by FringeGuest2 | Nov 19, 2023 | Featured, Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre AUS; World Premiere] The Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Sat 18 Nov It’s a challenge to take a basic human ritual, turn it into a work of art, and offer new perspectives on that ritual. Welcome to Your New Life is only partly successful in that quest. The...
by FringeGuest1 | Oct 29, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Comedy, OzAsia Festival 2023, Reviews
Dunstan Playhouse, Sat 28 Oct Amidst all the music, theatre, dance and other excellent activities that make up the OzAsia festival, a night of stand-up comedy featuring Asian Australian comedians is becoming a popular festival feature. People...
by FringeGuest2 | Oct 26, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Featured, Live Music, Music, OzAsia Festival 2023, Reviews, Theatre
[Performance Poetry: Canada] Dunstan Playhouse, Wed 25 Oct I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron is essentially performance poetry. Ngo King Kie has put the poems of Xu Lizhi to music in a sombre, sometimes bleak, sometimes quite beautiful, presentation. Its principal...
by FringeGuest2 | Oct 25, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Featured, Live Music, Music, OzAsia Festival 2023, Reviews
[Music: Aus] Space Theatre, Tue 24 Oct 1988 was a big year for Australia. White Australia celebrated its bicentenary. It was also a big year for Dung Nguyen. He emigrated from Vietnam to join his father in Australia. 1988 is an inspiring cultural event. It attempts to...
by FringeGuest1 | Oct 23, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Featured, Live Music, Music, OzAsia Festival 2023, Reviews
[Music: Aus] Nexus Arts, Sun 22 Oct. The title of today’s performance at Nexus Arts alerts us to the overriding themes of longing, dislocation, home and mothering. Four acclaimed jazz and experimental musicians from various cultural backgrounds share not only their...
by FringeGuest1 | Oct 21, 2023 | Featured, Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre SA] Star Theatres Thu 20 Oct, 2023. Bronwen James gives her impeccable singing voice full flight in this fabulously entertaining show. The songs are a mix of clever parodies and originals, selected and written to chronicle the lives of some famous red-heads,...