Music
In the age of online ‘brain rot’, what’s a burnt-out classical musician to do?

For over a decade viral violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen built a global audience with their YouTube channel TwoSet Violin. Millions of views and a burnout-inspired hiatus later, the pair have returned to the stage to continue their mission of bringing classical music to the masses.

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Visual Art

Ceramics shaped by hand, history, and a hope for ‘Convivencia’

At JamFactory, ceramicist Avital Sheffer shares a body of work inspired by archaeological records and the entwined cultural histories of the Levant.

MOBYMargot Osborne
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‘Gut-feeling’ summons the wildly experimental spirit of late 20th-century performance art

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Alfred Lowe’s ‘wild journey’ to art world acclaim

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Waterhouse Art Prize explores the toxic and the tragic of our natural world

Music
‘A love letter to becoming’: West End star Baylie Carson’s Cabaret Festival homecoming

Adelaide expat Baylie Carson has spent years treading London’s boards as the star of West End musicals like SIX and Mean Girls. This month, the powerhouse performer heads home to share their deeply personal new work, Baylie Carson is Handsome (ish), as part of Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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Theatre

Cabaret Festival review: 2026 Variety Gala

Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s annual kick-off showcase saw this year’s newly minted Cabaret Icon Ursula Yovich channel Nina Simone, as festival artistic director Reuben Kaye led a packed lineup with plenty of tassels and zero chill.

JVBYJo Vabolis
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Thumbnail for Cabaret Festival review: Natalie Gamsu, Em Rusciano and Gillian Cosgriff

Cabaret Festival review: Natalie Gamsu, Em Rusciano and Gillian Cosgriff

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Musical review: Pretty Woman

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Theatre review: Till the Stars Come Down

Film & TV

Architect of awe: How Steven Spielberg built modern cinema

What makes Steven  Spielberg run? With the release of his latest blockbuster, Disclosure Day, Steven Vagg reflects on the legacy of the undisputed architect of modern cinema – and how he just ‘keeps trying to find those mountains’.

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Slow down, you’re moving too fast

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‘Sometimes candid, sometimes tragic’: Adelaide Film Festival hits Cannes

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Revisiting Parklands: a 30-year-old slice of bittersweet Adelaide noir

Books & Poetry

‘Incredibly surreal’: Miles Franklin longlisting caps big week for Adelaide writers

A debut novel inspired by Colonel Light’s mixed heritage has been longlisted for the Miles Franklin, while two more local writers have scooped $60,000 in prizes at the NSW Literary Awards.

WMBYWalter Marsh
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Review: Fran Lebowitz shares ‘hearty truths’ on Australian tour

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Poem: Old Man

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Book review: The Enigmatic Echidna

Music

Cabaret Festival review: Ursula Yovich Sings Nina Simone

Aided and abetted by an excellent band, Ursula Yovich not only showcases the work of a musical legend, she artfully brings the lessons of the songs closer to home.

MBBYMurray Bramwell
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‘That’s what I’m singing for’: The dreamy Yolngu pop of Drifting Clouds

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Lime Cordiale served with a classical twist

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Music review: Split Enz at Adelaide Entertainment Centre

Must Read

Art Gallery lands ‘modernist masterpiece’ after $675,000 bidding war

The Art Gallery of South Australia has unveiled its latest acquisition: a rare landscape by Adelaide-born Dorrit Black that more than tripled its expected price when it hit the market for the first time.

WMBYWalter Marsh
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New Adelaide Writers’ Week director named after 2026 implosion

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‘Sad experiment’: West Australian Ballet’s larger-than-life Dracula with an empty pit

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Yield Strength is a risk-taking Adelaide Biennial with its share of weak points

Books & Poetry
Life cycles: Poetry that explores history and the natural world

Jena Woodhouse’s poems straddle the terrain of both restraint and extravagances as she explores history, the natural world and family ties.

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