Dad turns man cave into dance studio for Australia’s Billy Elliot
A country dad has given up his man cave and built a dance studio to give his son the best chance of achieving his professional dream 200km from the big smoke.
Arts
Can you loathe an artist and still love their art?
Whenever an artist’s actions or beliefs contradict your own, a dilemma emerges: can you still consume their work? The answer isn’t black and white.
Review: Relationships all at sea in The Puzzle
Australia’s most successful playwright David Williamson marks 50 years at the Playhouse with a bedroom farce set on a cruise ship.
Queen ‘lived the life of an outcast’
The much anticipated new look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II is the non-fiction book of the year, writes Peter Goers.
Bars, stars and festival guitars
Wanderers frontman Dusty Lee Stephensen will premiere his upcoming solo material as part of Adelaide Guitar Festival.
SALA Awards: Portal prize opens doors for artist
A Blackwood artist has won the Advertiser Contemporary Art Award as this year’s SALA Festival comes to a close.
Jailed war correspondent film to open Adelaide Film Festival
The Adelaide Film Festival has revealed the first six titles for this year’s program, including its opening night feature.
Review: Chicago delivers the razzle dazzle
One of the world’s favourite – and longest-running – musicals currently on Broadway is now dazzling South Aussies.
‘I’m going blind’: Goers blasts SA Health over surgery cancellation
Slowly going blind in one eye, Peter Goers waited patiently for 18 months for cataract surgery in our public health system. When the day arrived, the surgery was cancelled.
Aussie gallery acquires $9.8m painting by ‘divisive’ artist
The major acquisition will help deepen conversations over French artist Paul Gauguin’s troublesome legacy, the National Gallery of Australia says.
Crazy Asian wedding invitation for festival
One of the stars of hit film Crazy Rich Asians is bringing her new wedding show to the OzAsia Festival.
Popular Adelaide Hills artisan festival to return
A popular Hills artisan festival is set to return this September promising to make the award-winning event bigger and better than ever before.
Condemned warehouse: $780k in public cash to aid Tandanya’s fixes
The Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute will aim to reopen next year, as the state government pours in $780,000 to fix major safety issues.
‘Sumptuous colour’: rare Gauguin masterpieces you can’t miss
Vincent van Gogh sliced off part of his ear after quarrelling with Paul Gauguin – but the artists’ complex friendship inspired one of the standout works in a new Australian exhibition. WATCH THE VIDEO
Reviews: All the high notes of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Find out what our reviewers have to say about Christina Bianco, Emma Pask and all the other Adelaide Cabaret Festival shows.
Jerry Seinfeld eggs on protesters during Adelaide show
Jerry Seinfeld’s Adelaide show has avoided pro-Palestine protests it faced interstate – and the US funnyman used that fact as comedic fuel. Find out what happened.
Adelaide arts scene rocked with another gallery guru out of picture
There’s been a shake-up at the Art Gallery of South Australia, with a second leader set to leave.
Why was a big film crew at this popular local pool?
A taste of Hollywood has hit town in an unlikely location, but the exact film being worked on remains shrouded in mystery.
Succession star Snook seals a thrilling new role
Adelaide-born television star Sarah Snook is set to be part of a new project.
Greens lash ‘cancel crusade’ over One Nation’s trans art petition
The Greens say Sarah Game’s campaign to remove two nude artworks – one of a transgender man – from the Art Gallery is hypocritical, as debate in parliament gets heated.
Meet the ‘highly sexed’ mastermind behind the Adelaide Cabaret Festival
New Adelaide Cabaret Festival artistic director Virginia Gay injects her own very big personality and passion into a program that aims to take cabaret back to its roots.
Goers: More arts than class in One Nation’s nude ban demand
Art should be nice – kittens, roses, gum trees, lovely portraits of the late Queen and pictures of Jesus dying in great agony, writes Peter Goers.
‘Too bright’: Glenelg residents complain over $30k mural
A group of nine residents has called for an Esplanade mural to be washed away, complaining that it “disrupts their ocean views”.
Adelaide kids show with $30k bling budget
Calisthenics performers from across SA are set to come together to perform an extravaganza of music, dancing and acrobatics with an eye-watering budget.
‘Bronze man with vagina’: Parent outrage over ‘confusing’ nude art
A petition has been launched to move “confusing and confronting” artwork to an adults-only area of an Adelaide gallery – dividing readers in our poll. Have your say.
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.
Reviews: Barbaros, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, At What Cost?
Read our reviews of Lina Limosani’s Barbaros, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and State Theatre’s At What Cost?
Let there be light: Illuminate Adelaide winter festival returns
Reflections and projections will take over the city as the third annual Illuminate Adelaide winter festival begins.
Cabaret reviews: Mama Alto, Paul Capsis, Geraldine Quinn, Roscoe James Irwin
Read the Advertiser’s reviews of shows including Mama Alto, Paul Capsis, Geraldine Quinn, Roscoe James Irwin and how Nathan Davies won RocKwiz.
Aussie TV favourite revealed as Adelaide’s next Cabaret director
A popular TV actor and upcoming contestant on Dancing With The Stars will also direct the 2024 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
Why budget shows new gallery is out of the picture
The future of an Aboriginal cultural centre on North Terrace is in doubt after this week’s state budget failed to allocate extra funding to the project.
I Was Only 19 turns 40: The story behind an unofficial anthem
Singer-songwriter and one time Redgum frontman John Schumann is headed to Adelaide for one night only, in celebration of his beloved Vietnam War song hitting middle age.
Poh: ‘I just really struggled with that my whole life’
MasterChef star Poh Ling Yeow never liked how she looked growing up in a Chinese family in Adelaide – but now those insecurities will be projected all over the city.
Stars line up for Adelaide Cabaret Festival
The stars came out for the opening night of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival – see the photos.
‘Adelaide hasn’t seen anything like this’: Extraordinary show SA-bound
A visionary light and multimedia experience that took Canada by storm is the centrepiece of this year’s Illuminate Adelaide – and it almost defies explanation.
Honey, guess who’s officially an icon?
A certain German superstar of stage and screen has become the latest recipient of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s icon award.
Flawed victory: Mortal Kombat heads north but SA still benefits
The Mortal Kombat sequel may be headed to Queensland but SA’s film industry is still gearing up to reap future benefits.
Oysters at La Tratt, a cheeky game of cards: Inside Adelaide’s showbiz gang
Every so often, a group of local celebrities whose bond has lasted decades catches up in Adelaide for a big night out. There’s Willsy, of course, famous faces from the stage and media … even a former PM!
The shooting stars on a fast track to big screen stardom
A pack of young South Australian actors are blazing a trail on the stage and screen. Meet 14 of them on the path to stardom.
Winner of $100k SA art prize revealed
A video that recreates an artist’s experience of her father’s baptism at Beachport has won the Art Gallery of SA’s $100,000 Ramsay Art Prize. See the pictures.
Arts news: State Theatre props sale, Gluttony comes to Glenelg
Props and costumes will be sold off by State Theatre this weekend, while the Gluttony team is bringing a bit of Mad March to Glenelg this winter.
South Australia’s festival spirit
Electric events calendar reinforces Festival State’s global stature
Adelaide DJ dies in Paris
Much loved Adelaide DJ and music expert Ian Bell has died suddenly while on a family holiday in Paris.
Field of dreams: SA musician wins prestigious art prize
Electric Fields music sensation Zaachariaha Fielding has been awarded one of the nation’s most prestigious art prizes for his compelling painting that depicts his home in the APY Lands
Bravo, Billy: Pumpkins serve Adelaide a smashing show
Kudos to Smashing Pumpkins frontman-cum-wrestling promoter Billy Corgan for messing with the usual stadium rock show formula. It delivered – in spades, writes Nathan Davies.
It’s a Poh light facade! Celeb chef ready to ‘morph’ city landmark
Some of the most important women in SA’s history will be up in lights, along with the celeb chef’s own alter ego, in a centrepiece for the next Illuminate festival.
5-minute edible art recipes to entertain the kids
Entertaining and releasing your child’s creativity doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Check out these ideas and the fast homemade recipes.
Come from Away: Heartwarming hit show lands in Adelaide
The hit musical about the small Canadian town that opened its hearts and homes to stranded travellers in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Come From Away, finally lands in Adelaide.
Macbeth takes on Game of Thrones for opera stage
Latest arts news: Macbeth turns to Game of Thrones for the opera stage, and Kate Bush isn’t coming to the Cabaret – but still has a show for fans.
‘Any plane that wasn’t landed was going to get shot down’
An Adelaide woman shares the moment she heard news of the unfolding 9/11 terrorist attack on her walkman and told cabin crew why they had been grounded in a tiny Canadian town.
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