by Adrian Miller | Sep 30, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
[Japan] Nexus Arts, Fri 29 Sep. At tonight’s full house, Nexus Arts prove that it is not necessary to present similar acts on the same bill to have a successful gig. The two bands on offer could not be more different. The first act, Satan’s Cheerleaders, are here to...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 29, 2017 | Book, Books, Reviews
Maggie O’Farrell (Hachette Australia) 2017, 292pp, RRP $29.99 Edinburgh-based novelist O’Farrell’s memoir recounts her life as she keeps barely escaping death, and while having eluded the Reaper’s grasp seventeen times, according to the title, might seem like a lot,...
by Dave Bradley | Sep 29, 2017 | DVDs, Film, Reviews
Defiant Screen Entertainment, M, 104 mins Bryan Cranston’s many starring roles since the end of TV’s Breaking Bad have included the serious (Get A Job, Trumbo) and not so serious (Why Him?, Power Rangers), but his performance here is easily one of his best, given that...
by Adrian Miller | Sep 28, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Reviews
Nexus Arts, Thu 27 Sep. [Indonesia/Germany ~ Australian Premiere] This dance piece explores the meetings of different cultures, and the attempt to explain to each other. In this case it is Germany meets Papua, but it could easily be Australia in an East meets West...
by Michael Coghlan | Sep 27, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Dance, Reviews, Theatre
Space Theatre, Tue 26 Sep. [Australia] Hot Brown Honey has been a smash hit at past Fringe Festivals in Adelaide and Edinburgh and is featured in this year’s OzAsia Festival in an attempt to broaden its focus as part of the 10th anniversary of the festival. Hot Brown...
by Bobby Goudie | Sep 8, 2017 | Reviews, Theatre
Space Theatre, Thu 7 Sep. South Australia is the last stop for the shake & stir theatre company, following an extensive tour to 44 different towns across Australia with their gruesome interpretation of Dracula by Bram Stoker. Dracula has had various...