by Dave Bradley | Oct 11, 2015 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock, M, 88 Mins Indefatigable producer/director Roger Corman’s seventh of eight early ‘60s productions drawn from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, this is the best of the bunch, although that isn’t saying much as each and every one of them looks faded and creaky almost...
by Michael Coghlan | Aug 3, 2015 | Live Music, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Sun 2 Aug The Beatles changed the world, with a lot of help from their friends. And incredibly they did it all in just eight short years between 1962 and 1970. Rubber Soul (1965) and Revolver (1966) represented a departure into more sophisticated...
by Adrian Miller | Jun 13, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews
Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 12 Jun In 1998 Elvis Costello teamed with Burt Bacharach to produce a stark masterpiece Painted From Memory. Now comes the brilliant idea to perform these songs on stage as a song cycle, showcasing the many talents of Michael Falzon and Luke...
by David Robinson | May 3, 2015 | Interviews, Music
by David Robinson. The Bootleg Beatles are the world’s most popular, and most famous, Fab Four tribute band. Transcending the tribute circuit, the band has appeared on the same bill as the likes of Oasis, Rod Stewart, Elton John and David Bowie. They have performed at...
by Catherine Blanch | Apr 20, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Interviews, Music
by Catherine Blanch. In the 1990s, the unlikely duo of Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello collaborated to create a truly remarkable song, God Give Me Strength. They went on to write the Grammy Award-winning I Still Have That Other Girl from the 1998 album Painted From...