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Theatre

‘Find me the Meryl Streep of Korea’: Simon Stone serves Chekhov with K-drama twist in The Cherry Orchard

Can a 21^st century take on a Chekhov classic with an all-South Korean cast help Adelaide Festival reach new – and younger – audiences?

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Visual Art

Good praxis: How a former brothel became one of Adelaide’s leading arts spaces

A decade since founder Patty Chehade turned a former Bowden brothel into a gallery and studio, praxis ARTSPACE continues to make a lasting impression in the jungle of Adelaide’s independent art scene.

JNBYJohn Neylon

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Heysen heads for the hills: private letters reveal artist’s Flinders Ranges fixation

Celebrating South Australia’s century-long love affair with Art Deco – with a hint of mystery

Exile on Stanley Street: new history retraces 170 years of the South Australian School of Art

Books & Poetry

‘The only ecstasy in my life’: Reopening Barbara Hanrahan’s diaries

As the publication of Helen Garner’s decades-long diaries sparks a late-career revival, critic Jo Case reflects on the similarly expansive and exposing journals of the late artist and writer Barbara Hanrahan, published posthumously in 1998. Initially pored over for literary gossip, today they reveal an artist deeply, painfully permeated by the world.

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Theatre

‘There’s more life in a fallen tree than a standing one’: Slingsby plots a long farewell after 21 years

As Slingsby Theatre readies its three-part curtain-call A Concise Compendium of Wonder, artistic director Andy Packer reflects on the company’s history, and their ecological ambitions for sustainable touring theatre.

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Musical review: Here You Come Again

Theatre review: Scenes with Girls

‘No failure in circus, just feedback’: South Australia’s ‘social circus’ clears 40-year milestone

Film & TV

Obituary: Remembering the highly talented Gerard Lee

Gerard Lee was an Australian screenwriter, novelist and director best known for his contributions to Australian independent cinema and for his long-standing collaboration with Jane Campion.

CMBYCraig Munro

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Band of brothers is a real blast!

Artist profile: Jack Langford, First Nations Award 2025 recipient

Adelaide Film Festival review: Journey Home, David Gulpilil

Books & Poetry

New board invites cancelled author to return to next Writers’ Week

The new Adelaide Festival board has made a stunning about-turn, retracting its previous statement about Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah and inviting her to speak at the 2027 Writers’ Week. Abdel-Fattah responds as planning for a guerilla festival continues.

DSBYDavid Simmons

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‘Deeply regrettable’: Adelaide Writers’ Week officially abandoned

‘If it was the board’s decision, why did all its members resign?’: Boycotting author reflects on Writers’ Week wake

Poem: The Advent of Colour

Music

What’s My Scene: My Chérie finds strength in vulnerability

In our regular Q&A column What’s My Scene, InReview speaks to emerging and established local artists to get their take on the South Australian creative scene and their place within it. This week, My Chérie talks about building genuine connection ahead of her WOMADelaide appearance.

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Vale Rob Hirst: tribute from a best mate as Midnight Oil loses its beating heart

Across the universe with Barton and Brodsky

What’s My Scene: Colourblind are writing the songs they want to hear

Must Read

Artist-run label captures the ‘in-between moments’ of Adelaide’s music scene

From bookstore gigs to new vinyl compilation Sitting in the Same Chairs, local DIY label caps lock records is putting Adelaide’s musical community in context.

WMBYWalter Marsh

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‘Sometimes I get sick of music’: For Paul Kelly, storytelling is a way of being in the world

‘History isn’t a straight line towards enlightenment’: First-time novelist navigates Colonel Light’s layered identities

‘It could be the last time’: baptism of ice for Adelaide filmmakers’ Mongolian epic

Festivals

‘Without the artists, there is no Fringe’: Heather Croall reflects on pandemics, penguins and passing the torch

As she prepares to draw the curtain on her decade at the helm of the Adelaide Fringe, outgoing CEO and artistic director Heather Croall reflects on the highs and lows of running the arts behemoth.

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