Bars, stars and festival guitars
Wanderers frontman Dusty Lee Stephensen will premiere his upcoming solo material as part of Adelaide Guitar Festival.
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Festivals in the firing line amid looming city rate rise
A raft of much-loved city festivals, activations and business programs may face devastating or program-ending funding cuts as Adelaide City Council looks to lower its rates.
Final countdown: Fringe and Festival acts to catch this weekend
It’s the final weekend of the Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Fringe – but it’s not too late to catch a show or two. Here’s our verdict on some of the remaining shows in this year’s program.
Whale beached on a new SA shore
It had beachgoers stunned and left some in tears when it emerged at Glenelg over the weekend. Now the lifelike whale has beached itself in a new location.
‘Death to all children’: Vile threats in WOMAD protest, dad says
A father claims a pro-Palestinian protester at WOMADelaide made shocking threats against kids, as he calls for better security at future events.
‘City of Music’: WOMAD to rock Adelaide for five more years
One of the state’s most iconic Mad March events will rock on in SA for another five years.
‘Carcass on the ground’: Fears fruit bats will fall from sky at WOMAD
Extreme heat forecast for the long weekend has WOMAD organisers wary of fruit bats falling from the sky, prompting warnings and the installation of bat bins and sprinklers.
‘Reassess your values’: Activist’s Writers’ Week call
Activist Clementine Ford has used Adelaide Writers’ Week to urge anyone silent on the plight of women and children to “reassess your values”.
Listed: 10 top picks from the Adelaide Festival
When there’s 64 epic Adelaide Festival shows to see, no one can afford to go to everything! Here’s our arts team’s top 10 picks.
Why I won’t be seeing any pale, stale, straight male comedians at Fringe
Comedy is subjective – but it’s my subjective opinion that the bulk of straight white male comedians aren’t all that funny, writes Emily Olle.
Writers weak? New backlash hits festival over anti-Israel claims
An Adelaide festival is under fire for the second year as outraged Jewish leaders claim it’s “stacked” with anti-Israel speakers – but organisers are defending their program.
Mali won’t ‘engage in censorship’ on Writers’ Week ban calls
Peter Malinauskas says he will not be a premier who “engages in censorship at arts festivals” after Jewish leaders call for activist Clementine Ford to be banned from Writer’s Week for doxxing.
MP’s incredible rise from living in a shed in Enfield to parliament
South Australia is full of inspirational refugee stories. You can add that of Arts Minister Andrea Michaels, whose family fled war-torn Cyprus in the 1970s, to the list.
You’ve never seen Glenelg Beach quite like this before
The Adelaide Festival will launch outside the CBD for the first time in history next week, with a highly anticipated show to transform one of Adelaide’s most popular spots.
Why giant whale bones are about to emerge on Glenelg beach
Thousands are expected to flock to the popular seaside suburb as a whale-inspired event opens the 2024 Adelaide Festival.
Opera opens the flood gates
Meet Canadian artistic legend Robert Lepage, the man behind next year’s water puppet opera The Nightingale and a string of other Adelaide Festival hits.
Shock twist in Adelaide Festival performer’s indecent act case
A new twist has emerged in the case against a “heavily intoxicated” international Festival performer, who touched a woman on a flight en route to Adelaide.
South Australia’s festival spirit
Electric events calendar reinforces Festival State’s global stature
Off the chopping block: Adelaide Show staple survives being axed
With timber supplies from Victoria grinding to a halt amid a court battle, a South-East company has saved a Royal Adelaide Show tradition from being axed.
Lorde almighty, political dance and a standing sheep at Mad March
NZ pop royalty Lorde, Canadian dance theatre and a walking sheep – read the latest reviews from the Arts Editor’s desk.
Marquee Festival opera cut off as paramedics called to theatre
Ambulances were called to the Festival Theatre as another Adelaide Festival drawcard was interrupted by an emergency.
Grieving Ukrainian mum protests Writers’ Week festival
A Ukrainian woman whose son was killed in the war just weeks ago has told of her hurt created by Writers’ Week giving a platform to a controversial author.
‘Smear campaign’: Controversial Writers’ Week author buckles down on tweets
Controversial Palestinian author Susan Abulhawa has called protests over her appearance at Adelaide Writers’ Week a “smear campaign” while labelling a murder victim “human garbage”.
Writers Week cancel call too much like ‘Putin’s Russia’: Mali
The Premier has told the opening of the Adelaide Festival that political intervention in arts controversies could have chilling consequences.
Another sponsor walks away amid Writers Week uproar
A major accounting firm has pulled its logo from the Adelaide Festival event’s promotional material amid controversy over two guests booked to appear.
Icehouse | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Iva Davies delivered a much-needed trip back to the carefree sounds, vivid spectacles and sheer, unbridled fun of the 1980s.
Top attraction at 2023 Adelaide Festival revealed
The latest round of national RISE Fund grants has revealed a planned highlight of next year’s Adelaide Festival program.
Haydn’s Solar Poetics: Morning, Noon & Night | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
This is the kind of programming that festivals exist for, held together in a unifying concept that requires considerable stamina.
Josh Cohen: Radiohead for Solo Piano | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Cohen reimagines and reinterprets what were already wonderful pieces of Radiohead’s music to invent something completely new.
Macro: Opening Night Event | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Macro was essentially a reworking of acrobatic ensemble Gravity & Other Myths’ hit show The Pulse with added bells and whistles.
Amyl and The Sniffers | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Explosive, dynamic and vocally raw, punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers brought an exciting threat of danger to the Festival.
Juliet & Romeo | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
The lovers no longer star-crossed, but jaded after many years of marriage, their suicides having been a ruse.
Genesis Owusu | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Owusu’s music may span ragga, electro pop, hip-hop, soul, R’n’B and rock but it’s always underpinned by the funk.
The Nightline | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
At each table, the listener curates their own show, chasing the familiar or exotic as they plug into recorded Nightline messages.
The Photo Box | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Emma Beech spills an entire generation of familial secrets in this beautifully crafted, intensely personal yet familiar world premiere.
The Rite of Spring/common ground[s] | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
In this coming of Spring there are no nymphs and shepherds, rather a violent, pagan ceremony. It’s stunning.
The Golden Cockerel | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
A macabre interpretation of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera about the folly of Russian warmongering is uncannily timed.
Billy Davis & The Good Lords | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Having a pianist front and centre makes for an unusual concert experience, with a focus on Billy Davis’s brilliant keyboard technique and his magnetic stage presence.
Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
By using an oratorio, Neil Armfield has masterfully elevated the 50th anniversary of the Adelaide drowning of Dr George Duncan to sanctify and celebrate the reform it provoked.
Covid forces Festival director into isolation as program starts
Covid has forced one of the Adelaide Festival’s artistic directors into isolation hours before the opening, as Ukrainian and Russian performers unite for the premiere.
Girls & Boys | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
Justine Clarke’s luminous performance in Girls & Boys makes it a powerhouse, edgy production not to be missed.
Russia and Ukraine unite at the Adelaide Festival
Performances of opera The Golden Cockerel at the Adelaide Festival – featuring Russian and Ukrainian cast members – will still go ahead, say festival directors.
Blindness | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
A pandemic of blindness has wide ramifications but the it’s the unusual intensity of this work’s personal experience that matters.
Just the ticket: Festival crowds could pump $100m into CBD
Adelaide’s festival season could pump upwards of $100m into the city, providing a vital boost to both the economy and morale. But you must book your tickets early.
World’s first inflatable fountain heads for the Hills
The world’s first inflatable fountain will dominate a Hills park early next year as part of Adelaide Festival.
From Ashes to the Zoo: Will you need to be double jabbed?
With SA about to open up to the rest of the world, events have been announcing their policies around vaccination. From the Ashes to the Zoo, here’s everything you need to know.
Remarkable Adelaide dance school you’ve (probably) never heard of
A pioneering Adelaide dance company has helped thousands of people with a disability find their voice – and injected an important new perspective to Australia’s cultural landscape.
Arts, major festivals are back – and Adelaide is ready for it
The arts and major festivals will play a critical role in injecting life back into our city over the next six months, industry leaders say.
Homecoming: SA’s Paul Kelly leads Womad gang
He’s known as the poet laureate of Aussie music and performed at the very first Womadelaide 30 years ago – now Paul Kelly’s returning to mark the music festival’s 30th anniversary.
Adelaide Festival 2022: The six shows you can’t afford to miss
Next year’s Adelaide Festival looms as a celebration of both milestones and the end (hopefully) of lockdowns. Here are six shows not to miss.
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