An evening as engaging, witty, and thought-provoking, as one of Stoppard’s plays.
In-your-face political immediacy
As part of the Adelaide Festival, the City of Mount Barker is currently displaying a fun and adorable illuminated art installation titled, the Lost Dogs’ Disco.
A fascinating play about a too long overlooked WWII heroine.
The 38th Adelaide Festival will return in 2023 with a stacked lineup of more than 50 events in theatre, music, opera, dance, media and visual arts.
Lorde will appear in Adelaide as part of her Solar Power tour, celebrating the 2021 release of her long-anticipated third studio album of the same name and her first new music in four years.
First performed in Milan in 1874, Verdi’s mighty Messa da Requiem is an oratorio with opera coursing through its veins.
The 2022 Adelaide Festival still has several exciting shows and events leading into the final weekend.
Under the bold direction of Kip Williams, The Picture of Dorian Gray breaks into the twenty-first century.
Presented by Resonance: Chamber Landscapes / Stephanie McCallum and Erin HelyardReviewed 13 March 2022 As part of the Resonance: Chamber Landscapes series at Ukaria, pianists Stephanie McCallum and Erin Helyard presented a concert of piano works for four hands. Performing along with these two fine musicians, the third star of the show was the piano herself: a […]
Utilising modern-day technology, Australian artist Samara Hersch forges emotional connections between strangers, while illuminating our opinions on aging, mortality, love, heartbreak, pain and pleasure.
Bands such as Icehouse are pioneers for shaping the Australian rock music into the industry it is today.
An exceptional celebration of Haydn's early works, like eavesdropping on the past.
Tara June Winch, an Australian (Wiradjuri) writer based in France, has been awarded the coveted Premier’s Award at this year’s Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature.
Presented by Gravity & Other Myths and Djuki MalaReviewed 5 March 2022 If you missed seeing MACRO I feel bad for you son, I got ninety-nine problems but seeing GOM (and Djuki Mala) ain’t one. In the heart of Australia’s festival state, it really doesn’t get much better than a seven-thousand-strong audience and (totally free) […]
This production of The Golden Cockerel is an absolute visual and aural feast.
Presented by Lost DogReviewed 5 March 2022 It is not unreasonable to consider Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as one of English literature’s most touching love tragedies. It is intriguing to consider what their lives would be if the tragedy of their deaths didn’t occur. Ben Duke and Solène Weinachter have presented an opportunity to explore […]
Step into the dimly-lit world of the shift-workers, the insomniacs, the horny, those troubled by life and those so excited they simply can’t sleep
A sublime showcase of musical, and theatrical talent
Presented by Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables & Sadler’s Wells Reviewed 4 March 2022 First staged in 1913, The Rite of Spring has undergone many iterations, both as a stage production and as a standalone orchestral performance. One of the most famous of these has to be Pina Bausch’s 1975 staging of Stravinsky’s masterpiece; […]