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Music

Casey Donovan embraces the sisterhood in Sister Act

Picking up Whoopi Goldberg’s old habit has given Casey Donovan the biggest role of her career as a musical adaptation of the 90s classic comes to Adelaide.

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Festivals

The drama of it all: pulling back the curtain on Fringe’s world-class theatre

From a show fusing comedy, opera and space travel, to fresh takes on the Bard, Fringe artists are treading the boards in spaces as diverse as a library, former chapel, a garden and a yurt.

SKBYSuzie Keen

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International festival bookers swarm Adelaide for the next big Fringe hit

Helping country storytellers become Part of Fringe

Fringe review: JOY

Review

Scottish treasure trove invites us to dig deeper into Viking-age life

Shown outside Scotland for the first time, an exhibition of rare Viking Age treasure suggesting the Medieval world was far more interconnected than could have been imagined.

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Film & TV

Into the Deep: Jacob Elordi bares his soul in epic new TV drama

Jacob Elordi – one of Australia’s hottest exports to Hollywood – is being lauded for his leading performance in a powerful new TV drama series based on Richard Flanagan’s acclaimed WWII-set novel.

HBBYHelen Barlow

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The Lost Tiger: first animated film by an Indigenous woman explores heritage and identity through a thylacine

Clones in space: Toni Collette’s larger-than-life sci-fi outing

Disney tones down 'problematic' films

Theatre

Fringe review: Culture Reporter

Sweeney Preston brings a comical crossover of his public works as a journalist and his private exploits with past lovers to Arthur Arthouse. ★★★★1/2

SSBYSamoda Silva

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Fringe review: Garry Starr – Classic Penguins

Fringe review: Transmission – Into the Dark

Festival review: Big Name, No Blankets

Books & Poetry

To read Barbara Hanrahan is to be made innocent, if also obscene

Author Laura Elizabeth Woollett reflects on the legacy of Barbara Hanrahan in a new essay published as the foreword to a new edition of Hanrahan’s 1974 novel Sea Green.

LWBYLaura Elizabeth Woollett

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Poems: Hyacinth and The Caterpillar

Poem: Seduction

When it comes to the creative spark, time waits for – everyone

Visual Art

In the Studio with Karl Meyer

From his Edwardstown studio Karl Meyer crafts some of Adelaide’s most recognisable public artworks — including a playful take on an Australian icon bound for the departures lounge.

MWBYMichelle Wakim

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Arts awards postponed amid Venice selection uproar

Review: 2025 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition

‘A huge dilemma of their own making’: South Australia’s arts leaders weigh in on Venice Biennale fallout

Dance

Lewis Major is making moves in regional South Australia

Farmhand turned choreographer Lewis Major is in demand around the world, but his personal ties have inspired him to bring a taste of the Fringe to country South Australia.

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