Nov 3, 2022
Arts and Culture
Ahead of State Opera’s upcoming celebration of the great composers of musical theatre, artistic director Stuart Maunder looks at the huge influence of Sondheim – especially on Lin Manuel-Miranda, the multi-award-winning creator of pop culture phenomenon Hamilton.
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Oct 26, 2022
Arts and Culture
This dramatic portrait of a brilliant yet haunted conductor showcases the fierce screen power of Australian actor Cate Blanchett, who was in town for a special screening of Tár at the Adelaide Film Festival.
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Oct 26, 2022
Arts and Culture
British violist and curator Lawrence Power will be joined by three other top international classical musicians as he leads audiences on a three-day musical journey at UKARIA Cultural Centre’s flagship annual event, which also heralds the start of a new touring initiative by the Adelaide Hills venue.
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Oct 20, 2022
Arts and Culture
Intrigued by the story behind the 3200km-long Overland Telegraph Line, author Rosamund Burton set out to trace its path through the heart of Australia – beginning with a gruelling bike ride from Adelaide to the outback SA town of Farina.
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Mar 24, 2022
Arts and Culture
A few months ahead of this weekend's Adelaide opening of Girl from the North Country, SALIFE caught up with South Australian theatre-makers to follow
the process from concept to stage.
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Feb 10, 2022
Arts and Culture
Inspiration found in his own boyhood adventures and true tales of lost towns has proven a winning formula for Adelaide debut graphic novelist Jason Pamment.
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Jan 28, 2022
Arts and Culture
Meet the Friday Fridas – a close-knit group of creative women who have finessed the art of networking and friendship.
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Jan 24, 2022
Arts and Culture
Acrobat Jascha Boyce, a co-founder and director of South Australian contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths, is performing in the Adelaide Festival’s free outdoor opening night spectacular Macro, which is set to wow audiences in March.
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Jan 12, 2022
Arts and Culture
Bordertown’s Walkway Gallery is a beacon of artistic expression in an agricultural landscape, thanks to director Naomi Fallon.
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Dec 10, 2021
Arts and Culture
London bombing survivor Gill Hicks is reclaiming her life as a talented artist and performer in a powerful act of healing and harmony.
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Oct 27, 2021
Arts and Culture
Audiences are invited into the homes of strangers to hear their stories in this intimate OzAsia experience. InReview’s Jo Vabolis was hosted by entrepreneur and former lady mayoress of Adelaide Genevieve Haese.
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Oct 14, 2021
Arts and Culture
Featuring works from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists across Australia, Tarnanthi Art Fair goes online from Friday night
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Aug 27, 2021
Arts and Culture
Despite a tough start in life, renowned Adelaide theatrical agent Ann Peters finally found her happy place on the stage. Since then, she has helped hundreds of young hopefuls realise their acting dreams through her agency SA Casting.
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Aug 6, 2021
Arts and Culture
Juanella McKenzie was only 12 when she sold her first painting. Now she’s an award-winning artist on a mission to discover and share the culture and stories of her country in the Flinders Ranges.
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Jul 22, 2021
Arts and Culture
Windmill Theatre is once again helping keep South Australian families entertained through lockdown with its at-home online platform that includes an eight-part animated web series and an interactive science-fiction adventure.
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Jun 16, 2021
Arts and Culture
From the mid-1960s, Anne Wills became part of our lives as the wise-cracking glamour girl on TV. After a few quiet years, the 76-year-old performer talks to SALIFE about her new cabaret show that recreates the golden age of television.
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Jun 11, 2021
Arts and Culture
Nurturing artistic creativity in young people has never been more important, and South Australia offers some exciting ways to get started.
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May 6, 2021
Arts and Culture
There’s an ethereal, mystical quality to artist Clarice Beckett’s work that casts a spell over art lovers, including these South Australians who have loaned their treasured paintings for a major new exhibition at the Art Gallery of SA.
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Apr 9, 2021
Arts and Culture
Now in its sixth year, Parrtjima festival will illuminate the Alice Springs desert with a new series of large-scale sculptures in a vibrant celebration of Indigenous art and culture.
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Feb 12, 2021
Arts and Culture
The festival season kicks off next week – and with it will come a new place to read about the arts in South Australia.
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Jan 28, 2021
Arts and Culture
Adelaide Writers’ Week has launched its full program for 2021, with an extra 73 Australian and international guests announced as part of the six-day line-up in the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden.
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Jan 21, 2021
Arts and Culture
Hand-painted with a brush over just 25 days, artist Yvonne East’s 130sqm mural snaking up a wall of the rebuilt Her Majesty’s Theatre is a striking tribute to both theatre tradition and South Australian flora.
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Dec 11, 2020
Arts and Culture
In one of the most significant moves for South Australian arts and cultural journalism in decades, local media company Solstice Media is launching a new project dedicated to reviews, news and commentary on the crucial sector.
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Dec 3, 2020
Arts and Culture
Paintings, textiles, ceramics, jewellery, homewares and other works from around 50 Indigenous art centres across Australia will be for sale at the Tarnanthi Art Fair in Adelaide this weekend.
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Nov 27, 2020
Arts and Culture
Over the past 18 months, Louise Russell has discovered first-hand the life-changing power of art.
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Nov 19, 2020
Arts and Culture
Carrick Hill is celebrating the completion of a $3.3 million renovation that has seen the old attic transformed into a permanent exhibition space, several other rooms refitted and opened to the public, and new access installed to all three levels of the historic home.
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Nov 12, 2020
Arts and Culture
Adelaide’s North Terrace cultural precinct will be alive with the sounds of chamber music on Sunday, with local ensembles performing for free in some of the city’s most treasured spaces.
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Nov 5, 2020
Arts and Culture
Never mess with an old lady – that’s the message of Ripcord, a comedy that sees Carmel Johnson and Nancye Hayes play two nursing home rivals engaged in an epic battle of wills.
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Oct 22, 2020
Arts and Culture
While the $66 million redevelopment of Her Majesty’s Theatre boasts state-of-the-art facilities, it’s the handcrafted elements made by local artisans that reflect the real splendour of this grand old dame.
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Oct 8, 2020
Arts and Culture
JamFactory’s new Icon series exhibition invites you into the wonderfully weird world of Adelaide glass artist Tom Moore – a place full of fanciful hybridised animal-plant creations ranging from a Flaming Stegosaurus to a trio of kookaburra-inspired Hooligans.
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