Adelaide Festival’s youngest ever artistic director and self-described ‘Kafka groupie’ is back to present one of the 2027 event’s first major announcements: a Yiddish vaudeville-inspired take on Franz Kafka’s The Trial.

This is not just another Margaret Preston show. It is the Margaret Preston show for our generation.

Jem Cassar-Daley wasn’t always going to follow in the footsteps of her famous father. But a gift for music, singing and storytelling has seen her embrace the musical life with her debut album tattoos used to come off in the pool.

Adelaide fashion designer and artist Stavroula Adameitis, aka Frida Las Vegas, has spun her childhood love of daggy kitsch culture into her new book Australianarama, a playful ‘encyclopedia’ with deep insights about Australia’s past and future.

A special screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show gives fans a chance to mourn Tim Curry in true cult style.

The American folk star’s new album Lost Weekend joins a long list of artists inspired by the 70-year-old Adelaide mystery – even after it was apparently solved.