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Jonny Pasvolsky. Photo: Supplied. The CAN Principle.
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The CAN Principle review: Jonny Pasvolsky’s hilarious take on hope and can-do hucksters

In his one-man comedy act The CAN Principle, Jonny Pasvolsky shares a quick guide to 'can-lightenment'.

The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin. Photo: Brett Boardman.
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The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin review: landmark 1970s play revived for a new audience

Some 50 years on, The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin remains just as urgent as ever.

Isabelle Huppert in Mary Said What She Said at Adelaide Festival 2026. Photo: Lucie Jansch.
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Mary Said What She Said review: Isabelle Huppert's masterful turn as Mary Queen of Scots

The French actor delivered an unforgettable and commanding performance in Mary Said What She Said at Adelaide Festival.

Year of the Rooster. Photo: Cameron Grant.
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Year of the Rooster review: bold costumes and wild buffoonery are not quite enough

The third play in a series dubbed The Beast Trilogy, Year of the Rooster is a visual treat.

Ensemble Pygmalion performs Monteverdi's Vespers at Adelaide Festival 2026. Photo: Claudio Raschella.

Monteverdi's Vespers and Orfeo review: two 5-star baroque masterpieces at Adelaide Festival

Ensemble Pygmalion's performances of Monteverdi's Vespers and the opera Orfeo were baroque masterpieces for a neo-baroque age.

Isabelle Huppert in Mary Said What She Said at Adelaide Festival 2026. Photo: Lucie Jansch.
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Mary Said What She Said is a stunning solo act

Acclaimed French actress Isabelle Huppert is hypnotic as the doomed Queen of Scots in this Adelaide Festival production of Mary…

The Tiger Lillies perform Serendade from the Sewer at Adelaide Festival 2026. Photo: Andrew Beveridge.
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The Tiger Lillies review: dead funny cabaret at Adelaide Festival

The Tiger Lillies didn't bring the energy they're known for to this Adelaide Festival performance of Serenade from the Sewer.

History of Violence at Adelaide Festival 2026. A half-naked actor, covered by a bedsheet, sprawls on stage. His image is cast to a screen behind him by the camera held in a second actor's hands; the second actor wears a white plastic forensic jumpsuit.
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History of Violence review: exploring memory, trauma and the nature of truth at Adelaide Festival

History of Violence was stunning proof that the nature of any story, no matter how personal, changes in the telling.

Tyshawn Sorey: Alone at Adelaide Festival 2026. A tall, solidly built African American man with closely cropped hair and a matching beard, and wearing a black business shirt, sits at an open-topped piano.
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Tyshawn Sorey: Alone review – Adelaide Festival 2026

A solo piano recital by Black American composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey at Adelaide Festival 2026.

Simon Stone's The Cherry Orchard opened Adelaide Festival 2026. Actors stand in front of a glass-fronted house on a large stage, lit blue to indicate it is nighttime. Audience members heads are visible; the photo has been taken in the auditorium, some distance from the stage.
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The Cherry Orchard review: a Korean take on Chekhov at Adelaide Festival

Australian expat Simon Stone returned to Adelaide with an adaptation of Chekhov’s final play, The Cherry Orchard, set in contemporary…

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