by Matt Saunders | Jun 18, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Music, Orchestra, Reviews
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 16 Jun. Live music is unique in that it can be experienced in many contexts, often governed by genre and intended audience, and those contexts dictate the experience of seeing a singer-songwriter: there’s the...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 16, 2017 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Wed 15 Mar. A concert by Don Henley, co-founder of the legendary Californian band The Eagles, with a handpicked band of 15 musicians was always going to be good. Henley has lost nothing of his vocal capabilities – he still hits the...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 9, 2016 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
Governor Hindmarsh, Tue 8 Nov. Packaging ‘80s stars for retro tours is currently big business, and while putting Kim Wilde (who was a major name right from the word go in ‘81/’82) and Howard Jones (one popular album, Human’s Lib, in 1984 and a smash, Dream Into...
by Rosie van Heerde | Oct 15, 2016 | Comedy, Family Entertainment, Musical Theatre, Reviews
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Fri 14 Oct. Bold and bubbly, with a huge dose of camped-up corn, Hairspray is an evening of in-your-face dance-pop in supersized proportions. The story of Tracy Turnblad, a “pleasantly plump’ sixties teen who loves to dance, becomes an...
by Catherine Blanch | Oct 2, 2016 | Dance, Family Entertainment, Interviews, Musical Theatre
by Catherine Blanch. It’s the 1960s when TV dance shows were all the rage and segregation was rife. But change is in the air when Tracy Turnblad, a dance-loving Baltimore teen, successfully auditions for a place on The Corny Collins Show. Dreams come true and...