“My dad always told me stories about a hidden world where brave warriors watch over and protect us. If you look closely into nature you will see a hidden struggle going on. Life is constantly up against decay. If you can’t see it, look closer”… “You just can’t stop the rot”. This is where our…
Set in Redfern, NSW in the 1950’s this classic Australian drama, written by Dorothy Hewett, is given new life in Adapt Enterprises’s thought-provoking production of This Old Man Comes Rolling Home. Entering Bakehouse Theatre, the mood is set with commercial footage and the familiar dulcet tones of ‘black and white’ advertisements. The intimate space and…
“Music is sound in melodic or harmonic combination”. Music speaks to our soul, and drives the e-motion that propel us to take action in life. Mr. Holland (Richard Dreyfus) has spent years composing his own piece of work, a passionate reflection of his state of mind when life was full of hope, wonder and magic. In the…
P.S. I Love You was released at the end of 2007. It is a classic ‘relationship’ movie and I love it as much today as I did when I first saw it. It explores the relationships with have with our partner, mother, sister, brother, friends and most importantly, the one we have with ourselves. From…
Oh what a tangled web we weave… Set in a small, industrial town in North London, this finely crafted, gripping movie adopts an interesting and highly effective device of taking the viewer behind the scenes, after the fact. The audience becomes the voyeur, sighting the outcomes of the impulses and reactions of highly charged situations…
Wow! What an amazing Cabaret Festival has been delivered this year. Under the fantastic and highly capable direction of Kate Ceberano, the people of Adelaide were gifted an incredible line up of artists from around the world. From 7-22 June, the nights came alive with variety and fervor. I went along to seven shows and…
Many a time, while watching a band, I’ve been transported by the music, lyrics and magic of a live performance. Never before have I been taken on a journey like the one I went on last night at the www.adelaidecabaret.com with the spectacular show in the Space Theatre, ‘You Me and the Bloody Sea!” I…
What is a life worth in a continuum that stretches long before and long after our existence? How do our individual and collective contributions impact on the bigger picture? These are a couple of the questions I asked myself, while watching “Still Mine”, a story rich with love, devotion and the inconstancies of life. We…
Every good story begins with a dream and this story is no exception. We are taken directly to the office of U.S. Adoption Services, where Jim (Joel Edgerton) and Cindy Green (Jennifer Garner) are informed that they “couldn’t have tried harder or done more” to have a child. In a bid to face their grief…
2013 certainly is the year for celebrations! The Adelaide Festival Theatre celebrates 40 years on Sunday 2 June and coincides with the 100th year anniversary of Her Majesty’s Theatre in Grote Street. Forty years ago, with the incredible foresight and ambition of Premier Don Dunstan, Adelaide lead the way in the arts and cultural arena,…