Radio Dreams: A Hilarious Take on the Cultural Politics of East Meets West – OzAsia Movie Review

by Matt Saunders | Sep 18, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Film, Reviews

[IRAN] Mercury Cinema, Sat 17 Sep. An impending celebrity visit brings tensions to the boiling point at a San Francisco Bay Area Iranian community radio station in this charmingly droll play on Waiting For Godot, which screened at Mercury Cinema as part of the 10th...

Ngaiire Brings Her Spine-Tingling Vocals and a Love of Beautiful Melancholy to OzAsia Festival 2016’s Outdoor Concert Series – Interview

by Catherine Blanch | Sep 15, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Interviews, Live Music, Music

[AUSTRALIA] by Catherine Blanch. Ngaiire [Joseph] is a Papua New Guinea-born singer-songwriter based in Sydney. She spent her early years living in New Zealand, attending and almost exclusively Maori school and was exposed to as much opera and ballet that her parents...

Matt Walker & Shane Reilly with Velvet Moth Create a Fantastic Soundscaping at Space Theatre – Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Clayton Werner | Aug 18, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews

Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sun 14 Aug The Adelaide Guitar Festival segment 15 Minutes Of Fame moved onto the stage at the Space Theatre, with the winner, 11-year-old Noah – complete with white Strat almost as large as he was, playing a lead guitar set...

Grigoryan, Muthspiel, Schaupp with the Australian String Quartet Present a Rich Performance at Adelaide Town Hall – Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Michael Coghlan | Aug 15, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Orchestra, Reviews

Adelaide Town Hall, Sun 14 Aug What a wonderful event the Guitar Festival is. Kudos to the organisers who have now worked out a format that works. This offering at the Adelaide Town Hall succeeded in entertaining the full house with a rich, full program that...

Ken Murray with Guitarissimo: A Musical Journey of the World – Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Clayton Werner | Aug 14, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Music, Reviews

Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sun 14 Aug. The first part of the program features guitar students currently studying at the Elder Conservatorium, in solo and ensemble pieces, several of which were premiers, including the final two pieces. The musicianship...

Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio: A Truimph in Music at Dunstan Playhouse – Adelaide Guitar Festival Review

by Clayton Werner | Aug 14, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Reviews

Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 13 Aug The Wolfgang Muthspiel Trio has been touring for a couple of months and it certainly shows in the way they play together, and for that matter, apart – as they find themselves coming together and then drifting...