Film & TV
Adelaide Film Festival was brought to a close with the world premiere of Kangaroo Island, a film showcasing both SA’s breathtaking beauty and its phenomenal local filmmaking talent.
Theatre
Justine Clarke is mesmerising as she fiercely inhabits the life of Julia Gillard in playwright Joanna Murray-Smith’s creative biography of the former prime minister.
Internationally celebrated Adelaide playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer brings his distinctive meld of wit, wisdom and whimsy to literary fiction with his debut novel – a potent modern fable of love, grief, community and the enduring power of story.
Blasting ’90s references from Sonic Youth to Lionel Richie, Laughter Through the Tears Productions brings this delightfully SA-focussed coming-of-age tale to the stage.
ABC’s The Book Club leapt back to life in glittering style as a cabaret show, bringing the jazz age to the stage in a musically-bedazzled discussion of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby.
British musical comedy duo Flo & Joan weave their spell with keyboards, drums, a sparkly shaker and truth bombs in this hilariously clever cabaret show.
