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Two young boys in a vehicle made out of spare parts play as part of the DreamBIG Children’s Festival's Big Weekend at Adelaide Festival Centre.
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Festival review: DreamBIG Children's Festival BIG Family Weekend, Adelaide Festival Centre

The DreamBIG Children’s Festival celebrated 50 years of inspiring children’s imaginations through art.

A man with grey beard and hair and wearing a lime shirt under a dark waistcoat is sitting at a table in front of a typewriter. Other random objects surround him including a fan.
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Performance review: Whalebone, Adelaide Festival Centre, DreamBIG Children's Festival

A show that explored the impact of technology while celebrating human creativity.

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.
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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?

Audience listening to presentation. Live & Local. Sydney Writers' Festival.
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Live & Local returns in Sydney Writers' Festival 2025

Highlights of the 28th edition of the Live & Local program.

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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'.

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