by Clayton Werner | Nov 10, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals
[CHINA] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 9 Nov. A contemporary play from Taiwan that has become one of the most popular pieces of modern theatre in China – that is a large divide to cross, especially politically! The stage is set, unset, reset and then...
by Clayton Werner | Nov 7, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
[INDONESIA/JAPAN/AUSTRALIA] Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Tue 6 Nov. An evening in Indonesia, it’s warm, humid, we’re outdoors and there is the sound of crickets and we can see fireflies on the nearby trees. The coppers and bronzes are filmed in green from...
by Clayton Werner | Nov 4, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[AUSTRALIA/INDIA] Nexus Arts, Lions Arts Centre, Sat 3 Nov. The evening’s music starts with an ensemble local musician Lyndon Gray has put together and it features jazz inspired by Carnatic (an Indian style) of rhythms. An idea quite suitable for a public airing at...
by Clayton Werner | Oct 31, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Reviews, Theatre
[AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE ~ SYRIA] Dunstan Playhouse, Tue 30 Oct. Performed in Arabic with English surtitles Set in Damascus, While I Was Waiting introduces us to a very human side of the conflict and upheaval in Syria in recent years. The situation sometimes seems clear...
