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The Art of Storm-Whistling. Photo: Curious Roach Collective.
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The Art of Storm-Whistling: a mythical maritime story at Adelaide Fringe

The Art of Storm-Whistling follows a mythical journey across the seas.

James Rowland: Team Viking. A fair-skinned man with straw-blonde hair and a reddish beard stands thigh deep in the waters of the Thames. He is wearing a plastic Viking helmet with ahistorical horns, a black suit, white business shirt and black tie, and carries a burning torch made of rolled-up paper.
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Team Viking review: a hilarious, heartbreaking and healing masterpiece

The remarkable Team Viking was one of the standouts of the Adelaide Fringe opening weekend.

U>N>I>T>E>D Chunky Move, a dark stage with dramatic smoke effects and white lighting showing a female performer with robotic metallic costuming moving across the stage under a scaffolding set piece.
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U>N>I>T>E>D review: Chunky Move's machine-led experiment missing some magic at Perth Festival

Billed as an exploration of machine mysticism, Chunky Moves' latest dance work is not as transcendental as it could be.

From left, Ben Prendergast, Ngaire Dawn Fair, Emily Goddard and John Leary in Kid Stakes, performed by Red Stitch Actors' Theatre as part of The Doll Trilogy. Photo: Chris Parker.
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The Doll Trilogy review: Red Stitch makes a marathon feel like a sprint

My word, she’ll be right… Ray Lawler’s pioneering The Doll Trilogy still makes for a stimulating day (and night) in…

Neurospicy: The Musical at Adelaide Fringe. A fair-skinned young woman dressed in a red chili costume and smiling at the camera.

Adelaide Fringe reviews: Pinky von Sox and the Novel Stand-Up Experience, and Neurospicy: The Musical

A Fringe first-timer’s engaging exploration of neurodiversity and an improvised storytelling show are among the offerings at this year’s Adelaide…

A Winter's Journey. Image: David Cox.
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Musica Viva’s A Winter’s Journey review: a potent retelling of Schubert’s Winterreise.

In A Winter's Journey, visual art and atmospheric lighting add to a mesmerising musical interpretation.

Art. Image: Brett Boardman.
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Art review: a revived classic holds a mirror to artistic and social foibles 

Yasmina Reza’s 1994 classic, Art, has opened in Sydney, starring Richard Roxburgh, Damon Herriman and Toby Schmitz.

Lorde is in Australia for her Ultrasound World Tour. Photo: Sam Penn / Supplied.
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Lorde review: Ultrasound World Tour is a gritty, powerful portrait of a grown woman

Lorde's stripped back arena show was a risk, but it's one that's paid off for the star.

Installation view, Isabella Kennedy: Ballast, Firstdraft, Sydney. Photo: Supplied.
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Ballast review: emerging artist Isabella Kennedy considers submerged histories

Isabella Kennedy's solo exhibition Ballast is a delicate body of work around the sinking of HMAS Sydney II.

Malthouse Theatre's Black Light. Photo: Pia Johnson.
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Black Light review: Jada Alberts throws the spotlight on the matriarchy

Navigating kinship across generations, this world premiere of Black Light opens the Malthouse’s 2026 season.

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