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Adelaide Festival 2022: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Who: by Oscar Wilde / Sydney Theatre Company / Adapted and directed by Kip Williams Where: Her Majesty’s Theatre When: 13 – 20 March 2022 Details: Link here With the direction of Kip Williams and performance of Eryn Jean Norvill, a new re-imagining of Oscar Wilde’s literary classic The Picture of Dorian Gray leaps into the twenty first century. Although originally released in 1890, the … Continue reading Adelaide Festival 2022: The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Adelaide Festival 2022: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

Who: Composed by Joseph Twist with a libretto by Alana Valentine and Christos Tsiolkas, featuring the Adelaide Chamber Singers. What: Operatic oratorio When: Last show tonight, 8 March at 7pm Where: Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre. More details on the Adelaide Festival website. If you’re like me, and you’re an Adelaidean who went to the University of Adelaide, you’ve likely heard of Dr Duncan and … Continue reading Adelaide Festival 2022: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

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Review, Short Read

Adelaide Festival Review 2022: The Rite of Spring / common ground[s]

What: The Rite of Spring / common ground[s] Who: Pina Bausch / Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo AND Who: Pina Bausch / Ecole des Sables / Sadler’s Wells Where: Her Majesty’s Theatre When: 4 – 6 March 2022, more info here The enduring work of Pina Bausch graces the stage of Her Majesty’s Theatre this Adelaide Festival season by becoming intertwined with through Stravinsky’s score, The … Continue reading Adelaide Festival Review 2022: The Rite of Spring / common ground[s]

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Review

Adelaide Festival 2021 Review: Small Metal Objects

Who: Production by Back to Back Theatre , directed by Bruce Gladwin What: Open-air theatre When: until March 8, see website for details and ticketing information Where: Moseley Square, Glenelg Small Metal Objects is a refreshingly human, genuinely exciting and compassionate piece of theatre, executed admirably well.  I was initially drawn to the show by its open-air setup; the performers emerge from and interact with … Continue reading Adelaide Festival 2021 Review: Small Metal Objects

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Adelaide Festival 2021: The Boy Who Talked to Dogs

WHO: Slingsby and State Theatre Company WHEN: Until 14 March 2021 WHERE: Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio, Adelaide Showground COST: Click here for details Isolated, ridiculed, and oppressed, newly teen-aged Martin needed escape from his hometown of Limerick, Ireland. The Boy Who Talks to Dogs centres around a boy being made the laughing-stock of his school by his cruel teacher, and crouching in fear alongside his mother from his intimidating and … Continue reading Adelaide Festival 2021: The Boy Who Talked to Dogs

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Adelaide Festival 2021: A German Life

WHAT: A German Life WHEN: 19 February – 14 March 2021 WHERE: Dunstan Playhouse COST: Click here for details In the setting of a nursing home, an elderly Brunhilde Pomsel (Robyn Nevin) sits in a wooden armchair and ruminates about her life in early twentieth century Germany. Her time of growing up during the Great Depression and working for the Propaganda machine – Joseph Goebbels, … Continue reading Adelaide Festival 2021: A German Life

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Photography, Review

WOMAdelaide 2020: Day Four Wrap Up

WHAT: WOMADelaide Festival & Adelaide FestivalWHERE: Botanic ParkWHEN: 6-9 March 2020 The final day of WOMAD has come and it was a bittersweet one. Today was a bit slower than other days, you need it after a long weekend! But we still managed to see quite a few good acts, including starting the day at the Chai tent having one last WOMAD drink. Odette Odette … Continue reading WOMAdelaide 2020: Day Four Wrap Up

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Adelaide Festival 2020: Lyon Opera Ballet

The Grosse Fuge was composed by Beethoven in the final years of his life, at which point he was almost entirely deaf. At the time it was described as an inaccessible and eccentric composition. Three prominent female choreography legends interpret the piece with the Lyon Opera Ballet in vastly different performances within Trois Grandes Fuges.  What defines the Lyon Opera Ballet is their inclusive and diverse range … Continue reading Adelaide Festival 2020: Lyon Opera Ballet

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Adelaide Festival 2020: Cold Blood

Where: Ridley Centre, Adelaide Showgrounds When: 7 Mar 7:00pm, 8 Mar 2:00pm How much: $30 – $79 When trying to explain Cold Blood in a sentence to someone since I’ve seen the show, a jumble of words comes out, ‘The hands represent people, but it’s similar to puppetry, and it’s filmed live in front of you… It’s awesome, basically’. Belgian husband and wife team conceptualised this creation … Continue reading Adelaide Festival 2020: Cold Blood

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2019 Adelaide Festival Review: Palmyra

What: Palmyra Who: Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas When: March 4 and 5 Where: AC Arts – Main Theatre Cost: $25 – $49 (see website for full details) Duration: 70 minutes (no interval) The title of this show, Palmyra, is named after the ancient Syrian city, it has a troubled political history and has changed hands multiple times during the war. This is the backdrop … Continue reading 2019 Adelaide Festival Review: Palmyra

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