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”.
The Premier has told the opening of the Adelaide Festival that political intervention in arts controversies could have chilling consequences.
A major accounting firm has pulled its logo from the Adelaide Festival event’s promotional material amid controversy over two guests booked to appear.
The Belarusian actor charged over an “indecent act” on an international flight will no longer perform in the Adelaide Festival.
The Adelaide Festival has lost another sponsor as the controversy grows over Writers’ Week, with a third considering cutting ties – and two Ukrainian authors pulling out.
Top national law firm MinterEllison has removed the firm’s branding from the Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week despite being a major sponsor.
Adelaide electrician James Vawser wowed the audience in Australian Idol’s Top 24 competition but the judges weren’t similarly impressed.
Garden of Unearthly Delights organisers have defended long lines and a $4 admission fee as being necessary to maintain crowd capacity limits.
The SA opposition has demanded the premier “use his power” after Writers Week booked two speakers accused of spreading “propaganda” against Israel and Ukraine.
Here are The Advertiser reviewers’ verdicts on the latest shows including The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Mono and Mourning Tea.
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