HOMER’S ODYSSEY – A MINI MUSICAL WITH LOUCAS LOIZOU: Songs And Stories From Odysseus Of Ithaca ~ Adelaide Fringe 2020 Review

by Michael Coghlan | Feb 16, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Live Music, Reviews, Spoken Word, Theatre

[THEATRE ~ International] The Adina Treasury Tunnels: the Long Room at Treasury 1860, Sat 16 Feb. Surely one of Adelaide’s oldest built environments, the Treasury Tunnels seemed an appropriate venue for one of the world’s oldest stories – Homer’s Odyssey. Like many...

Amanda Palmer – There Will Be No Intermission: “If You Can You Must (Go See This Show)!” ~ Adelaide Fringe 2020 Review

by Cathy Tune | Feb 15, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews, Spoken Word

[MUSIC/Cabaret ~ USA] Bonython Hall at RCC, Fri 14 Feb. The rollercoaster of life is maybe a cliché but not for Amanda Palmer in her latest touring show There Will Be No Intermission. Part monologue, part music concert, part call to arms this performance is...

Dickie Beau – Unplugged: An Ambitious One-Man Performance Preoccupied With Notions Of Communication And Expression ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019 Review

by Dave Bradley | Jun 20, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews, Spoken Word

[ADELAIDE PREMIERE ~ ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE ~ UK ~ IF YOU LOVE… A CURVE BALL] Dunstan Playhouse, Wed 19 Jun. In one of the quieter, more pensive moments of Dickie Beau’s show he smiled at a guy at the front and quipped, “And you thought you were seeing a cabaret show!”,...

Last Dance – The Forgotten Masters: Aaron Cash Pays Tribute To The Spirits Of Dance ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019 Review

by Janine Spearpoint | Jun 16, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Dance, Reviews, Spoken Word

[AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ~ AUS ~ IF YOU LOVE… TO REMINISCE] Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 15 Jun. Aaron Cash brings us the stories of three long forgotten masters of dance, the love, loss and drama of their lives. To do this he needs to summon the spirit of...

Roscoe James Irwin – Lost In A Dream: The Musical Life Of Chet Baker ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019 Review

by Adrian Miller | Jun 16, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews, Spoken Word

[WORLD PREMIERE ~ AUS  ~ IF YOU LOVE….MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU] Dunstan Playhouse, Sat 15 Jun. On paper it looks an obvious thing, the trumpet player from the Cat Empire and The Bamboos performing the songs of legendary trumpet player Chet Baker, but such an easy...

Dami Im – My Life in Songs: From X Factor To Eurovision In Her Own Words ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019 Review

by Matt Saunders | Jun 15, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews, Spoken Word

[WORLD PREMIERE ~ ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE ~ AUS ~ IF YOU LOVE… MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 14 Jun. “My name is Dami Im, and I’m here to tell you my version of my story.” With those words, national treasure, Eurovision near-winner...