by Michael Coghlan | Mar 20, 2025 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2025, Classical, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Classical ~ SA ~ WORLD PREMIERE] St Theodore’s Anglican Church, Wed 19 Mar, 2025. A good-sized crowd gathered at St Theodore’s Anglican Church in Toorak Gardens for this Lyrebyrd Consort event. Clearly there is still wide interest in hearing music from...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 14, 2025 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2025, Cabaret, Reviews, Theatre & Physical Theatre
[THEATRE & PHYSICAL THEATRE/Cabaret ~ SA ~ WORLD PREMIERE] Judy’s at Holden St Theatres, Thu 13 Mar, 2025. Imagine a group of people all crammed into a room (or shed) full of trinkets and treasures that belong to a deceased woman. Her granddaughter has...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 14, 2025 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2025, Featured, Reviews, Theatre & Physical Theatre
[THEATRE & PHYSICAL THEATRE ~ VIC ~ SA PREMIERE] The Arch at Holden Street Theatres, Wed 12 Mar, 2025. Sometimes theatre audiences need a few clues to help them understand what is happening on stage. Francis’ Greenslade’s new play, The Platypus, is such a play,...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 9, 2025 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2025, Cabaret, Featured, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[Cabaret/Music ~ SA] Grand Central at the Arts Theatre, Sat 9 Mar, 2025. I Am Woman is a brilliant walk down memory lane for those old enough to remember the Australia of the 60s and 70s, and a comprehensive introduction to the music and values of the period for later...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 6, 2025 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2025, Featured, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Performance Art ~ USA ~ ADELAIDE FRINGE PREMIERE] Ayers House State Dining Room, Wed 5 Mar, 2025. Do classical musicians typically stuff down a Subway sandwich in front of the audience before they perform? Not usually, no. But Karen Hall does. From the outset...