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10:40 AM AEDT | The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra's 2010 season will encompass everything from The Beatles to Bugs Bunny.
9:28 AM AEDT | Every comedy-lover should see Ross Noble once, but that’s probably enough. His signature tangents are full of energy and can be exhausting to watch – their point is normally not half as funny as the journey to get there, and can sometimes even be disappointing.
9:19 AM AEDT | It was risky choosing to tackle such adored tunes, the works of a (deservedly) wealthy composer, but the cast of Good Morning Mr Gershwin pulled off a fine match.
9:02 AM AEDT | In a sold-out show based around Norah Jones’ phenomenally successful first album, the Georgie Aue Quartet highlighted not just the smooth singing and piano style of their subject but also their own considerable talents.
11 Mar 10 | I first saw The Wau Wau Sisters at the 2007 Feast Festival and was totally blown away by their audacity and tongue-in-cheek performance involving circus acts, country music and comic audience participation.
11 Mar 10 | These small offerings are the gist of what the Fringe can be all about. Both embryonic works - pieces in transition from sketch to full realisation – they deal with the themes which only the periphery of a festival detects and deals with first.
11 Mar 10 | The Dickie Birds are Paul Clancy, founder of Winetitles, and Peter Fuller himself, owner of SA’s other wine publishing and propaganda mob.
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10 Mar 10 | George Kapiniaris is one of Australia’s most recognised comedians, thanks to those lovable RAA ads. Back in Adelaide for his fourth Fringe show in a row, he has put together some of his favourite gags to form his “Greatest Hits”.
10 Mar 10 | One week it’s AC/DC and Ocker-rock on Adelaide Oval, the next it’s TSO/TTR and orchestral manoeuvres in the Adelaide Town Hall.
10 Mar 10 | Ann Oliver delights in the taste of freshly picked and buttered corn.
10 Mar 10 | Wow! What a brilliant show. This up-close-and-personal performance in the Spiegeltent was outstanding.
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09 Mar 10 | It was a rainy Friday night. The perfect time to escape into the sheltered confines of the Rhino Room and be warmed with laughter and a pint of beer.
09 Mar 10 | Talented young Adelaide pianists Andrew Georg and Thomas Saunders have teamed up again for their second Fringe Festival recital.
09 Mar 10 | Bugger all happens but only you are privileged enough to see the vast unfolded town picked out in solo spotlight.
09 Mar 10 | I’ve been a fan of playwright Sam Shepard since Paris Texas and Hawk Moon - the man can write. And he writes about his own backyard: the desert, all it contains and all it doesn’t.
09 Mar 10 | The Gruen Transfer host and Good News Week regular confirms he is one of Australia’s most intelligent and exciting (not to mention bloody funny) young comedians with his Fringe show, Wiful Misconduct.
09 Mar 10 | Daniel Jaber is a great dancer and a fantastic artist. This is a very personal piece, with concepts, choreography, costumes and performance all delivered by Jaber.
09 Mar 10 | Western Australia’s Renegade Productions has adapted Mary Shelley’s classic novel and built a work which aims to fuse theatre, performance art, sound and installation to heighten the theatrical experience.
09 Mar 10 | This show needs no publicity. Mounted back-to-front in an unfinished cinema (we sit facing the seats), it starts like a fascinating pub conversation (complete with free wine) and ends like the sort of head freak you get from reading Gerald Murnane.
09 Mar 10 | When attending a cover-band gig, you arrive with certain assumptions – like the musicians will be living mirrors of the band and they’ll churn out the greatest hits.