Libby Anderson’s music theatre goals come to fruition in 2020

Adelaide-based performing artist, Elisabeth ‘Libby’ Anderson, has been offered, and has accepted, a place in the Bachelor of Music Theatre (BMT) course at the Elder Conservatorium of Music following a…

Talking about our cultural identity doesn’t need to be a drag, according to La Nonna

Prompted by a speech given by an Indigenous matriarch at a student environmental conference, Melbourne based writer, performer and activist Samuel Dariol cast his gaze for the first time at…

Ukaria 24: live sound for Lior, Nigel Westlake, and Diana Doherty

Generally speaking, there doesn’t seem to be any clear direct connection between the magnitude of a festival and the difficulty of rendering its live audio mix and associated components. But…

After 20 years of frozen silence, Jaguar Jonze’s Deena Lynch fights back

For most of her life, Jaguar Jonze’s Deena Lynch closely guarded the gates to her inner world of unspeakable pain; a place where the wounds from a childhood marked by…

Helpmann Awards 2019 winners

The Arts Centre in Melbourne was the place to be last night for Act Two of the 2019 Helpmann Awards. Hosted by Susie Youssef and Mitchell Butel, the star-studded event…

Some sound advice for aspiring audiophiles

Tom Heuzenroeder is an award-winning sound designer based in Adelaide with over a hundred credits to his name on IMDb. Some of his more recent credits include I Am Mother…

Charmaine Jones faces her best self through music

As the director of the thriving musical services and education agency, Gospo Enterprises, and leader of the Gospo Collective, who have performed at almost all our peak artistic festivals and…

Kate Miller-Heidke: from Eurovision to Ukaria

On Friday 24 May and Saturday 25 May 2019, Australian Eurovision star Kate Miller-Heidke (vocals/piano) graced the stage of Ukaria Cultural Centre accompanied by Keir Nutall (guitar), Jessica Hitchcock (backing…

The ABC of Feminism

Adelaide singer-songwriter Millicent Sarre will make her cabaret debut in June. Friendly Feminism for the Mild Mannered features an original score penned by Sarre who describes it as a “…crash-course…

Riding out the storm of depression with Amelia Ryan

At the end of this year’s summer arts festival season, acclaimed cabaret performer and mother of one, Amelia Ryan, reached out on social media for help. Touring three shows across…

Chill out with our digital magazine

I’m so excited to announce that the second issue of our quarterly digital magazine is now available to view online. Our inaugural issue is still live so you can enjoy…

Angelic Music in the studio

One of the things I enjoy most as a musician is collaborating on projects with fellow artists. Loretta of Angelic Music is one such artist, who happens to be our…

Closet Bestie accentuates the positive

Closet Bestie is all about the average woman. I find that the word ‘average’ gets a pretty bad wrap. The truth is we are the majority and yet we are…

Wonderwalls Port Adelaide 2019

Port Adelaide’s city centre became the go-to destination for Australian and international street artists between 29 – 31 March 2019. Co-presented by Wonderwalls Port Adelaide and The Big Picture Fest,…

An Honest talk about men’s mental health

By distilling the essence of a drunken public servant named Dave in his Adelaide Fringe performances of DC Moore’s one-man play Honest, British actor and activist Matt Hyde tapped into…

Full ‘STEAM’ ahead for Potential Kinetics Theatre

Award-winning South Australian interdisciplinary theatre company Potential Kinetics Theatre premiered their new show Isolate & Izolál at Holden Street Theatres for the Adelaide Fringe on Saturday 2 March. The show…

Vanessa Immink on ‘Co – Lab’oration in the arts

New Zealand producer Vanessa Immink has teamed up with Disco Turtle Productions for the Adelaide Fringe premiere of her award-winning show Talofa Papa. A trained musical theatre artist, Immink has…

Review: Jackson Vs Jackson

The surname Jackson is highly regarded in pop music, and iconic siblings Michael and Janet boast a combined 88 years of professional experience. The Jacksons had numerous hit songs and…

Review: An Andrews Sisters Tribute

The Norwood Concert Hall was transported back to the twentieth century as music lovers basked in the nostalgia of boogie-woogie and swing. This concert of timeless tunes was presented by…

Exquisite: An evening with Mama Alto

Gender-transcendent diva Mama Alto is a class act. Ever so natural in the limelight, Mama weaves in and out of some truly beautiful jazz and pop standards with a sophisticated…

Review: Jamie Mykaela’s Napoleon Complex

Jamie Mykaela is like Tinkerbell on adrenaline. The pixie-like performer from Perth made her Adelaide Fringe debut last Saturday and endearingly refers to Adelaide as “the big smoke”. Funny and…

Review: Gulliver’s Travels

This delightful three-hander, co-presented by the award-winning Familia de la Noche and Hartstone-Kitney Productions, is a clever adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic. Protagonist, Elizabeth Gulliver used the classic identity…

Frontrowphobia is a thing

Sydney-based comedian Alexander Richmond has been pondering the performer’s kryptonite. Richmond has been writing and performing for seven years and in that time he has noticed how audience behaviour affects…

Josh Belperio’s wall of existential despair

Josh Belperio’s sophomore Fringe show, 30,000 Notes, is an exploration of how tightly humanity clings to its strongest attachments: the bonds we form with the people that we love, and…

Review: Amos Gill: Almost Famos (Comedy)

Originally from Adelaide, comic Amos Gill is now based in the USA. Formerly a radio host at Hit107, he’s focusing on his comedy career overseas. Gill has been touted as…

Review: Comedy Tasting at The Wine Centre (Comedy)

If you like laughing over a glass of good wine then this may be the show for you. It’s an excellent way to sample talent should you be an indecisive…

Lovechild: Fringe is our baby

Producer power couple Ele (Eleanor) Stankiewicz and Marcel Blanch- de Wilt have over a decade of experience in producing shows for the Adelaide Fringe Festival. In 2019 they continue to…

10 Fringe recommendations – Adelaide Fringe 2019

The biggest party is heading to Adelaide in 19 days! With over 1326 events to choose from some folks may be overwhelmed, unsure of what to do with the Fringe…

Paul Kelly With Paul Grabowsky

On Friday 26 October and Saturday 27 October 2018, two of Australia’s finest musicians embarked on Ukaria Cultural Centre to deliver a concert of popular songs re-imagined for this divine…

The prolific and the perfectionist: mural artist Claire Foxton paints the town

En route to one of my favourite cafes in Prospect, I spotted a visual artist on a scissor lift busily attending to a wall outside of Cotto Espresso. Prospect already…