by Clayton Werner | Nov 4, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[AUSTRALIA/INDIA] Nexus Arts, Lions Arts Centre, Sat 3 Nov. The evening’s music starts with an ensemble local musician Lyndon Gray has put together and it features jazz inspired by Carnatic (an Indian style) of rhythms. An idea quite suitable for a public airing at...
by Clayton Werner | Oct 31, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
[AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ~ SYRIA] Dunstan Playhouse, Tue 30 Oct. Performed in Arabic with English surtitles Set in Damascus, While I Was Waiting introduces us to a very human side of the conflict and upheaval in Syria in recent years. The situation sometimes seems clear...
by Clayton Werner | Aug 13, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Orchestra, Reviews
[FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE ~ AUSTRALIA/BRAZIL/CHINA/SOUTH AFRICA] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sun 12 Aug. There is more to the Adelaide Guitar Festival than the performances over the weekend, specifically I refer to the Winter School (there are also gigs in...
by Clayton Werner | Aug 12, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Multimedia, Music, Reviews
[ADELAIDE PREMIERE ~ USA] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 11 Aug. Kaki King has a well-deserved reputation as an innovative guitar phenomenon, backed by years of performance. But it’s clear that her art is moving beyond that of a guitar player. This...
by Janine Spearpoint | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[WORLD PREMIERE ~ SPAIN/BRAZIL] Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. Chrystian Dozza, an up and coming Brazilian composer and guitarist, brilliantly takes the stage first up with his own compositions with inspirations from prominent Brazilian...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Reviews
[WORLD PREMIERE ~ SCOTLAND/ENGLAND] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 10 Aug. Richard Smith [ENG] and Tony McManus [SCOT] are old friends. Guitarists extraordinaire, they were both born in the UK and now reside in North America. Interestingly, Smith...