by Lynette Washington | Nov 4, 2019 | Books, Reviews
[CHILDREN’S/FAMILY BOOK] Written by Alys Jackson and Illustrated by Shane McGrath (Big Sky Publishing) 2019, pp32, RRP $14.99 In Alys Jackson’s debut children’s picture book, The Land Belongs To Me, there is trouble afoot on the farm. The beetle declares that, from...
by Lynette Washington | Oct 1, 2019 | Book, Books, Reviews
[PICTURE BOOK] Beverley McWilliams, Illustrated by Timothy Ide (MidnightSun Publishing) 2019, 32pp, RRP $29.99. Beverley McWilliams’ tale of South Australian aviator and icon, Harry Butler, is a charming story with themes that resonate today. Harry was a child...
by Lynette Washington | Sep 22, 2019 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC] Adelaide Entertainment Centre Arena Theatre, Sat 21 Sep. Postmodern Jukebox began in Scott Bradlee’s basement – he had a vision for arranging popular contemporary songs to make them sound as though they were from the 1920s. It’s a brilliant idea, and the...
by Lynette Washington | Feb 25, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Comedy, Reviews
[STAND UP / COMEDY ~WORLD PREMIERE ~ VEN] The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Studio 7, Sun 24 Feb. Ivan Aristeguieta was the winner of the Best Weekly Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe in 2017 and since then he has gone from strength to strength, with appearances on TV...
by Lynette Washington | Feb 24, 2019 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2019, Cabaret, Reviews, Spoken Word
[CABARET/SPOKEN WORD ~ SA] Broadcast Bar, Sat 23 Feb. Paroxysm Press are known on the Adelaide spoken word scene as rule breakers and risk takers, so it wouldn’t be a Paroxysm Press Fringe show without a surprise or two. To begin, Scotsman Colin Bramwell performed an...
