What's on in Adelaide: a Feast of music, theatre and dance
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The city will be full of colour this weekend, with the annual Christmas Pageant and the opening of Feast Festival. Other events include the Handpicked Festival at Langhorne Creek, a new Restless Dance Theatre show and Grace Barbé at Nexus Arts.
Feast Festival
Feast Festival – SA’s annual queer arts and culture celebration – begins on Saturday with the Pride March starting in Victoria Square at 6.30pm. The march will end in George Street in the West End, where it will be followed by a laneway party featuring bars, stalls, a DJ and live entertainment, hosted by cabaret performer Yana Alana. George Street will be full of colour again on Saturday for a show headlined by Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst. Feast Festival continues until November 29 with a program encompassing music, comedy and theatre shows, community events, visual art, film and “queer ideas” events. Read more Feast stories here.
Yana Alana will host the Feast Festival opening night party.
Handpicked Festival – Langhorne Creek
Birds of Tokyo are headlining Saturday’s Handpicked Festival at Lake Breeze Wines, Langhorne Creek. Other acts on the line-up include Dan Sultan, Timberwolf (this week named Best Male musician at the SA Music Awards), Dragon, Conrad Sewell, Indiago, the Germein Sisters and Paige Renee Court. There will also be a selection of food trucks on site.
Christmas Pageant
“Everybody’s a Star” is the theme of this year’s Christmas Pageant, which will feature a colourful parade including 264 clowns, 62 floats, 15 dance groups, three choirs, a DJ – and, of course, Father Christmas himself. The parade begins at 9.30am on Saturday at the intersection of South Terrace and King William Street and follows a 3.3km-long route through the city to North Terrace. Download the route map here.
Grace Barbé – Nexus Arts
Seychelles islander Grace Barbé’s musical style is described as “Afro-Kreol” – “a colourful and energetic fusion of tropical island rhythms with African percussion, reggae, pop, rock and Latin flavours”. Currently touring on the back of her new album, Welele!, Barbé is playing on Saturday night at Nexus Arts with a trio including her younger sibling, drummer Joelle. They will be joined by Adelaide singer and percussionist Bortier Okoe.
Adelaide Music Collective Sessions
Country music artist Bill Chambers (Kasey Chambers Band) and former Air Supply guitarist David Moyse will both perform at tonight’s AMC Session at the Goodwood Institute, as well as being inducted into the SA Music Hall of Fame alongside luthier Bryan De Gruchy. The Bearded Gypsy Band and indie/folk singer-songwriter Maggie Rutjens are also on the bill.
The Popular Mechanicals – State Theatre
This play within a play follows the backstory of bumbling amateur thespians the Rude Mechanicals from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Described as a “hysterically funny mix of verse, song and dance”, it’s being presented by the State Theatre Company of SA at the Space Theatre until November 27. Read InDaily’s interview with cast member Tim Overton here and see our review here.
Naturally – Restless Dance Theatre
Themes of love and attraction are explored in this new double bill by Adelaide-based Restless Dance Theatre, which is playing at the Odeon Theatre until November 21. Naturally comprises Touched, directed by Michelle Ryan and performed by the Youth Ensemble, and What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?, directed by Emma Stokes with the Restless Senior Ensemble. More info here.
Naturally – Restless Dance Theatre.
British Film Festival – Palace Nova
The British Film Festival continues at Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas, with screenings including the classic romantic comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral and World War II romance A Town Like Alice, Gertrude Bell biopic Queen of the Desert (starring Nicole Kidman) and quirky Christmas tale Get Santa. The festival closes on November 18, with the full program online.
Climate Century – Vitalstatistix and SA Maritime Museum
For this new exhibition, commissioned artists worked with Adelaide environmentalists to create a range of art works imagining the effects of climate change in the coastal and river environments of Port Adelaide and the LeFevre Peninsula. The resulting visual art, sound and “live art” works are being presented in various locations around Port Adelaide, starting at the SA Maritime Museum, alongside a month of public events and talks. Details here.
Tarnanthi
A number of Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art exhibitions continue at the Art Gallery of South Australia, which is hosting a Departure – Tarnanthi Twilight event tonight (Friday). Other continuing Tarnanthi exhibitons include the Archie Moore: Les Eaux d’Amoore perfume portraits at the Samstag Museum of Art, Tarnanthi Textiles at Tandanya, Shimmer at the Jam Factory, the Desart Photography Prize at the State Library, Near Horizons at the Migration Museum, and Nganmarra – the Container of Life at the Santos Museum of Economic Botany. Details of all exhibitions can be found here.
Blackrock – Bakehouse Theatre
This Australian drama by Nick Enright explores the struggles of a town and its community after the rape and murder of one of its young residents. Presented by Eclipse Productions and recommended for ages 15 and up, it’s at the Bakehouse Theatre until November 14.
The Big Hang Out – Elder Park
In a novel bid to raise funds for pancreatic cancer, Adelaideans are being invited to hang socks on 70 Hills Hoists set up in Elder Park on Saturday. A $2 donation will buy a sock, with the aim of hanging a total of 70,000 socks on the line and setting a new world record. There will be a sausage sizzle and giveaways for the kids, with high-profile South Australians supporting the cause including Premier Jay Weatherill, cricket coach Darren Lehmann and Port Adelaide Football Club Chairman David Koch. Details here.
Company – Hills Musical Company
Hills Musical Company’s latest show Company, featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, is a comedy about bachelor Robert, who finds himself contemplating his unmarried state while surrounded by friends on the night of his 35th birthday. It’s at Stirling Community Centre until November 15. Read InDaily’s review here.
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries costume exhibition
Close to 50 costumes created by award-winning costume designer Marion Boyce and featured in ABC TV’s third series of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries are on display in this new exhibition opening at historic Ayres House Museum on Monday. As well as giving a glimpse of the “roaring ’20s” through themed rooms and interactive displays, it will also offer insights into the work room of the show’s costume department. The exhibition continues until February 14, 2016.
On screen
See InDaily’s reviews of the latest films screening in Adelaide:
Spectre
Mistress America
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
The Dressmaker
Freeheld
The Walk
Legend
The Martian
Macbeth
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