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Dance

Two Blood weaves ancestral history into essential Australian storytelling

Tagalaka dancer and choreographer Jasmin Sheppard reflects on the unearthing of family archives, the revival of language, and the magic of collaboration and dance ahead of the world premiere of Two Blood.

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Visual Art

Green Room: ‘Generational decline’ in youth arts, new Khaled Sabsabi work

South Australian arts and culture news in brief.

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Tarnanthi revisits ‘monumental’ works and rising stars in 10-year celebration

When the artists are also champion surfers, the ocean is everywhere

Monet, Matisse and van Gogh ‘masterworks’ bound for Adelaide in multimillion-dollar Winter Art series

Music

Brooklyn Rider chase moments of rare truths and living tradition

American string quartet Brooklyn Rider return to Adelaide to headline UKARIA’s Chamberfest 25, where they’ll perform five concerts while reflecting on the healing power of music.

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Theatre

Flying Penguin turns ‘ridiculous aspirations’ into two decades of compelling local theatre

Ahead of a new production of Joanna Murray-Smith’s American Song, Adelaide actor turned director David Mealor looks back on 20 years of Flying Penguin Productions.

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State Theatre Company promises shorter runtimes and ‘meaty, nuggety questions’ in 2026 season

Review: Cirque Du Soleil’s Corteo

Musical review: Cats

Film & TV

Adelaide Film Festival premiere: Sophie Hyde on Jimpa, queer families, and Olivia Colman

Adelaide filmmaker Sophie Hyde’s new film Jimpa fictionalises the intergenerational queer experiences of her own family, in a star-studded “companion piece” to her low-budget debut. It makes its Australian premiere debut on Wednesday at the Adelaide Film Festival opening gala.

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Adelaide Film Festival review: Made in SA showcase

Bite on this! Why we’re obsessed with bloody shark flicks

Adelaide Film Festival review: Cactus Pears

Books & Poetry

Poem: Corolla

This week’s Poet’s Corner contribution comes from Sydney’s Glenn McPherson.

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Purrfect book for literary cat lovers gives paws for thought

Poems: Winter, and The Bremer in Summer Rain

Chilling times: We have to talk about Greenland …

Music

Music review: Australian String Quartet’s Convergence

Playing superlatively in its 40th anniversary Convergence concert, the Australian String Quartet again showed why they are such a uniquely wonderful group.

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Nature Festival review: Flow Fest

Music review: The Tallis Scholars

Adelaide Guitar Festival review: Troy Cassar-Daley and Nancy Bates

Must Read

‘Cycle of exclusion’: the barriers keeping Adelaide musicians off the stage

A state government-backed industry showcase’s failure to accommodate emerging artist Nat Luna has stoked a bigger conversation about accessibility across Adelaide’s music scene.

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‘It could be the last time’: baptism of ice for Adelaide filmmakers’ Mongolian epic

‘As a child, I believed in magic’: Damien Shen’s ode to joy, childhood, and card tricks

‘You can’t hide yourself in a poem’: Mike Ladd reflects on four decades of connection

Film & TV

Adelaide Film Festival review: She

This documentary by Italian filmmaker and anthropologist Parsifal Reparato unpacks the gendered labour of our global supply chain.

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