All posts tagged "Festival Theatre"
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Janet Jackson, Up Close and Personal
The tour, her first in Australia since The Velvet Rope in 1998, took the biggest and best from Ms Jackson's career, along with a few fan favourites, and transformed them into a joyous, high-energy, 2-hour long celebration. This was no typical self-indulgent pop concert; the focus on the music and intimacy with fans rather than flashy outfits or grand stage productions was proof alone that Jackson can still hold a crowd in the palm of her hand.
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Shaolin Warriors – OzAsia Festival 2011
In short, the performance offers excitement, energy, enthusiasm and spectacle, with a powerful spiritual undercurrent.
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Moby Dick
This modern masterpiece is a sensational event from every viewpoint and will appeal to both newcomers and long term lovers of opera. Whatever you do, do not miss this thoroughly rewarding production.
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Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
Paul Kelly is a household name with a long, successful career, a prolific output and a string of awards to his name, including eight ARIAs. He was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1997.
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La Sonnambula (The Sleepwalker)
State Opera start their main stage season for the year with the extremely lyrical music of Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). They have also started it with an absolutely sublime production of this charming opera.
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Michael Feinstein Sings Sinatra – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2011
Michael Feinstein was the big event to close the Cabaret Festival for this year and a packed house showed that he was just the right person for the job.
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Bryan Batt: Batt on a Hot Tin Roof – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2011
Batt's humorous tales and quips, the wide range of songs, including some hilariously funny ones, ballads and the standards, added up to a marvellous production that had loads of pace, energy and enthusiasm.
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Olivia Newton-John – Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2011
Backed by the superb Adelaide Art Orchestra and her own small core of touring musicians and backing singers, Olivia Newton-John gave her fans a song filled evening to remember
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Wicked: the untold story of the witches of Oz
Wicked has taken eight years to arrive in Adelaide, but it was well worth the wait. This production has a sensational cast with magnificent leads in Rix and Durack. This is one you should not miss.
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Sufjan Stevens
This was a concert of which it was worth hearing and seeing every second.
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Adelaide Fringe
2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival
Get ready for a party, or two! The 2011 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival (BAFF) is delighted to announce the films that will open and close the 2011 Festival, two feature films that span the possibilities of original Australian storytelling.
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Adelaide Festival Centre’s 2010 Christmas Proms
Just like Santa checking in to his Magic Cave, the Christmas Proms have become something of a tradition, with Timothy Sexton putting his two groups, The Adelaide Art Orchestra and the Adelaide Vocal Project, through their seasonal repertoire.
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Música Latina – Adelaide International Guitar Festival 2010
Once again, this was a double bill, with Manuel Barrueco for the first half and Yamandú Costa after the interval. These ‘two for the price of one’ concerts, with related but contrasting performances, were a great idea and definitely proved very popular with patrons.
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Other Worldly Sounds – Adelaide International Guitar Festival 2010
Wolfgang Muthspiel and Dhafer Youssef opened the concert,the combination of oud and guitar working amazingly well, and The Richard Bona Group then took to the stage for the second half, with his own, inimitable style of bass playing and singing.
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The Heart of Flamenco (el corazón del flamenco) – Adelaide International Guitar Festival 2010
There was no shortage of applause for everything that both groups did during the evening. This was a performance that thrilled and amazed.
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Hansel and Gretel
Presented by State Opera of South Australia Reviewed Saturday 6th November 2010 http://www.saopera.sa.gov.au/site/hansel/ Venue: Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre Season: 7:30PM Tues 9th, Thurs 11th and Sat 13th November Duration: 2hrs incl interval Tickets: Prices start from: adult $50/conc $45 Bookings: BASS 131 241 or http://www.bass.net.au State Opera is on another winner with this superb […]
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Spring Has Sprung At North!
One of Adelaide's leading contemporary restaurants, North, has combined globally inspired cuisine with the best local wine and produce to deliver a stand-out spring menu for patrons of the North Terrace establishment.
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The Dhol Foundation
The 2010 OzAsia Festival ended, not with a whimper, but with a bang, provided by this energetic and enthusiastic Anglo-Indian percussion-based group.
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Jump
Director, Jun Sang Lee, has put together a phenomenal display of martial arts and coupled it with hilarious comedy, resulting in a production that had the audience laughing aloud, applauding wildly and completely amazed at the skills of the performers.
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It’s the Final Countdown for the OzAsia Festival
The 2010 OzAsia Festival closes this weekend after two memorable weeks of unique storytelling, cultural collaborations and sharing of ideas through a wide variety of art forms.
