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British countertenor James Laing as the Refugee in State Opera South Australia's 2025 production, 'Flight'. A distressed-looking man dressed in slightly dishevelled, mostly brown clothing, stands in an airport terminal between two rows of uncomfortable-looking metal and plastic seats. The blue-lit panelled wall behind him evokes the bars of a prison cell, while four curving beams of light projected against the walls increase the impression of this man being trapped or avoiding the spotlight.
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Opera review: Flight, Her Majesty’s Theatre

State Opera South Australia’s ‘Flight’ is opera for our times.

Child paints on white wall.
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Dreaming and celebrating big: Adelaide's children’s festival DreamBIG turns 50

DreamBIG in 2025, the longest running children's festival in the world.

Outdoor light installation at night of hanging blue illuminated rods. Illuminate Adelaide
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Velvet Underground co-founder, 10-minute dance parties, drones: it’s all in for Illuminate Adelaide

Illuminate Adelaide has announced its 2025 program, including nine world premieres and plenty of winter immersive experiences.

A First Nations hand hangs down from the top of the frame reaching to another coming up, with a brown backdrop.
Opinions & Analysis

4 Aboriginal arts and culture centres underway … or not

What is the status of the four major new Aboriginal arts and culture centres underway around the country?

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Outdoor exhibition review: Chihuly Nights, Adelaide Botanic Garden

With the autumn air settling over Adelaide, April is the last chance to see the stunning glass artistry of Chihuly…

A man in a white shirt and black jacket and pants runs through a park with a giant bubble around him.
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Children's entertainment review: The Big Bubble Show, Her Majesty's Theatre

UK entertainer Samsam Bubbleman popped into Adelaide these school holidays.

Donald Judd's minimalist structure at AGSA.
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Donald Judd's AGSA masterpiece turns 50

The Art Gallery of South Australia celebrates its site-specific piece of US minimalism, Judd's 'Untitled'.

Virginia Gay, Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2025 Artistic Director. Gay, a fair-skinned woman, poses against a light blue backdrop and laughs as the elborate train of her black silk or satin gown billows up around her head, perhaps propelled by a wind machine out of the frame.
Features

Sequins, champagne and passion: Adelaide Cabaret Festival launches its 2025 program

Virginia Gay tells ArtsHub about some of the many highlights of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s 25th anniversary edition.

Crowd gathering outside art gallery for major touring exhibition. AGSA

$15 million in new funding for Winter Art Series at Art Gallery of South Australia

The money will go towards blockbuster exhibition funding to put Adelaide on the global map.

The audience assembles for another Adelaide Festival performance.
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Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Fringe celebrate big numbers as Mad March wraps up

A six-figure surplus is projected for Adelaide Festival, while Adelaide Fringe expects to sell a million tickets for the third…

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