Musical review: Grease the Musical
With decades of fandom to live up to, the latest staging of Grease reaches – and exceeds – the mark in some wonderful ways, but fun times and good vibes don’t create cult status here.
With decades of fandom to live up to, the latest staging of Grease reaches – and exceeds – the mark in some wonderful ways, but fun times and good vibes don’t create cult status here.
The live adaptation of local author Pip Williams’ bestselling historical novel The Dictionary of Lost Words will return to the Adelaide stage next year and also tour nationally over several months.
An intensive collaboration between Adelaide Botanic Garden and artist Dale Chihuly has created a series of striking glass installations – including two brand new works – that are curated to live in rhythm with the flora and fauna around them.
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is promising something for all music lovers next year, from a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at St Peter’s Cathedral and a whole lot of Brahms at the Town Hall, to a celebration of Billy Joel and a trip Back to the Future.
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Donate HereFarmer, artist, writer and philanthropist James Darling leaves behind a rich legacy through his support of arts and culture in South Australia, his endeavours as a ‘community activist’, and his contributions to conservation.
While a series of large glass-art sculptures by Dale Chihuly will soon draw thousands of visitors to the Adelaide Botanic Garden, a much smaller yet equally striking work by the artist is turning heads in the Art Gallery of South Australia.
Adelaide publisher Lynette Washington presents a collection of 28 stories about humanity’s future which invite readers to ponder the possibilities – some comforting, some terrifying – that we all confront.
This highly-entertaining reconstruction (and deconstruction) of My Fair Lady takes comedic and confessional detours through artist Mish Grigor’s life, landing the show’s class commentary squarely on Australian shores.
You may not have heard of John Simpson but this sound expert – who works out of a shed in Quorn – has collaborated on films and TV shows including Mad Max: Fury Road, Storm Boy, The Adventures of Tintin and Neighbours. He tells InReview he has been acutely attuned to the sounds around him since he was a teenager.
“Isolation is at the heart of expressionist painter Tom Phillips’ latest body of work, yet there is a warmth to his bold paintings that welcomes in the viewer and evokes our empathy for the human struggle.
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Acclaimed director Simon Stone’s opera Innocence – which sees the intertwined stories of a wedding and a school shooting in Helsinki unfold via a multi-level rotating set – is one of the first three shows announced for the 2025 Adelaide Festival.