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Time Machine. STREB EXTREME ACTION. A group of red lycra clad performers cling to a huge half circle metal wheel in a display of dexterity and strength.
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Performance Review: Time Machine, Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide Festival

A high-energy display of action and acrobatics. 

Four people stand in a forest wearing long black coats. The three women also wear tall black hats, the man a tall white one.
Opinions & Analysis

5 things about WOMADelaide for 2025

Even the most well-established festivals welcome newcomers every year. For those considering WOMADelaide next year, here are some things you…

Beethoven's Emperor. The image is a black backdrop with a man with short dark hair wearing a dark jacket and a white shirt. He is shot from the chest up holding his chin in his right hand and looking at the camera.
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Music review: Beethoven’s Emperor, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Adelaide Town Hall

A masterful evening of historically informed music played with astonishing contemporary panache.

Exhibition view of hanging organic paper paintings. Neoterica
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Exhibition review: Neoterica, Adelaide Festival

20 artists and 20 writers commissioned in a celebration of South Australian contemporary art.

A scaffolding like set has several bodies positioned within it silhouetted against a lit backdrop. The Threepenny Opera.
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Opera review: The Threepenny Opera, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival

Searing satire and a rage against capitalism wrapped up in a love story.

Blue bench with white text painted on it in a gallery setting.
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Exhibition review: Yucky, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental

A timely exhibition that explores notions of agency and choice by artists living with disability.

exhibition of ceramic teapots. Bruce Nuske
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Exhibition review: Bruce Nuske, Samstag Museum of Art

Maximalist ceramicist Bruce Nuske and minimalist designer Khai Liew are an unlikely pair, but their collaboration overwhelms with a sense…

A sunset on a beach, some actor/dancers in the foreground in front of towering curved wooden poles that look like whale bones.
Features

Adelaide Festival midpoint round-up

Adelaide Festival is in full swing. What were the standout elements for a first time visitor mid-festival?

Private View. Image is of a man with Down's syndrome standing in a room looking out of a window and holding a billowing yellow curtain. In the middle of the room is a smalll round table with a lit candle on it and two chairs. In the right hand top corner is a female figure in a slinky figure hugging red dress, with a lampshade obscuring her face and head.
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Dance review: Private View, Adelaide Festival

Stories of love and desire by dancers with and without a disability.

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Theatre review: Grand Theft Theatre, Adelaide Festival

A recreation of memorable theatrical experiences forms the basis of this show.

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