by Ian Bell | Aug 23, 2022 | Interviews, Live Music
[MUSIC NEWS] By Ian Bell, Next Tuesday night, the lights will go down at the Entertainment Centre, a low drone will come over the PA and a voice will declare for the last time ‘ALRIGHT ADELAIDE – YOU WANTED THE BEST YOU GOT THE BEST – THE HOTTEST BAND IN THE...
by Ian Bell | Jun 24, 2022 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2022, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews
[CABARET ~ WORLD PREMIERE & ADELAIDE EXCLUSIVE ~ AUS] The Famous Spiegeltent, Festival Plaza, Thu 23 Jun. In the last couple of years, despite the plague, Paul McDermott has engaged in a renewed relationship with Adelaide. His sterling shows during the last two...
by Ian Bell | Jun 24, 2022 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2022, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Reviews
[CABARET/Comedy/Rock ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ DEU/AUS] The Famous Spiegeltent, Festival Plaza, Thu 23 Jun. The long-awaited return of punk rock cabaret brother and sister team of Astrid & Otto a.k.a. Die Roten Punkte (translation: The Red Dot) has taken way too long in...
by Ian Bell | Jun 5, 2022 | Children's Entertainment, Family Entertainment, Musical Theatre, Reviews
[MUSICAL THEATRE/Family/Disney ~ AUS] Adelaide Festival Theatre, Sat 28 May, 2022. If this was going to be a very short review (not my forté) it would read like this. At the breathtaking and magical conclusion to the first act of Frozen The Musical, my nine-year-old...
by Ian Bell | Apr 9, 2022 | Live Music, Music, News, Obituary
[MUSIC/Festival ~ Obituary ~ AUS] by Ian Bell. In November of 1988, I was standing outside a sold out Run DMC gig in Sydney, pondering my predicament. A guy saw me through the fence and says “Hey, you were in Melbourne!” “Yes, I was!” I reply. “…and you’ve come...
