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A male acrobat performs the splits, his body held aloft by aerial straps, in a scene from 'La Clique' at Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
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Performance review: La Clique, Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Award-winning phenomenon La Clique celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Three women wearing aprons stand in the middle of a kitchen making passata. There are boxes and trays of tomatoes around. A scene from Brink Productions/STCSA's 'Looking for Alibrandi'.
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Theatre review: Looking for Alibrandi, Adelaide Festival Centre

Melina Marchetta’s much loved book about migrant families in Australia is brought to life on stage.

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.

Evie (aged 8), Dr Pamela Wall AO, Douglas Gautier AM, CEO and Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival Centre, Leila (15) and Emerson (10) at Adelaide Festival Centre.
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$10 million philanthropic gift will support Adelaide Festival Centre’s arts programming

Dr Pamela Wall AO’s $10 million pledge is the largest performing arts donation ever made in South Australian history.

Sebastian Geilings, Yilin Kong and Patrick O'Luanaigh from ADT's 'A Quiet Language'.
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Turning 60 in style: Australian Dance Theatre leaps from the stage to the gallery wall

AD Daniel Riley describes the birth of ADT and an accompanying exhibition documenting the company’s six decades of dance-making.

Irish actor Stephen Rea in Samuel Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape' at Adelaide Festival 2025. The photograph depicts Rea, an older fair-skinned man with an unruly shock of greying hair, hunched over an old reel-to-reel tape deck to which he listens anxiously.
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Theatre review: Krapp’s Last Tape with Stephen Rea, Adelaide Festival 2025

A masterful actor performs Beckett’s masterpiece about the inevitable march of time: an unmissable production.

Inside NORPA’s vision for a new home, The Joinery. L-R: AD Julian Louis, architect John Choi, Executive Director Libby Lincoln.
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NORPA launches fundraising campaign to buy and create flood-resistant new Lismore home

The Joinery aims to become a flood-resilient cultural hub for the Northern Rivers region’s performing arts sector.

Arts sector appointments are covered every week in ArtsHub's On the Move column. A low-angle photo of a skateboarder skating past autumn leaves on a quiet, tree-lined street.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Arts leaders move on from a peak body, a major gallery and the Adelaide Festival Centre in this week’s round-up…

'Mary Poppins', one of the highest attended productions in Adelaide Festival Centre's 50-year history. A large group of lavishly dressed performers on stage, standing in a 'V' formation. The lights are blue/purple.
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Proving the worth – Adelaide Festival Centre generated $164 million for SA

The Adelaide Festival Centre is proving the value of the arts through delivering quality programming and making a significant dollar…

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