by Michael Coghlan | Mar 11, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Family Entertainment, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Botanic Park/Tainmundilla, Adelaide, Sat 10 Mar. [WORLD MUSIC] Daytimes at WOMADelaide are difficult when it’s very hot. Most of the spaces in front of the stages are empty and the crowds try and squeeze into the available shade down the back or at the sides. Unless...
by Jenna Bonavita | Mar 10, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Circus & Physical Theatre, Dance, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Botanic Park/Tainmundilla, Adelaide, Fri 9 Mar. [WORLD MUSIC] For the past decade the Kaurna Welcome, acknowledgment of country, and official opening, had been presented by highly respected elder, Stephen Gadlabarti. Sadly ‘Uncle Stevie’ passed away unexpectedly last...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 10, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Circus & Physical Theatre, Dance, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Botanic Park/Tainmundilla, Adelaide, Fri 9 Mar. [WORLD MUSIC] WOMADelaide 2018 got off to a magical start. Botanic Park looked wonderful but it must be said was already looking pretty dry and dusty before the hordes arrived. They filed in as the sun went down. Old...
by Clayton Werner | Mar 4, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Reviews, Theatre
The Studio at Holden Street Theatres, Sat 3 Mar. [DANCE/CROSS-ARTFORM – AUS/NZL] Pedal, an earlier piece by House of Sand is followed by Castles essentially a Pt 2. But that doesn’t mean they need to be seen in order or that understanding the second relies heavily on...
by Clayton Werner | Feb 22, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Reviews
Tandanya – Tandanya Theatre, Wed 21 Feb. [DANCE – QLD] A fascinating intersection of dance, theatre, spoken word and comedy; where they all come together to explore issues and experiences of mental ill-health. The sound track was simply stunning, as well as modern...
by Adrian Miller | Oct 8, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Reviews
[UK, INDIA] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 7 Oct. Rising is a seventy minute dance program performed by one man, UK born Indian Aakash Odedra. It might seem a big ask for a single dancer to keep an audience enthralled for this long, but Aakash Odedra...