music performance training academy for [ ... ]

Cirque Kalabanté - Afrique en CirqueCirque Kalabanté - Afrique en Cirque14 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. Yamoussa Bangoura. The Flamingo at Gluttony. 12 Mar 2025   “Circus.” The word conjures a range of memories and images. There’s traditional [ ... ]

A Kilted QueerA Kilted Queer14 Mar - Kym Clayton

★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Makan Wine Bar. 12 Mar 2025   Mark Isaac is gay, autistic, a medical doctor, Scottish, and doesn’t mind poking fun at himself and his neurodivergence (although [ ... ]

AJ Lamarque: A Beginner’s Guide To Gay CruisingAJ Lamarque: A Beginner’s Guide To Gay Cruising14 Mar - Kym Clayton

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Rhino Room. 12 Mar 2025   AJ Lamarque is not your ordinary garden-variety comic. He is extraordinarily clever, witty, perceptive, and a gratuitous, smutty [ ... ]

The PlatypusThe Platypus12 Mar - Samela Harris

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Buckets Nijinsky Productions. Holden Street Theatres. 11 Mar 2025   The most perplexing show in Fringe 2025 is up and running and now in the crosshairs [ ... ]

Club AmourClub Amour11 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz. Festival Theatre. 11 Mar 2025   Cafe Muller - Pina Bausch Aatt enen tionon - Boris Charmatz herses, duo [ ... ]

Nicolas Altstaedt Plays BachNicolas Altstaedt Plays Bach11 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 11 Mar 2025   As part of the Adelaide Festival’s Daylight Express Series at the Elder Hall, French-German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt presented a one-off [ ... ]

Complete Works: Tabletop Shakespeare Complete Works: Tabletop Shakespeare 10 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Forced Entertainment (UK). Australian Premiere. Space Theatre. 9 Mar 2025   ‘Tabletop’ Shakespeare? Do follies in the name of The Bard have no end? Well, [ ... ]

Helios: by Alexander WrightHelios: by Alexander Wright09 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Yurt at The Courtyard of Curiosities. 5 Mar 2025   How can an old myth thought to originate sometime around 500 BCE hold any contemporary relevance [ ... ]

Writers’ Week 2025Writers’ Week 202509 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden. 1 to 6 Mar 2025   Louise Adler. We bless her. We curse her. She laid on the most breathtakingly relevant Writers' Week (WW) arguably [ ... ]

ChickenChicken09 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Yurt at The Courtyard of Curiosities. 5 Mar 2025   A chicken by the name Don Murphy (Eva O’Connor), his name attributed to Dónall Ó [ ... ]

DustDust09 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Mill, Angas. 5 Mar 2025   “England. 2020. Pinderfields Hospital. COVID lockdown. 2:20 a.m. A man fights for each breath, determined to make [ ... ]

Sauna BoySauna Boy09 Mar - Kym Clayton

★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Warehouse Theatre. 5 Mar 2025   Sauna Boy is a one man show, and it comes with warnings for strong and frequent sexual references, simulated sex scenes [ ... ]

The Cadaver Palaver: A Bennett Cooper Sullivan AdventureThe Cadaver Palaver: A Bennett Cooper Sullivan Adv...09 Mar - Kym Clayton

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Courtyard of Curiosities. 5 Mar 2025   Christopher Samuel Carroll is a Canberra-based Irish actor, director, and playwright, and he is a master storyteller [ ... ]

Opinion: Historic Malinauskas’ speech of hope in troubling timesOpinion: Historic Malinauskas’ speech of hope in t...09 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Writers Week. 2 Mar 2025   Writers Week (WW) 2025 was unlike any other WW.  Under our glorious blue sky in the lovely leafy garden, it took on a theme of global [ ... ]

Partying with MansonPartying with Manson06 Mar - Samela Harris

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Goodwood Theatres. 5 Mar 2025   There are young people who have never heard of Charles Manson. Stephen Sewell’s new play will be a jaw-dropping revelation [ ... ]

Camille O’Sullivan: LoveletterCamille O’Sullivan: Loveletter06 Mar - Alex Wheaton

Adelaide Festival. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 4 Mar 2025   A luminary of the Cabaret Festival, Camille O’Sullivan returns to Adelaide with an extended and more weighty show in Loveletters [ ... ]

InnocenceInnocence02 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 28 Feb 2025   By any measure, Innocence is a remarkable and enthralling piece of theatre. At the very start it grabs your attention – demands your attention [ ... ]

Krapp’s Last TapeKrapp’s Last Tape02 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Landmark Productions. Presented by Arts Projects Australia and the Adelaide Festival. Dunstan Playhouse. 28 Feb 2025   Good old Beckett. One had forgotten how driftingly [ ... ]

Retirement Village PeopleRetirement Village People02 Mar - Samela Harris

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Prospect Productions. Holden Street Theatres/Domain Theatre, Marion. 28 Feb 2025   "Old is the new black”, they tout in their Fringe program.   Yes, [ ... ]

YOAHYOAH02 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★
Adelaide Frinte. Cirquework. Yusaku Mochizuki. MOA in Gluttony. 21Feb 2025   Once you’ve seen one Nouveau Cirque show, you’ve seen them all, right? Wrong!   YOAH [ ... ]

Accordion Ryan's Pop BangersAccordion Ryan's Pop Bangers02 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Lab at Fool's Paradise. 23 Feb 2025   Ryan Simpson, aka Accordion Ryan, is a helluva funny guy! New Jersey born, currently residing in Vienna, Austria, [ ... ]

Ensemble Lumen: Towards the LightEnsemble Lumen: Towards the Light02 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 28 Feb 2025   Ensemble Lumen is a newly mined ensemble and comprises members of the faculty of the iconic Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University [ ... ]

Theatre Reviews

The Dictionary of Lost WordsThe Dictionary of Lost Words15 Apr - Samela Harris

State Theatre Company South Australia. Dunstan Playhouse. 5 Apr 2025   For one who has writing [ ... ]

Billy Elliot, The MusicalBilly Elliot, The Musical02 Apr - John Doherty

Northern Light Theatre Company. The Shedley Theatre. 29 Mar 2025
I find staged plays based on movies, [ ... ]

Sister Act - a Divine Musical ComedySister Act - a Divine Musical Comedy27 Mar - Samela Harris

John Frost for Crossroads Live, Shake and Stir and Power Arts in Association with James Wilson. Festival [ ... ]

TOD TalksTOD Talks23 Mar - David Grybowski

Adelaide Fringe. The Kingfisher at Gluttony. 21 Mar 2025   TOD Talks is an improvised bunch of [ ... ]

Big Name, No BlanketsBig Name, No Blankets18 Mar - Alex Wheaton

Adelaide Festival. Her Majesty’s Theatre. Ilbijerri Theatre Company. 14 Mar 2025   This is [ ... ]

Trent Dalton’s Love StoriesTrent Dalton’s Love Stories15 Mar - Arna Eyers-White

Adelaide Festival. Dunstan Playhouse. 13 Mar 2025   For the first five minutes or so, there’s [ ... ]

Cirque Kalabanté - Afrique en CirqueCirque Kalabanté - Afrique en Cirque14 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. Yamoussa Bangoura. The Flamingo at Gluttony. 12 Mar 2025   “Circus.” [ ... ]

A Kilted QueerA Kilted Queer14 Mar - Kym Clayton

★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Makan Wine Bar. 12 Mar 2025   Mark Isaac is gay, autistic, a medical doctor, [ ... ]

AJ Lamarque: A Beginner’s Guide To Gay CruisingAJ Lamarque: A Beginner’s Guide To Gay Cruising14 Mar - Kym Clayton

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Rhino Room. 12 Mar 2025   AJ Lamarque is not your ordinary garden-variety [ ... ]

The PlatypusThe Platypus12 Mar - Samela Harris

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Buckets Nijinsky Productions. Holden Street Theatres. 11 Mar 2025   The [ ... ]

Club AmourClub Amour11 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz. Festival Theatre. 11 Mar [ ... ]

Complete Works: Tabletop Shakespeare Complete Works: Tabletop Shakespeare 10 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Forced Entertainment (UK). Australian Premiere. Space Theatre. 9 Mar 2025   ‘Tabletop’ [ ... ]

Helios: by Alexander WrightHelios: by Alexander Wright09 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Yurt at The Courtyard of Curiosities. 5 Mar 2025   How can [ ... ]

Writers’ Week 2025Writers’ Week 202509 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden. 1 to 6 Mar 2025   Louise Adler. We bless her. [ ... ]

ChickenChicken09 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Yurt at The Courtyard of Curiosities. 5 Mar 2025   A chicken [ ... ]

DustDust09 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Mill, Angas. 5 Mar 2025   “England. 2020. Pinderfields [ ... ]

Sauna BoySauna Boy09 Mar - Kym Clayton

★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Warehouse Theatre. 5 Mar 2025   Sauna Boy is a one man show, [ ... ]

The Cadaver Palaver: A Bennett Cooper Sullivan AdventureThe Cadaver Palaver: A Bennett Cooper Sullivan Adv...09 Mar - Kym Clayton

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. The Courtyard of Curiosities. 5 Mar 2025   Christopher Samuel [ ... ]

Partying with MansonPartying with Manson06 Mar - Samela Harris

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Goodwood Theatres. 5 Mar 2025   There are young people who have [ ... ]

Camille O’Sullivan: LoveletterCamille O’Sullivan: Loveletter06 Mar - Alex Wheaton

Adelaide Festival. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 4 Mar 2025   A luminary of the Cabaret Festival, [ ... ]

Krapp’s Last TapeKrapp’s Last Tape02 Mar - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Landmark Productions. Presented by Arts Projects Australia and the Adelaide Festival. [ ... ]

Retirement Village PeopleRetirement Village People02 Mar - Samela Harris

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Prospect Productions. Holden Street Theatres/Domain Theatre, Marion. [ ... ]

YOAHYOAH02 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★★
Adelaide Frinte. Cirquework. Yusaku Mochizuki. MOA in Gluttony. 21Feb 2025   Once [ ... ]

Accordion Ryan's Pop BangersAccordion Ryan's Pop Bangers02 Mar - John Doherty

★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Lab at Fool's Paradise. 23 Feb 2025   Ryan Simpson, aka Accordion [ ... ]

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To HappenFeeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going T...02 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Space Theatre. 26 Feb 2025   This show is remarkable and should be seen. It’s [ ... ]

Hedwig & The Angry InchHedwig & The Angry Inch27 Feb - Arna Eyers-White

Adelaide Festival. Queens Theatre. 26 Feb 2025   This is a cult show. And without a doubt, followers [ ... ]

Shellshocked - An Explosive New PlayShellshocked - An Explosive New Play27 Feb - Samela Harris

★★★★1/2 Adelaide Fringe. Richard Jordan Productions UK. The Arch, Holden Street Theatres. 26 [ ... ]

James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex To My Mum)James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex To M...25 Feb - Kym Clayton

★★★★ Adelaide Fringe Festival. The Lark @ Gluttony. 23 Feb 2025   James Barr is a genuine [ ... ]

Romeo and Juliet in 15 MinutesRomeo and Juliet in 15 Minutes23 Feb - Samela Harris

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Barbara Hardy Garden @ Holden Street Theatres. 22 Feb 2025   Following [ ... ]

If Affected Do Not Drive or Operate Heavy MachineryIf Affected Do Not Drive or Operate Heavy Machiner...23 Feb - Samela Harris

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. Peter Goers. The Arch, Holden Street Theatres. 22 Feb 2025   He’s [ ... ]

Elixir RevivedElixir Revived23 Feb - Kym Clayton

★★★ Adelaide Fringe Festival. The Vault at Fool's Paradise. 21 Feb 2025   Elixir Revived [ ... ]

The MirrorThe Mirror23 Feb - Kym Clayton

★★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Octagon at Gluttony. 21 Feb 2025   Brought to you by SA’s [ ... ]

I Can Have a Darkside TooI Can Have a Darkside Too23 Feb - Kym Clayton

★★★ Adelaide Fringe Festival. The Warehouse Theatre. 22 Feb 2025   I Can Have a Darkside [ ... ]

HouseworkHousework15 Feb - Samela Harris

State Theatre Company South Australia. Dunstan Playhouse. 12 Feb 2025   Oh joy. What a brilliant [ ... ]

TwentyTwenty20 Jan - Samela Harris

Pelican Productions. Musical Theatre Camp and Spotlight. Michael Murray Centre for Performing Arts - Westminster [ ... ]

Book NooksBook Nooks20 Dec - Samela Harris

A Christmas Musical. The Flying Elephant Company. Burnside Town Hall. 18 Dec 2024   If anything [ ... ]

The Deep Blue SeaThe Deep Blue Sea01 Dec - Samela Harris

Independent Theatre. Star Theatres. 29 Nov 2024   Few things in this life are as deeply satisfying [ ... ]

Mother and SonMother and Son24 Nov - Samela Harris

The Adelaide Repertory Theatre. Arts Theatre. 22 Nov 2024   Most Australians remember the Ruth [ ... ]

Benny and the Jets: The Story of Elton JohnBenny and the Jets: The Story of Elton John24 Nov - Samela Harris

Ben Francis Entertainment. One night Only. Shedley Theatre. 21 Nov 2024   What a privilege. That [ ... ]

Music Reviews

Trifonov & Goerne: Swan SongsTrifonov & Goerne: Swan Songs15 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Adelaide Town Hall. 14 Mar 2025   One of the last events in the 2025 Adelaide [ ... ]

Paavali Jumppanen: Beethoven and BoulezPaavali Jumppanen: Beethoven and Boulez14 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 13 Mar 2025   As part of the Adelaide Festival’s Daylight [ ... ]

Daylight Express: ANAM: A Viennese MatinéeDaylight Express: ANAM: A Viennese Matinée14 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 12 Mar 2025   The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is [ ... ]

Nicolas Altstaedt Plays BachNicolas Altstaedt Plays Bach11 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 11 Mar 2025   As part of the Adelaide Festival’s Daylight [ ... ]

InnocenceInnocence02 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 28 Feb 2025   By any measure, Innocence is a remarkable and enthralling [ ... ]

Ensemble Lumen: Towards the LightEnsemble Lumen: Towards the Light02 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Elder Hall. 28 Feb 2025   Ensemble Lumen is a newly mined ensemble and comprises [ ... ]

Aidan Jones – Chopin’s NocturneAidan Jones – Chopin’s Nocturne27 Feb - Kym Clayton

★★★★ Adelaide Fringe. The Light Room Bar at ILA. 26 Feb 2025   Aidan Jones is a pianist, [ ... ]

Symphony Series #1: EternalSymphony Series #1: Eternal16 Feb - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 14 Feb 2025   What a cracker of an opening to [ ... ]

MessiahMessiah11 Dec - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 6 Dec 2024   The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s [ ... ]

Symphony Series 8: TitanSymphony Series 8: Titan01 Dec - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 29 Nov 2024   The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s [ ... ]

The Firm Presents Marianna GrynchukThe Firm Presents Marianna Grynchuk24 Nov - Chris Reid

Baroque Hall. 18 Nov 2024   The Firm comprises concert producers and composers Raymond Chapman [ ... ]

Voice of Baceprot, the Inaugural Australian Tour 2024Voice of Baceprot, the Inaugural Australian Tour 2...12 Nov - Chris Reid

Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury, 26 October   This is how the fight will be remembered And this [ ... ]

Matinee Series: 4 – EvolutionMatinee Series: 4 – Evolution22 Oct - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Elder Hall. 16 Oct 2024   The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s [ ... ]

Sacred & Profane: 2 – HarmonySacred & Profane: 2 – Harmony13 Oct - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. St Peter’s Cathedral. 11 Oct 2024   Sacred and Profane? In a [ ... ]

Ensemble Q & William BartonEnsemble Q & William Barton05 Oct - Kym Clayton

Musica Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 3 Oct 2024    There is no denying the individual technical [ ... ]

Symphony Series 6 - Reflection Symphony Series 6 - Reflection 22 Sep - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 21 Sep 2024    Some symphonies are as enjoyable [ ... ]

Passion and PraisePassion and Praise09 Sep - Chris Reid

Adelaide Cantata Band. Bethlehem Lutheran Church. 6 Sep 2024   The three hundredth anniversary [ ... ]

Selby & Friends: Triple TreatSelby & Friends: Triple Treat26 Aug - Kym Clayton

Elder Hall, University of Adelaide. 25 Aug 2024   Selby & Friends begin their current national [ ... ]

SymmetrySymmetry04 Aug - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Grainger Studio. 2 Aug 2024   Symmetry is the second concert in the [ ... ]

The Choir Of King’s College, CambridgeThe Choir Of King’s College, Cambridge02 Aug - Kym Clayton

Muisca Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 31 Jul 2024   The ultimate distinction in any human endeavour, [ ... ]

The Music Of Hans ZimmerThe Music Of Hans Zimmer31 Jul - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Festival Theatre. 11 Jul 2024   For a number of years now, the music [ ... ]

Joep Beving, HermetismJoep Beving, Hermetism21 Jul - Chris Reid

Illuminate Adelaide. Her Majesty’s Theatre. 18 Jul 2024   Pianist Joep Beving’s unique [ ... ]

Mekhla KumarMekhla Kumar14 Jul - Chris Reid

Baroque Hall. 13 Jul 2024   Award-winning and very popular Adelaide pianist Mekhla Kumar returned [ ... ]

Joseph Franklin: Composer in ResidenceJoseph Franklin: Composer in Residence10 Jul - Chris Reid

MUD at Ern Malley Bar. 6 Jul 2024   The Ern Malley Bar in Stepney, which has become a vitally important [ ... ]

Jewels In The CrownJewels In The Crown07 Jul - Kym Clayton

Selby & Friends. Elder Hall. 7 Jul 2024   Selby & Friends begin their current national [ ... ]

Helen SvobodaHelen Svoboda07 Jul - Chris Reid

Illuminate Adelaide. Nexus Arts. 6 Jul 2024   Finland-born, Melbourne-based vocalist, double bassist [ ... ]

VanguardVanguard06 Jul - Kym Clayton

Adelaide String Quartet. Elder Hall. 5 Jul 2024   Vanguard is the current six-city, seven-concert [ ... ]

Rachmaninov – The Symphonies: Concert 3Rachmaninov – The Symphonies: Concert 330 Jun - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 29 Jun 2024   In 2023 the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra [ ... ]

Alstaedt Plays Haydn & TchaikovskyAlstaedt Plays Haydn & Tchaikovsky28 Jun - Kym Clayton

Australian Chamber Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 25 Jun 2024   As some foods prepare the palate [ ... ]

Rachmaninov – The Symphonies: Concert TwoRachmaninov – The Symphonies: Concert Two28 Jun - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 26 Jun 2024   Maestro Andrew Litton conducted [ ... ]

Radio BirdmanRadio Birdman24 Jun - Alex Wheaton

The Gov. 23 Jun 2024   It is inconceivable that tonight was the end of time for Radio Birdman. [ ... ]

Kirill GersteinKirill Gerstein23 Jun - Kym Clayton

Musica Viva. Adelaide Town Hall. 20 Jun 2024   Kirill Gerstein’s performance was underscored [ ... ]

Old Worlds and NewOld Worlds and New01 Jun - Chris Reid

Adelaide Baroque. Nexus Arts. 31 May 2024   In staging Old Worlds and New, Adelaide Baroque presented [ ... ]

Symphony Series 3: GrandeurSymphony Series 3: Grandeur21 Apr - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 12 Apr 2024   Grandeur was the Adelaide Symphony [ ... ]

Symphony Series 2: HorizonsSymphony Series 2: Horizons25 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 22 Mar 2024   The physical horizon is almost mystical. [ ... ]

Gladys Knight: Farewell TourGladys Knight: Farewell Tour24 Mar - Alex Wheaton

Frontier Touring. Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre. 21 May 2024   This might be one of [ ... ]

Víkingur Ólafsson: Goldberg VariationsVíkingur Ólafsson: Goldberg Variations17 Mar - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Festival. Adelaide Town Hall. 15 Mar 2024   Every now and then, one is fortunate enough [ ... ]

Recitals on the Fringe: Esmond ChoiRecitals on the Fringe: Esmond Choi25 Feb - Chris Reid

★★★★★ Recitals Australia. Esmond Choi, Piano. North Adelaide Baptist Church. 24 Feb 2024   A [ ... ]

Symphony Series 1: MajestySymphony Series 1: Majesty11 Feb - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Adelaide Town Hall. 9 Feb 2024   The ASO’s first Symphony Series [ ... ]

FragmentationFragmentation05 Feb - Kym Clayton

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Grainger Studio. 2 Feb 2024   The Adelaide Symphony orchestra’s [ ... ]

Visual Arts Reviews

Shared SkinShared Skin23 Mar - Chris Reid

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. 19 Mar 2025   Curated by Rayleen Forester and comprising the [ ... ]

AFF & Samstag Moving Image CommissionAFF & Samstag Moving Image Commission01 Dec - Chris Reid

Adelaide Film Festival & Samstag. Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia. 25 Nov 2024   The [ ... ]

Unbound Collective: Sovereign Acts | Love PraxisUnbound Collective: Sovereign Acts | Love Praxis24 Nov - Chris Reid

A Flinders University Museum of Art exhibition in partnership with Unbound Collective. 20 Nov 2024   The [ ... ]

Justine Youssef: Somewhat EternalJustine Youssef: Somewhat Eternal15 Sep - Chris Reid

Kaurna Women’s Art Collective: Sisters of Lartelare. Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. 5 [ ... ]

Zu Design & Jane BowdenZu Design & Jane Bowden09 Sep - Wendy Walker

Zu design, me & JBC. Wear Worn Adorn. Zu Design & Jane Bowden. Zu Design and JamFactory, 8 Sep [ ... ]

Mulka Yata / The Knowledge of PlaceMulka Yata / The Knowledge of Place09 Sep - Melanie Cooper

Anne and Gordan Samstag Museum of Art. 7 Jun 2024   Curated by Erica Green, founding director of [ ... ]

SALA - GAGPROJECTSSALA - GAGPROJECTS15 Aug - Chris Reid

GAGPROJECTS. 14 Aug 2024   In 1991, Paul Greenaway OAM established the Greenaway Art Gallery, more [ ... ]

Golden Goose Tenth Anniversary ExhibitionGolden Goose Tenth Anniversary Exhibition08 Aug - Chris Reid

Floating Goose Studios, 2 August 2024   Ten years ago, thirteen artists — recent graduates [ ... ]

MaterialityMateriality02 Aug - Chris Reid

Praxis Artspace. 25 Jul 2024   This challenging exhibition at Praxis Artspace, entitled Materiality, [ ... ]

Fragments + EntitiesFragments + Entities24 Jul - Melanie Cooper

Lee Salomone: Fragments; a widening vision. Entities: The Concepts and Post-Object Exhibitions. ACE Open [ ... ]

Are you living in a computer simulation?Are you living in a computer simulation?16 Jul - Chris Reid

The Little Machine. 15 Jul 2024   The evolution of virtual reality games has precipitated the questioning [ ... ]

CRUST | Anna GoreCRUST | Anna Gore08 Jul - Julianne Pierce

Anna Gore, Adelaide Central Gallery. 3 July, 2024   The title of Anna Gore’s solo exhibition, CRUST provides [ ... ]

Drawings Rome 2023Drawings Rome 202316 Jun - Melanie Cooper

Johnnie Dady. Floating Goose Studios Inc. 12 Jun 2024.   A photocopied page headed “two strands” [ ... ]

If you don’t fight… you lose: Politics, Posters and PAMIf you don’t fight… you lose: Politics, Posters an...28 May - Chris Reid

Flinders University Museum of Art. 25 May 2024   Cover Image: Mandy Martin, Adelaide railway station [ ... ]

The Book of QuestionsThe Book of Questions13 May - Julianne Pierce

Aldo Iacobelli. Adelaide Central Gallery. 9 May 2024
  The entrance to Aldo Iacobelli’s exhibition [ ... ]

Waterhouse Natural Science Art PrizeWaterhouse Natural Science Art Prize29 Apr - Chris Reid

2024 Finalist Artworks. South Australian Museum. 22 Apr 2024   Public awareness of the changing [ ... ]

A Politics of the LivingA Politics of the Living06 Apr - Chris Reid

Ena Grozdanić. Post Office Projects. 2 Apr 2024   Ena Grozdanić’s exhibition A politics [ ... ]

Ice-told Stories Through Layers of DustIce-told Stories Through Layers of Dust06 Apr - Chris Reid

Penelope Cain. Post Office Projects. 2 Apr 2024   Penelope Cain’s Ice-told stories through [ ... ]

混沌知觉 Chaostopia混沌知觉 Chaostopia04 Apr - Chris Reid

Alice Hu. Nexus Arts Gallery. 2 Apr 2024   Alice Hu’s remarkable installation at Nexus [ ... ]

Bruce Nuske with Khai LiewBruce Nuske with Khai Liew29 Mar - Wendy Walker

Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia. 27 Mar 2024   The crowd was in a celebratory [ ... ]

Between the Details: Video Art from the ACMI CollectionBetween the Details: Video Art from the ACMI Colle...16 Mar - Chris Reid

Flinders University Museum of Art, Bedford Park. 15 Mar 2024   Between [the] Details is an engrossing [ ... ]

Dana AwartaniDana Awartani13 Mar - Wendy Walker

Samstag Museum of Art, University of South Australia. 12 Mar 2024   The Samstag Museum of Art reopened [ ... ]

NeotericaNeoterica07 Mar - Chris Reid

Adelaide Festival. Northeastern Concourse, Adelaide Railway Station. 7 Mar 2024   Adelaide railway [ ... ]

Eighteenth Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art – Inner SanctumEighteenth Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art – I...04 Mar - Chris Reid

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Opinion: Historic Malinauskas’ speech of hope in troubling timesOpinion: Historic Malinauskas’ speech of hope in t...09 Mar 2025 - Samela Harris

Adelaide Festival. Writers Week. 2 Mar 2025   Writers Week (WW) 2025 was unlike any other WW.  Under [ ... ]

Story: Carols by Candlelight 2024Story: Carols by Candlelight 202428 Oct 2024 - Samela Harris

Three things that the people of Adelaide love - their St John Ambulance, their Carols by Candlelight free [ ... ]

Interview: Esmond Choi and the music of Charles IvesInterview: Esmond Choi and the music of Charles Iv...13 Oct 2024 - Chris Reid

One of the most exciting young pianists in the country, Hong Kong-born Esmond Choi has given some memorable [ ... ]

Opinion: The Critical Condition of South Australia’s Arts RecordOpinion: The Critical Condition of South Australia...20 Aug 2024 - Samela Harris

“Critical condition” has taken a new meaning in Adelaide, the one time ‘City of the [ ... ]

Interview: Rob Younger for Radio BirdmanInterview: Rob Younger for Radio Birdman20 Jun 2024 - Alex Wheaton

Rob Younger – Radio Birdman   ‘There's gonna be a new race Kids are gonna start [ ... ]

Interview: The Tea PartyInterview: The Tea Party04 Jun 2024 - Alex Wheaton

Triptych: a story in three parts.   Part One.   I first met the Tea Party in 1993 in Melbourne [ ... ]

Interview: Hits. Rebecca Meston with Samela HarrisInterview: Hits. Rebecca Meston with Samela Harris01 Jun 2024 - Samela Harris

Show titles don’t come much shorter.   However, when one adds A Theatrical Love Letter to [ ... ]

Interview: Simone DiSisto on CabFringe 2024Interview: Simone DiSisto on CabFringe 202413 May 2024 - Samela Harris

She 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 faces extinction eventOpinion: History rests on the brink as SA Museum f...12 Apr 2024 - Samela Harris

"Reimagine." This word set all my cultural alarm bells off into strident chimes of incredulity. The [ ... ]

Interview: Another Stroll in the ParkInterview: Another Stroll in the Park21 Feb 2024 - Murray Bramwell

Murray Bramwell with Ian Scobie and Annette Tripodi. 20 Feb 2024   As WOMADelaide 2024 draws closer, [ ... ]

Story: Womadelaide 2024Story: Womadelaide 202418 Feb 2024 - Paul Rodda

From the bustling streets of Paris to the serene landscapes of Tibet, from the rhythmic beats of Senegal [ ... ]

Opinion: David O’Brien’s 2023 Top TenOpinion: David O’Brien’s 2023 Top Ten24 Dec 2023 - David O'Brien

Sociopolitical theatre/dance loomed large in mind through nationally and locally produced work in 2023. [ ... ]

Interview: Vonni Brit Watkins on Priscilla, The MusicalInterview: Vonni Brit Watkins on Priscilla, The Mu...06 Sep 2023 - Samela Harris

She's known simply as Vonni. Vonni Brit Watkins is Adelaide’s most vivacious transgender identity. Indeed, [ ... ]

Interview: The World Returns to Botanic ParkInterview: The World Returns to Botanic Park24 Feb 2023 - Murray Bramwell

Murray Bramwell talks with Director Ian Scobie and Associate Director Annette Tripodi about the rapidly [ ... ]

Interview: Yungchen Lhamo’s WOMADelaide return.Interview: Yungchen Lhamo’s WOMADelaide return.22 Feb 2023 - Samela Harris

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 joyInterview: WOMAD musician shares the joy08 Feb 2023 - Samela Harris

There he is, in home territory, Mumbai, sharply depicted against a pristine Zoom greenscreen. But it [ ... ]

Opinion: David O’Brien’s 2022 Top TenOpinion: David O’Brien’s 2022 Top Ten26 Dec 2022 - David O'Brien

This 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 floor this monthInterview: Laughter expected on the Reps 23rd floo...13 Nov 2022 - Samela Harris

Post covid lockdowns and pre a predicted new wave, what we really need is laughter.   And who best [ ... ]

Interview: Annette Tripodi & Ian Scobie on WOMADelaide 2022Interview: Annette Tripodi & Ian Scobie on WOMADel...21 Feb 2022 - Murray Bramwell

Back to the Park: WOMADelaide 2022 Returns to Full Strength.   Director Ian Scobie and Associate [ ... ]

Story: Artists Petition SA Government to increase Fringe FundingStory: Artists Petition SA Government to increase ...19 Feb 2022 - Administrator

An unprecedented groundswell of pressure has erupted from the direction Fringe artists, summoning [ ... ]

Interview: Balkan Ethno OrchestraInterview: Balkan Ethno Orchestra14 Feb 2022 - Samela Harris

Out of these difficult few years of negative, comes a resounding positive. It is the Balkan Ethno Orchestra [ ... ]

Russell Starke OAMRussell Starke OAM14 Feb 2022 - Samela Harris

Russell Starke OAM.   He was one of our own, an early member of the Adelaide Critics Circle and [ ... ]

Interview: Reb Fountain for Womadelaide 2022Interview: Reb Fountain for Womadelaide 202223 Jan 2022 - Samela Harris

In 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 advocacyInterview: Kelly Vincent on UnSeen and disability ...28 Nov 2021 - Samela Harris

Are disabled people “unseen” by the able-bodied? Kelly Vincent thinks so. Indeed, she [ ... ]

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