by Adrian Miller | Mar 5, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Dance, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Fri 4 Mar Monumental opens dramatically with a group of dancers from The Holy Body Tattoo standing menacingly on individual white pedestals. Behind them, barely visible in shadow the musicians from Godspeed You! Black Emperor begin their loud but...
by Rosie van Heerde | Mar 2, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
Festival Theatre – Adelaide Festival Centre, Tue 1 Mar Beginning a few years after James I ended, the second instalment in this grand trilogy introduces audiences to James II, the much fought over boy-king abandoned by his mother to the unscrupulous Scottish...
by Nikki Fort | Mar 1, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Reviews
Adelaide Town Hall, Mon 29 Feb Opening their 2016 season and their national tour in the glorious Adelaide Town Hall last night, the Australian String Quartet presented an eclectic selection from classic and contemporary composers, sure to satisfy every taste. This...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 1, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
Thebarton Theatre, Mon 29 Feb From the first moment of this concert the lack of any glitz or grandstanding is striking. Sufjan Stevens is in dim lighting behind a piano at the side of the stage for the beginning of the first song, before moving to the centre. With...
by Bobby Goudie | Feb 28, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
Dazzeland, Level 5 Atrium, Myer Centre, Rundle Mall, Sat 27 Feb The 2016 Adelaide Festival has ensured families with children are well catered for. The Young King is a playful, magical experience that can be appreciated by everyone eight to eighty years old,...