Theatre boss lands plum festival role
The festival’s board has that Matthew Lutton, the long-time artistic director and co-CEO of Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre, will oversee the Adelaide event from 2026 until 2028.
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Opera in danger of dying out, warns festival heavyweight Stone
Poised to unveil his international opera hit, Innocence, at the Adelaide Festival, director Simon Stone warned the art form would soon die out if it failed to return to its ‘entertainment roots’
From sexed up circuses to a roll call of comedians
With its carnival vibe, Australia’s largest arts festival transforms the South Australian capital.
London bombings survivor Gill Hicks takes story to the stage
Gill Hicks, who lost her legs in the deadly 7/7 London terrorist attacks, is staging a searingly personal show at Adelaide Fringe Festival and at a 20th anniversary commemoration in the UK.
Best way to see the Spice Islands? Try a superyacht
The European colonial powers once fought viciously to rule these islands and control the supply of nutmeg. Today, the region trades in a new kind of treasure – sunset and serenity – and it is best taken in from the deck of a 60m luxury vessel.
I am maestro, hear me roar!
‘Trailblazer’ is a word that doesn’t fully capture Simone Young, the Australian conductor whose star power and sense of unfettered ambition has shattered one glass ceiling after another.
The Kremlin’s enemy No.1: ‘Navalny was in real pain.’
One year after the death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian gulag, photographer Evgeny Feldman recounts an earlier attack on the leader of Russia’s democracy movement, when a caustic green liquid was used.
From deaf moll to cancer survivor: ‘There’s always a fear it will return’
Actress Tracy Mann opens up about chemo, a double mastectomy, remarrying later in life and the one TV role that made her squirm.
Opera Australia in turmoil as another leader leaves
Opera Australia CEO Fiona Allan is to leave the company – the latest in a string of high-profile departures that have rocked the national opera company and broader arts scene.
Top gong for art donor Lyn Williams welcome ‘but overdue’
Fred Williams’ wife, Lyn, reveals how her husband feared his artistic legacy would die with him – but the revered painter’s wife kept it alive.
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