The Palais was used to great effect on Tuesday evening for Kurt Vile’s solo show, providing fantastic atmospherics, as the idiosyncratic and talented troubadour played in front the magical moonlit vista on a balmy night.
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Intimate Space is is one of the most exciting, affecting, entertaining and surprising shows to hit Mad March.
The Backstories is a series of shows developed for the Adelaide Festival by Annette Shun Wah and William Yang from CAAP to explore the Asian-Australian experience, in this case featuring Moya Dodd’s story. The performance elegantly presents Dodd’s family history in a way that engages the audience, exploring her passions and relating the tale of her success.
Using a mixture of shadow puppets, real life human silhouettes and paper animations, Chicago production company Manual Cinema, creates literal magic before your eyes. Based on the novel by Edith Nesbit, Magic City is a creative, vibrant adventure for all ages.
Interactive art installation, Gardens Speak provides a powerful (and very important) exercise in empathy.
An ingenious and aurally immersive journey through the Amazon jungle. A must see at Adelaide Festival.
Tonight on the Adelaide Riverbank Palais, the repertoire of Morrissey and The Smiths will be given a unique Mexican makeover with a performance from acclaimed Mariachi outfit, Mexrrissey.
The opening of the 2017 Adelaide Festival was celebrated in grand style on Sunday evening with a free performance on the Adelaide Riverbank by Neil Finn, one of the world’s finest singer-songwriters.
Shôn Dale-Jones is a master story-teller. His one man show, The Duke, is an impressive, multilayered piece, with an appeal that lies in the simplicity of the performer’s approach.
The Riverbank Palais is proving to be a fantastic addition to the Adelaide Festival program this year, hosting a diverse range of performances and forums, including The Duke, a theatre piece by Shôn Dale-Jones. The play begins its limited three night season on the floating venue from this evening, with half the proceeds going to Save the Children’s child refugee efforts.
