Festivals

‘Push your own limits’: 2025 Adelaide Fringe ambassadors issue call to arts

For 2025 ambassadors Rhys Nicholson, Michelle Brasier and Nancy Bates, Adelaide Fringe season is all about finding community, sharing joy and punching up.

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Visual Art

Is it important to read the explanatory labels next to artworks? We asked five experts

TCBYThe Conversation

Sculptor Michelle Nikou awarded the 2024 Guildhouse Fellowship

Gathering Light: You’ll be blown away by these glass works

The rich legacy of South Australian artist Geoff Wilson

Film & TV

The year in film: That’s (not) all, folks

Cinemas struggled in 2024 as audiences shrank, fewer films came through, sure-fire ‘blockbusters’ bombed and production companies pulled back – but there were treasures in between the sequels and remakes.

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Film & TV

‘Better Man’: Robbie Williams as a performing monkey will certainly entertain you

DOBYDaniel O'Brien

Guy Pearce in the Oscars frame after “The Brutalist” dominates Golden Globes

Golden Globes offer plenty of surprises and some disappointment

Local film Lesbian Space Princess blasts off to Berlin

Theatre

‘Audiences will take fewer risks’: Adelaide arts leaders brace for a challenging 2025

In this two-part story, InReview talks to South Australia’s major production companies to discover their hopes and concerns for the coming year in culture.

GMBYGenevieve Meegan

My generation: When radio ruled the waves …

State Theatre announces new artistic director

Theatre review: Jack Maggs

Books & Poetry

A quartet of poems

From poet and traveller David Adès.

CJBYCompiled by John Miles

Christmas ’24, a reflection

Poem: A Christmas Reflection

Best books of 2024, as chosen by South Australian writers and publishers

Music and Theatre

Finger pickin’ good – the return of Tommy Emmanuel

Nashville-based Australian guitar icon Tommy Emmanuel is returning home in May to tour and promote his new album.

PBBYPhil Brown

Reggae for Christmas? But that’s all you’re getting, OK?

Still swoonworthy, after all these years … a new wave for Spandau Ballet frontman

Music review: This might be the concert of a lifetime

Festivals

2025 Adelaide Festival promises a whole lotta love

The live adaptation of Trent Dalton’s Love Stories, a seductively sassy rock musical, and a free outdoor spectacle that will see 1000 dancers converge on Elder Park are among highlights of the 2025 Adelaide Festival program launched today.

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