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?
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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 is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts