There are no weak links in this show and it will rightfully draw audiences back for a second or third viewing. This is the finest musical theatre produced in Adelaide for a long time. 5K
Monthly Archive: May 2012
May 18
Pari Passu – Touch – Leigh Warren Dancers – The Space til 26th May – 4K
A highly creative work that brilliantly works its various elements together without ever confusing just exactly what audience members have actually come to see. Another dance gem for Adelaide in this month of May. 4K
May 17
Riverdance – Festival Theatre until May 20 – 5K
Definitely a must see for the whole family, Riverdance is full of energy and Irish happiness. Beware some new young dancers may be discovered during the interval of this 2 hour performance. 5K
May 17
Circa – Her Majesty’s Til 19th May – 5K
May seems to dance month in Adelaide this year and unless Leigh Warren and his troupe have some real surprises in store tonight, Circa comfortably tops the ratings. What a show, what strength, what grace, what characters. 5K
May 14
Namatjira – The Exhibition – Artspace – Til 27 May – 3K
The Hermannsburg School that promoted the use of water colours of outback scenes by indigenous painters, of which Albert Namatjira is the most famous exponent but with which the Namatjira name remains actively synonymous is really the focus and then particularly its current exponents.
May 13
Theatre – Land & Sea – Brink Productions – Queen’s Theatre – 4K
Those who can appreciate theatre as an experience rather than just an exercise in storytelling will reap the rewards on offer from this production. 4K
May 12
Theatre – Educating Rita – Bakehouse Theatre – 3K
This is a solid and pleasant performance of an interesting play, though it does not quite reach its potential. 3K
May 11
South Pacific – Arts Theatre – Til 19th May – 4.5K
You are not going to get a better amateur theatre company rendition of this or any similar musical than the Met’s South Pacific. Those attending who were almost universally there to trip out on that memory lane lapped it all up. 4.5K
May 10
Namatjira – Her Majesty’s – til 12 May – 3.5K
There is nothing in the razzle, dazzle line about Namatjira but the story is an interesting, moving and (sadly still) a contemporary one. Jamieson deserves far more attention than he gets and as truly Australian sagas, there are few better. 3.5K
May 10
Bad Religion guitarist, and founder of labels ‘Epitaph’ & ‘Anti-’, Brett Gurewitz Receives Independent Spirit Award
Epitaph/Anti Founder Brett Gurewitz Receives Independent Spirit Award Bad Religion Founding Member/ Guitarist Honoured At Los Angeles Ceremony Brett Gurewitz, founder of independent powerhouse labels Epitaph and Anti- and guitarist/songwriter for the venerated Southern California band Bad Religion, will be awarded the prestigious National Association of Recording Merchandiser’s (NARM) Independent Spirit Award today at a …
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