by Nikki Fort | Mar 9, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
State Opera Studio, Tue 8 Mar The huge black space that is the State Opera studio gives a looming sense of the vastness that can be found in country Australia. David Lampard’s striking set, with layers of civilization peeling off a remote house to reveal the fragile...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 9, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
Plant 1 Bowden, Tue 8 Mar Five concurrent plays performed simultaneously in a pit of foam rubber on the site of the old Clipsal factory. Sounds like a recipe for total confusion but no, it was surprisingly cohesive. Four years in the making by drama students from...
by David Robinson | Mar 9, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Tue 8 Mar The story of the Golem is as old as the ages, and 1927’s attempt at an update presents itself as an observation of the modern-day obsession with shiny labour-saving technology. And it is nothing short of...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 8, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Mon 7 Mar Wikipedia tells me Exquisite Corpse is an old parlour game where people used to take turns writing stories by building on the work of the previous player. For this project the idea was extended to include twelve...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 7, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Thebarton Theatre, Sun 6 Mar Arriving at the theatre there are signs warning of the volume of this event and earplugs available at the door, so this is going to be loud! A drone starts up and it seems the performance has started, but there is no-one on stage so the...