The future of art in South Australia is in very safe hands judging by this astonishing piece by second year students from Adelaide College of the Arts. It was an immense privilege to witness a tight, intelligent and technically flawless show delivered by confident performers.
Category Archive: Reviews
Opening night performances are not meant to be flawless. Performers should be ironing out their characters, finding their voice and hoping the lighting and sound technicians respond to the secret language of the actors brave enough to shed their skin before a fresh audience.
This production isn’t interested in preserving Chekhov in amber. Instead, it gleefully pulls apart the classic, layering absurdity, internet culture, humour and theatrical self-awareness over the familiar text.
The strength of all Illuminate Festival, their music program attracts those who truly love music, and it’s why we keep coming back for more.
Night Visions once again transforms the Adelaide Botanic Garden into a captivating wonderland of light, sound, projection and imagination.
Watching a No Strings show is always a journey, and a pact between audience and company where we are asked to peel away our layers, accept discomfort and emerge with a sense of connection and question seeking.
Cinematic Sinners presents Moulin Rouge gave me more than a tribute to one of cinema’s most spectacular musicals. It gifted me a whole body and soul feeling of joy and celebration. One that I have been feeling since I experienced it and one I am certain I will be feeling for a long time to come. Well, at least until their next show.
Art and the appreciation of it is subjective, so they say. ‘They’ also say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which is the catalyst for climax in the deliciously and deeply layered ART by Yasmina Reza (translated by Christopher Hampton).
New producing duo Technically Delightful have built their debut show as a fictional awards night celebrating the biggest musicals on Broadway, and they have committed to the bit from the moment you walk in.
For Star Wars devotees, it’s a joyfully left-of-centre celebration of the franchise. But for even the most casual of fans, it’s a wildly entertaining night punctuated with laughs, sexy performances and lightsabers.
