9 Mar 2016
Golem: Nothing Short Of Brilliant @ Dunstan Playhouse – Adelaide Festival Review
The story of the Golem is as old as the ages, and 1927’s attempt at an update presents itself as an observation of the modern-day obsession with shiny…
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9 Mar 2016
Mutts: A Funny And Moving Tale From A Dog’s Eye View Of Life Behind Bars @ Holden Street Theatres – Adelaide Fringe Review
Mutts is a play for everyone, but dog people will be especially touched by this heart-filled tale of adult canines living out their days in a local shelter…
9 Mar 2016
The Country: A Psychologically Challenging Play Of Secrets, Lies and Delusions – Adelaide Festival Review
The huge black space that is the State Opera studio gives a looming sense of the vastness that can be found in country Australia. David Lampard’s striking set…
8 Mar 2016
Exquisite Corpse: A Musical And Visual Spectacular From Zephyr Quartet – Adelaide Festival Review
Wikipedia tells me Exquisite Corpse is an old parlour game where people used to take turns writing stories by building on the work of the previous player. For…
8 Mar 2016
Lucidity: Living Between Wake And Dream @ Bakehouse Theatre – Adelaide Fringe Review
If you could take control of your dreams, what would you do? Would you go on adventures, practice scenarios, or try to undo past mistakes? Might a world that…
7 Mar 2016
A Celtic Dream Fringe The Euphonic Bliss Of Harp and Horwood – Adelaide Fringe Review
This journey through myth, magic and melody begins with the lovely Emma Horwood singing an old Irish tune unaccompanied in Gaelic as she walks down the aisle to…
7 Mar 2016
Dandyman – Prince Idiot: The Mastery Of Buffoonery at Royal Croquet Club – Adelaide Fringe Review
Dandyman enters the stage with an incredibly long cape trailing and with an attitude that is a cross between inbred royalty and Austin Powers, and with all of…
7 Mar 2016
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Soaring Instrumentals @ Thebarton Theatre – Adelaide Festival Review
Arriving at the theatre there are signs warning of the volume of this event and earplugs available at the door, so this is going to be loud! A drone starts up…
7 Mar 2016
Mid Laugh Crisis – The Petty Four: The Perfect Combination Of Seasoned Comedy And a Capella at The Jade Monkey – Adelaide Fringe Review
The unseasonal wild evening didn’t dampen the spirits of The Petty Four , and from the opening jingle-like a Capella song they had the appreciative crowd…
6 Mar 2016
Beer .V. Wine Degustation Dinner: Delicious Food And Beverages at Barossa Valley Brewing – Adelaide Fringe Review
Mention the Barossa Valley and one immediately thinks ‘great wine’. There is however a growing trend for artisan brewers to set up shop alongside their vintner…
6 Mar 2016
Carapace: Thoughtfully Executed Light And Darkness from Brighton Secondary School’s Lift Dance Theatre – Adelaide Fringe Review
Nine young ladies dressed in identical black unitards line up facing the audience and, one by one, begin to dance, reaching, kicking and communicating in motion…
6 Mar 2016
Kate Ceberano: Our Singing, Living, Laughing National Treasure, at The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Adelaide Fringe Review
From the moment Kate takes the stage, she is the master of the room, wrapping us in her warm fabulousness and seducing us with her superb singing and friendly…