by Janine Spearpoint | Aug 5, 2018 | Classical, Music, Opera, Reviews
Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sat 4 Aug. Celebrating 20 years since they first brought Wagner’s Ring Cycle to life, State Opera of South Australia are commemorating this milestone with a magnificent production of Richard Wagner’s The Mastersingers Of...
by Dave Bradley | Aug 1, 2018 | Books, Reviews
Shaun Tan (Lothian) 2018, unnumbered pages, RRP $26.99 (hardback), $13.99 (eBook) The Aussie Tan won an Oscar in 2011 for his short film The Lost Thing (based upon his 2000 book) but these days works primarily as an author of children’s tomes, many of which have a...
by Dave Bradley | Aug 1, 2018 | Books, Reviews
Viv Albertine (Faber) 2018, 292pp, RRP $39.99 (hardback), $29.99 (paperback) Former punk-as Slits member Albertine’s previous autobiographical work, the memorably-titled Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys, was primarily about her wild...
by Dave Bradley | Aug 1, 2018 | Books, Reviews
J.P. Delaney (Hachette Australia) 2018, 388pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback), $14.99 (eBook) Delaney (a pseudonym for an author who wants to remain mysterious for some reason) had a major hit with her/his first (apparently) psychological thriller The Girl Before last year,...
by Kathryn McGowan | Jul 28, 2018 | Interviews, Live Music, Music
by Kathryn McGowan. Following on from their successful tour in 2018, the Bay City Rollers featuring front man Les McKeown are making their way back to the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel for one night only. Easily Scotland’s greatest pop/glam export back in the ‘70s when...