by Lynette Washington | Jun 10, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Entertainment, Reviews
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Fri 9 Jun. The Variety Gala Performance makes a statement about the Festival and teases audiences with some of the best and brightest performances to come. Opening with the boys from Briefs, resplendent in peacock feathers, g-strings and grass...
by Bobby Goudie | Jun 10, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Music, Reviews
Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 9 Jun. Naomi Price is an incredibly talented and versatile performer who ensured the Adelaide Cabaret Festival opening night audience got their Beatles fix in a beautifully executed way. Price presented the Adele inspired Rumour Has It at the...
by Adrian Miller | Jun 10, 2017 | CDs, Music, Reviews
From writing all of the songs to recording at home playing all instruments and contributing all vocals to designing artwork and packaging with partner Emily Bryson, Reclamation is a very personal project for the artist known as A Clearing (a.k.a. Matt Saunders). And...
by Dave Bradley | Jun 1, 2017 | Book, Books, Reviews
Ezekiel Boone (Hachette Australia) 2017, 328pp, RRP $29.99 Boone’s follow-up to last year’s The Hatching is equally readable, equally disturbing (especially for arachnophobics) and, it must be said, equally prone to padded passages and a sense of dragging-out the...
by Matt Saunders | May 31, 2017 | Classical, Live Music, Music, Orchestra, Reviews
Adelaide Town Hall, Tue 30 May. The Australian String Quartet returns to Adelaide Town Hall to kick off its 2017 season in style, and they brought a special guest in the form of renowned classical guitarist Slava Grigoryan, who, in addition to performing alongside the...