While mental illness is often a ‘sometimes’ thing, it is managed with debilitating treatments which are total and can be life-diminishing. This memorable production powerfully depicts both the human cost and the fleeting triumphs.
The Rolling Stones Revue gathers some of Australia’s best and fairest singers and instrumentalists for the celebration of a classic album and a non-stop, knees-up eisteddfod of greatest hits.
Harking back to the Jazz Age of the late 1920s, Chicago is full of fizz and low comedy, great song and dance performances, and has a shrewd edge intended to make us think, even as we enjoy the razzle dazzle.
Patti LuPone comes back to Adelaide to perform a program of memorable songs and show us what timeless cabaret looks and sounds like.
With four outstanding singers and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra at its expansive best, this celebration of Australian music legend Olivia Newton-John is a Cabaret Festival highlight.
Presided over by exuberant artistic director Virginia Gay, this year’s Variety Gala was one of the briskest and best we have seen for a while.