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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 [ ... ]

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 not standup comedy, but it feels like it, and the audience treats it that way. 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 of Hedwig were in massed attendance tonight; the mere bat of an eyelash was enough to [ ... ]

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, and a comedian. There have been others before him who have successfully paired the two [ ... ]

Theatre Reviews

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 [ ... ]

Jack MaggsJack Maggs24 Nov - Arna Eyers-White

State Theatre Company South Australia. Dunstan Playhouse. 19 Nov 2024   The stage is dimly lit [ ... ]

HangmenHangmen28 Oct - David O'Brien

Red Phoenix Theatre/Holden Street Theatres. The Studio. 26 Oct 2025   Irish playwright/screenwriter [ ... ]

Moss PigletMoss Piglet13 Oct - Arna Eyers-White

Windmill Theatre Company. Space Theatre. 11 Oct 2024   Tardigrades: microscopic, eight legged, [ ... ]

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

Inner Sanctum. Art Gallery of South Australia. 4 Mar 2024   Title image: Lawrence English. Photo [ ... ]

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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 [ ... ]

Interview: Anchuli Felicia King on White Pearl for OzAsia 2021Interview: Anchuli Felicia King on White Pearl for...10 Oct 2021 - Samela Harris

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 Award in 2021Story: Holden Street's innovation for Ed Fringe Aw...03 Sep 2021 - Samela Harris

In this dire time of pandemic  Adelaide’s Holden Street Theatres is making thrilling history [ ... ]

Wings 2 Fly Theatre Announce Further Scholarship SupportWings 2 Fly Theatre Announce Further Scholarship S...19 Jun 2021 - Paul Rodda

Local South Australian youth theatre company Wings2Fly Theatre have announced an extension to their scholarship [ ... ]

WOMADelaide 2021: Re-inventing for the PandemicWOMADelaide 2021: Re-inventing for the Pandemic23 Feb 2021 - Murray Bramwell

Murray Bramwell talks with Artistic Director, Ian Scobie about the challenges of planning a music festival [ ... ]

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