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David Sefton announces Adelaide Festival swansong

His fourth and final Adelaide Festival of Arts program features theatrical epics, post-rock legends, and… a stadium spectacular?

5 Oct 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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A scene from The James Plays Trilogy. Photo credit: Manuel Harlan, Adelaide Festival of Arts.

The words ‘international arts festival’ and ‘outdoor stadium spectacular’ rarely go together in the same sentence, but for David Sefton, the two are a natural pairing – at least when said spectacular features internationally-renowned maestros of light and fire, Groupe F.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts