by Ian Bell | Nov 27, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Pop/Synth ~ AUS] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Fri 25 Nov, 2022. Ahh the 1980s! What a brilliant time for shiny synthy-pop music. Everything seemed so futuristic and modern. The charts were full of impossibly glamorous looking pop groups like Duran Duran, Spandau...
by Ian Bell | Nov 15, 2022 | Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Metal/Rock ~ SWEDEN] Governor Hindmarsh Hotel. Mon 14 Nov, 2022. Well Adelaide, once again, you missed a good one. I say that with some conviction because most of you were not there. Swedish rockers Hardcore Superstar took to the stage of The Gov on Monday...
by Ian Bell | Mar 19, 2022 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2022, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC ~ AUS/INT] Bonython Park, Fri. 18 Mar. It’s been a long time coming. The original date for the latest incarnation of Under The Southern Stars was literally three years ago, but global pandemics, international flight stoppages, border closures, restrictions and...
by Ian Bell | Mar 10, 2022 | Adelaide Festival 2022, Adelaide Festivals, Live Music, Reviews
[CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ~ AUS] The Village Green at Adelaide Oval, Tue 8 Mar. Proceedings opened with a Welcome To Country and a short but terrific (if largely ignored by chatting Icehouse fans) set of soulful blues from Emily Wurrama; Dance On My Own and...
by Cathy Tune | Feb 18, 2021 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2021, Comedy, Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre/Comedy ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ AUS] The Studio at Holden Street Theatres, Wed 17 Feb. Greg Fleet and Ian Darling were aspiring actors at school who played the twins in Shakespeare’s The Comedy Of Errors. Fast forward to recent times and after wildly different...
