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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.

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.

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…

Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine. Photo: Andrew Beveridge.
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Perle Noire review: charting the inner life of the iconic Josephine Baker

A powerful fusion of opera and cabaret, Perle Noire delves into Josephine Baker's inner world.

Installation view, Manifest Destiny, Adelaide Festival 2026. Photo: Gina Fairley.
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Manifest Destiny review: Alex Frayne's photographic roadtrip through a national crisis

Poverty porn, fly-in voyeurism or reality beyond the Netflix filter? Photographer Alex Frayne makes us question America’s decay in real…

William Barton. Photo: Supplied.
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Brodsky String Quartet with William Barton review: pioneering UK quartet teams with virtuoso yidaki player

The Brodsky String Quartet's collaboration with yidaki player William Barton was let down by a disjointed program.

Connor Morel's Good Man at Adelaide Fringe 2026.
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Good Man review: a rock-cabaret about rejecting toxic masculinity, at Adelaide Fringe

Connor Morel looks back on his younger exploits with the benefits of hindsight and the backing of a tight and…

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