In the very best of cabaret tradition,Alison Coppe took to the stage with a 5-piece band promising we’d get “boozy and bluesy until they kick us out”.
Frontman for The Whitlams and The Idle, Tim Freedman, dons his Harry Nilsson guise for his take on what a Nilsson concert may have been like.
Presented by Cabaret Fringe Festival Reviewed 08 June 2014 The intimate stage of La Bohéme hosted some of South Australia’s best burlesque performers for the sold-out Cabaret Fringe Festival version of Club Burlesk. The incomparable Giovanni (Hew Parham), hosted the evening with good humour, quick wit and a relaxed style. Mid-show, Giovanni offered the audience […]
As part of the “Composers in Focus” series, The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra brought great happiness to the Adelaide Town Hall on Wednesday evening performing three well-chosen works nattily packaged as Bohemian Rhapsodies led by British conductor and pianist, Howard Shelley.
Touring nationally, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, The Presets (Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton) and a sextet of singers presented a brief history of music at the Adelaide Town Hall show, Timeline, directed by Ignatius Jones. Artistic Director Richard Tognetti led the almost seamless journey through time across continents and cultures, with a fascinating exposition of music and society
Cabaret lovers united for the opening night gala of the Cabaret Fringe, filling La Bohème to capacity to sample the impressive line-up during June's Fringe.
The American Brass Quintet is currently touring Australia for the first time in 46 years. Conducting a national charm offensive with the help of Musica Viva, they are doing for brass what Italians did for pasta.
The Adelaide Town Hall hosted the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as an all-star cast delivered a stellar program in the third of the aptly named “Masters” series. Charming British conductor Martyn Brabbins opened the concert with an informal address to the packed crowd revealing some inside information into the Australian premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ composition Overture to St Francis of Assisi op. 302 (2009)
The world premiere of A Delicate Situation seeks to demonstrate the omnipresence of death and examine death lore across cultures.
The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra brought to the Festival Theatre stage more than 200 performers for the choral and orchestral spectacular; Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
The American Brass Quintet (ABQ) has landed on our shores for the first time in four decades. Touring nationally, “the high priests of brass” play the Adelaide Town Hall on Thursday 29 May at 7.30pm. Gordon Forester (@GordonForester) chatted to bass trombonist John Rojak via email about commissioning, how their two newest members were chosen, and career highlights.
A high-stakes burglar, his techno-nerd sidekick & a seemingly hapless woman embark on a who’s-conning-who heist.
Presented by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Hump day with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, and super-conductor Arvo Volmer has never been so romantic (musically speaking). The first Composers in Focus concert of the year, Russian Dreams put the spotlight on composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Presented by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra & Adelaide International Cello Festival, a packed Adelaide Town Hall hosted an eclectic mix of music and one very special guest, cello luminary, Lynn Harrell, in the second masters concert, Cello Legend.
A Russian, a Chinese, and a German walk into a town hall. However, what they did next was not remotely akin to a joke. The Adelaide Town Hall hosted an evening of chamber music splendour as Musica Viva and the Adelaide International Cello Festival presented the Sitkovetsky Trio as part of their national tour.
Late Night at the Cathedral - Bach Cello Suites brought us the very best of things that go Bach in the night. St Peter’s Cathedral was the stunning candlelit setting for the wonderful performance of all six suites for solo cello by J. S. Bach, BWV 1007-1012.
This 1983 murder mystery was director François Truffaut's final film and a tribute to the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.
Presented by Adelaide International Cello Festival Elder Hall hosted the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra under the masterful baton of Arvo Volmer, back for the Adelaide International Cello Festival staple Cellissimo featuring four world-class cello soloists performing a well conceived program.
The Adelaide International Cello Festival presented two of the world’s cello stars for an intimate and informal evening staged in the Mortlock Chamber of the State Library. Lynn Harrell and Margarita Balanas performed to a full house, as the attentive and enthusiastic crowd soaked in the stunning music and wonderful atmosphere of the historic surrounds.
In Paris 1979, we meet Carole and Jérôme who are first cousins posing as an engaged couple to help oppressed Russian Jews.