by Michael Coghlan | Sep 28, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
[World Premiere] [Theatre – SA] The Dictionary of Lost Words Dunstan Playhouse Wed 27 Sep 2023 At first pass the tale of a young woman growing up dreaming of being a lexicographer may not present as a ripping yarn. But courtesy of some astute direction,...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 31, 2023 | Music, Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre AUS] The Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Tue 29 Aug Billie Holiday is often associated with the tag ‘the lady sings the blues’ after the film depicting her life from 1972. Holiday herself saw things as more nuanced: “I sing the blues with a jazz beat”. This...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 13, 2023 | Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre – SA] Little Theatre, Adelaide University Fri 11 Aug The capacity crowd at the Little Theatre took their seats with the whole cast already assembled on stage milling around out of character chatting with each other and members of the audience. It...
by Michael Coghlan | Jul 18, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Guitar Festival 2023, Live Music, Reviews
[Music – France, Australia] Antoine Boyer and Yeore Kim with special guest, Kathleen Halloran Dunstan Playhouse, 16 July 2023 This was Kathleen Halloran’s very first solo performance and she confessed to being very nervous. She needn’t have worried. Nervous or...
by Michael Coghlan | Jul 15, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Guitar Festival 2023, Live Music, Reviews
[Music – Aus] The Music of Jeff Beck His Majesty’s Theatre, 14 July 2023 Jeff Beck’s name was first in the headlines as part of the British pop invasion of the mid 1960s. He was one of three guitarists who journeyed to the rock pantheon via The Yardbirds. The other...