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05:54 AM, Saturday 30-08-2014
I was never an Urban Myther through my youth, but in 2012, the company allowed me my first chance to Production Manage a show professionally when I also stage managed their premiere production of The Girl Who Was 100 Girls at their (then) brand new home the Goodwood Institute. I’d been chatting to Glen about the show, and chance to work with him and his company, for a while, and after having seen the cramped but well utilised original location in Unley, I knew just a little what a big exciting step forward the move to the under utilised, beautiful, hidden gem of the Goodwood Institute would be for Urban Myth. Extra rehearsal spaces, galleries, a new performance space or two, a new and excited council and community to engage with, employment opportunities for a host of locals to run, manage and coordinate it all, and the prospect of oh so much more.. the Institute was just what Urban Myth needed to step up and develop the next phase of its existence as not just the place young people could go to play act and learn about theatre, but which would support them for as long as they wanted to be engaged with the arts. And boy, did these young people want in to the arts. Over more than 30 years, Urban Myth has been providing a home for young people across Adelaide to feel safe, creative, and learn all about the team work, confidence and skills involved in both performing and working in the creative arts. Through games, trust exercises and just making good (really good) theatre, the company has franchised the disenfranchised (if that’s a term) put smiles on faces and helped create a LOT of the faces which have gone from Adelaide to all the best arts training colleges around the country.. then come back for their industry start, and to give back to the little company that gave them theirs. In my experience, Urban gave everyone a great, safe, space to explore and grow. With likeminded folk all around, and all supportive, everyone thrived.
Engaging with some of Adelaide’s finest designers, directors, and creative personnel to deliver workshops and create new and innovative works, all involved learnt heaps, and found themselves giving back even more. Inevitably, productions were top notch, and – though biased because I worked on it – there was something extra wonderful about 100 Girls, a work new and written specially for the ensemble. But I speak with too many ‘was’es and past tenses. Too much like Urban Myth is a gone dead thing of the past. And I don’t want that. Unfortunately, news out of the company lately has suggested this might soon be the case, with the following issued as part of the press release detailing the impending meeting to discuss the voluntary winding up of the company. “After having 63% of their funding cut when Australia Council withdraw their triennial funding in 2011, a lot of companies would not have been able to keep their doors open. Urban Myth has done everything it can to stay alive over the last 3 years for its members and community by trying to build alternate sources of revenue including moving into the Goodwood Institute. Unfortunately, on the back of post GFC, 2 elections (state/federal), pressure on corporate sponsorship dollars, competitiveness with grants and a variety of unforeseen challenges with licensing/WHS and heritage restrictions within the Institute, the company has not been successful in building alternate revenue streams fast enough. While it has decreased reliance on government funding to less than 25% which is incredibly unique for the not-for-profit space, unfortunately cash flow constraints have led to the making of this decision.” [Source: http://urbanmytheatrecompany.blogspot.com.au/]
I hope it doesn’t come to this because young people need spaces and places like Urban Myth to discover themselves, build confidence and grow into active community members. (Hell, I wish I was an Urban Myther when I was growing up!) Sure, Adelaide now has the True North Youth Theatre Ensemble, [http://truenorthyouththeatreensemble.com.au/], and Cirkidz [http://www.cirkidz.org.au/], and others, all of which are Awesome at doing similar things to what Urban Myth has always done (I specifically, as an adult, attended class at Cirkidz and LOVED it!) but there is an energy, and a heritage, about Urban Myth that takes a very very very long time to foster. Cirkidz have it too, but they don’t do theatre like Urban Myth does theatre. There are generations of artists who got their start there, found their essential selves within its walls, and put themselves back on the rails when they found they were at risk of going off. If it goes, Urban leaves behind an awesome legacy, and a new generation of disenfranchised youth. If we lose it now Adelaide will never have another theatre focussed youth group quite like Urban Myth. So lets hope it stays shall we? For our sakes, the mere mortals staring in wonder at the achievements and storytelling of the stellar individuals within it. And then there’s the theatre. Adelaide needs the 212 seat Goodwood Institute Theatre, its incredibly deep stage and just a very short tram ride away from the CBD location. With a revitalised Adelaide arts scene, regularly open bar/cafe and forward planning, the Institute is the venue Adelaide vocally craves, and with some work to help it and Urban out of the funding shortfall, it could still, very very easily become profitable, and Adelaide’s answer to the Malthouse Theatre, with everyone in the state reaping the rewards of a richer creative scene and venue for hire. So this, I guess, is my contribution to the staggering number of messages, comments and pleas currently going around about Ur
Urban Myth Website
Urban Myth Facebook
05:41 PM, Friday 02-05-2014
Back in 2005 I was working for Mix102.3 handling listener enquiries on the Infoline and coordinating website updates. One of thousands of events posted was Shane Davidson and the MS Society's production of Shout!: The Legend of the Wild One with the (then little known) performer Daniel Scott playing O'Keefe alongside Toni Lamond and others at Her Maj. From all reports, it was a magic production, and created with passion from all involved.
Later, on a trip to Sydney, and with free tickets offered (radio had its perks) I saw Mr Scott perform for myself, in one of the lead roles in the debut season of the musical version of the classic Australian film Priscilla: Queen of the Desert. All camp, high energy and fun, with the same serious thread of the film too; Priscilla - the bus - starred, but Daniel was a stand out as well.
Since then, Daniel appeared in a host of films, TV shows and stage shows (notably Jersey Boys) but it can be with some pride that Adelaide gave him one of his first leading roles. Unfortunately, social networks led me to the news today that Daniel ended his life on April 30, and, well, it felt right to pay tribute to him in at least a very small way here. Read some of his Shout reviews below, as well as other career highlights on Wikipedia. And if you suffer like he did, please seek help. Beyond Blue, the National Depression Initiative, is linked below and gives heaps of general information about what to do if you're feeling blue. (We speak to our doctor, try and surround ourselves with good people, and understand it's something you can get through.) There's also Lifeline on 13 11 14. But all of that is too late for Daniel. We never met, but I had the privilege to once receive your performance. Take a bow.
Shout! Adelaide 2005 Reviews (via David Hawkins' - fellow cast member - website)
Daniel Scott Wikipedia Bio
Beyond Blue (via David Hawkins' - fellow cast member - website)
09:19 AM, Friday 02-05-2014
Today is Starlight Day, raising awareness (and hopefully, funds too) for the awesome work the Starlight Children's Foundation Australia to support seriously ill children and their families. I was privileged to be involved in a verbatim theatre work last year in Sydney, Starlight Stories, in celebration of the organisation's 25 year anniversary. Hearing the true stories of the charity's workers, and parents of kids they support, was incredibly heart warming and the value of what they do cannot be expressed highly enough.
So, if you can, please give generously, volunteer or simply raise awareness and join us in thanking the Starlight Captains, volunteers, and tireless workers for all they do to help make the lives of families with sick kids just that little bit brighter.
Starlight Children's Foundation Website
05:04 PM, Monday 25-11-2013
It's a BIG week for Fringe lovers this week, with the program set for release on Friday (Nov 29) so we can all start devouring it ahead of all of the delights to come Adelaide's way in 2014. (It's especially exciting, because no one has seen the program, and no one will see the program, until it comes out on Friday, so it'll be like an arty Christmas present for everyone..!)
BankSA customers though, get their presents early thanks to the bank's wonderful support of the Adelaide Fringe. If you're a customer, you'll already have received all the information you need from the bank to take advantage of your exclusive ticket pre sale, which runs TOMORROW!!! (Tues Nov 26) and Wednesday only.
As always, please buy up big to both boost the confidence of the artists you are supporting with your patronage, and ensure that you don't miss out on the hottest tickets and shows of the 2014 Mad March season. Oh, and as a courtesy.. if you BankSA customers could leave a few tickets for the rest of us, that would be lovely.. ;)
Adelaide Fringe Adelaide Fringe Website
BankSA
Adelaide Fringe Website
03:23 AM, Thursday 14-11-2013
Reading news this morning about the Twilight racing changes to the Clipsal 500 and wanted to put out this to anyone who is coming to Adelaide or performing at the Fringe/Festival next year. As you may know, car racing is loud, Adelaide is small. Particularly if your venue is located in the East parklands or eastern end of the city, you may wish to consider moving or cancelling performances on Saturday March 1.
Due to changes in the format of the Clipsal 500 V8 race, which literally takes place (Thurs 27 Feb - Sun 2 Mar) next door to the Adelaide Fringe venues at the Garden of Unearthly Delights and the Fringe Club, racing on Saturday, will now see the traditional afternoon's Main Event V8 race split into 2, with the first 39-lap race starting at 3.30pm followed by a second at twilight beginning at 6.30pm and finishing about 7.30pm.
In the past, car noise has been heard and noticed by Fringe artists in the Fringe Club, and has mildly affected very early performances in the Garden. You'll be aware, naturally, that Fringe venues and shows usually have to make do with a bit/lot of sound bleed coming through, but forewarned is forearmed (or something like that), so we'd advise Fringe Artists to do a bit of a check and seek the advice of their venue liaison people (or the Fringe) regarding noise (generally and relating to the Clipsal 500 weekend) prior to coming down.
Clipsal 500 Grab all the official details of the Clipsal 500 here.
Adelaide Fringe Festival
Grab all the official details of the Clipsal 500 here.
11:57 AM, Tuesday 12-11-2013
Just a quick note after seeing that the kind folk at Feast tweeted out yesterday's post on Ash Flanders' Special Victim. Now that I know people have read it, or will read it, best to bring my uncertainties forward.
My personal review didn't really, I feel, cover off too much on what the actual show was about. Even thinking about it now, if I were to start on it, I think I'd say too much, which is why I don't want to. #tornheadspace Suffice to say the show is - no, can't even say that without spoiling it. Just read what I posted yesterday. That's fine. Better yet, book and see it.
I think, whilst I still learn what I like about theatre, that the theatre that most makes me incoherent and unable to respond properly afterwards is the theatre experience I like best. Because I know it has or will change my comprehension of the form itself - which, as a theatre worker, can only be for the best. I'm off to the Feast Comedy Gay-la tonight. Expect some incoherent mumblings on that tomorrow.. ;)
09:21 AM, Monday 11-11-2013
Declaration: I am an Ash Flanders/Declan Greene tragic. Every time I see one of their Sisters Grimm works, or something they've done individually, I fall more helplessly in lust with their innate ability to create, send up and make me wholly exhausted and changed by the end of one of their shows every time I seek their performances out. (And I am yet to be disappointed)
So to call this in any way a review would ignore a hopeless bias. Anyway, last night I, along with a small band of Adelaideans, paid for our tickets (a cheap $25 fp, less for conc) and saw the opening performance of Ash Flanders' Special Victim at Nexus for Feast.
Last seen in Adelaide in 2008, Ash, with and without his Sisters Grimm partner Declan, is/are the hottest thing/s going right now in Australian theatre. After being stalwarts of indie theatre, putting on works in sheds, anywhere they could, Sisters Grimm now find themselves sought after by the biggest companies in the country - the Sisters played their 'Sovereign Wife' to standing ovations in a sold out extended season as part of the Melbourne Theatre Company's Neon program earlier this year; Ash alone already has productions as part of both the Sydney Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre and Belvoir seasons in 2014.
Catherine Fitzgerald's ability then, to lure Mr Flanders for her inaugural Feast Festival and Adelaide, should not go unrewarded.
Special Victim is adult entertainment and elegantly crafted, though it may not feel it at first, as Ash rather rudely interrupts his singly lit, hairy accompanist's introduction from offstage to demand he be introduced as Miss Ash Flanders rather than Mr. (Full applause to the hairy man on the piano too. Excellent key fingering.)From that, the tone was set, expectation too, and the show - storytelling, standup and excellent cabaret - could begin.
That last paragraph is the only spoiler I shall give, as the show will provide the most entertainment to one who remains open to it, and I would hate to spoil your experience.
Me, I laughed, enjoyed, loved, and had my expectations hollowed out, discarded and replaced with pristine clarity and down to earth reality. It was glorious. You should have already booked your ticket. And one for each and every one of your friends.
Ash Flanders: Special Victim Book tickets!!! (use link below for full Feast website)
Feast Festival full site (go here for all the Feast events)
Sister's Grimm Book tickets!!! (use link below for full Feast website)
09:02 AM, Monday 30-09-2013
The producers have just announced the leads for the 2014 Rocky Horror Show Australian tour, playing Adelaide at the Festival Theatre in March/April. Here's the info direct from the Press Release:
"Joining television and theatre star Craig McLachlan in the new production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show will be a fresh, exciting and talented cast of Australia’s best musical theatre performers. Producers Howard Panter and John Frost today announced cast members for the 2014 Australian tour of The Rocky Horror Show, which opens in January at the Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane followed by seasons at the Crown Theatre, Perth in February, the Festival Theatre, Adelaide in March, and the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne in April. The coveted role of Frank N Furter will be played by Craig McLachlan, fresh from shooting the title role in the second series of ABC TV’s top rating drama series The Doctor Blake Mysteries. Playing the roles of Janet and Brad, the naïve young couple caught up in a situation they don’t understand, will be musical theatre favourites Christie Whelan Browne (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Shane Warne The Musical) and Tim Maddren (Hi 5, The Addams Family). Reprising his role as Riff Raff, Frank’s loyal handyman, which he played in New Zealand and the UK will be Kristian Lavercombe, while his sister Magenta will be played by Erika Heynatz, who was nominated for a Helpmann Award for her debut musical theatre role in Legally Blonde. Columbia, the groupie in Frank’s entourage, will be played by Ashlea Pyke (Legally Blonde), and Eddie and Dr Scott will be Nicholas Christo (My Fair Lady). In his first leading role as Frank’s creation Rocky will be Brendan Irving (An Officer and a Gentleman). The Phantoms will be played by Vincent Hooper (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), Luigi Lucente (Wicked), Meghan O’Shea (A Chorus Line) and Angela Scundi (Spring Awakening), while the Swing/Dance Captain will be James Maxfield (A Chorus Line)."
Tickets for the Preview performance in Adelaide on March 20 go on sale October 14 through BASS. Fishnets are on Adelaide!!! ;)
Rocky Horror Show Official Website
BASS Book online or by phone 131 246.
01:44 AM, Friday 06-09-2013
Currently, LinkAdelaide is working away from home, so on departing Adelaide on Wednesday, we picked up a bunch of reading matter, including what turned out to be a LOT of pamphlets that were utter rubbish. What a waste of luggage weight.. we could have packed more clothes!
So, you can imagine our wariness on picking up the slick CityMag, certainly this would be another of the well designed but full of unrelatable content magazines I pick up from time to time. Of course, I was wrong.
Intelligent writing, delicious layouts and stylish photos, combined with grass roots Adelaide presented with a wink as the haute couture of the city, by some of the names who've a history of city buzz in their past (Sia Duff, Stan Mahoney, Joshua Fanning and Jane Howard, of awesomeness, Format, Merge Magazine, and all of the theatre writing respectively) make CityMag much much more than you think. Look out for them around town, contribute, and visit them online. We Like. A lot. :)
Citymag online
Citymag on Facebook
05:00 PM, Tuesday 03-09-2013
Somehow we are already talking about the 2014 Adelaide Festival! Director David Sefton has just announced two of the shows which will enthral in Adelaide next year.. here's details in brief from the Press Release..
On the opening weekend of the festival (Fri 28 Feb– Sun 2 Mar) Dutch theatre hit Roman Tragedies blends three of Shakespeare’s most famous political plays into one continuous six-hour political drama, while in the final week John Zorn makes his Australian debut with an exclusive one-time-only series of six marathon concerts across four evenings: Zorn in Oz (Tue 11 Mar – Fri 14 Mar).
Full Program will be announced on October 29. Meanwhile, tickets to these two events will be on sale soon, and more info on the Adelaide Festival (of course) can be found on their website below. On sale dates: Roman Tragedies on sale from 7pm, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 Festival Theatre|28 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar |Unreserved Seating |$50 - $159| Zorn in Oz on sale from evening of Tuesday, 29 October 2013 Masada Marathon | Cobra | Essential Cinema | Zorn, Graves, Laswell | Classical Marathon | Zorn @ 60 Festival Theatre | 11 Mar - 14 Mar | $35 - $129 |
09:19 AM, Tuesday 03-09-2013
After taking ALL of the newcomer award (in a tie) at the Edinburgh Fringe, Demi Lardner is back home in Adelaide this week, and will be part of the Adelaide Comedy gigs this Friday and Saturday at the Rhino Room, and Sunday at the Arkaba Schnitz and Giggles.
Celebrate, let her make you laugh, and have a great time with the fantastic lineups. Oh, and the 'official' headliner this week is Luke Heggie, who is very funny, and will be at all of the Adelaide Comedy gigs this week. :)
Adelaide Comedy Website
Demi Lardner on Twitter She only has 192 Followers. It should be much, much more.
03:44 PM, Thursday 29-08-2013
..and for even more on the 2013 Feast Festival (running from Nov 9-24) check out this article (link below) from InDaily, where Catherine Fitzgerald outlines some of her plans for the festival.
InDaily Article 'Feast Reaches For The Top End Of Town'
03:39 PM, Thursday 29-08-2013
If you didn't know already - and they've done a pretty soft launch on this with their poster and a few events - in 2013 the Feast Festival will have a new home.. but this is just the start of what they've said:
"2013 Feast home will be in the Living Arts Centre on the corner of Morphett Street and North Terrace in the City of Adelaide. There is a tram stop right outside the front door, with bus stops and the train station very close by. The ANZ Feast Cluster will utilise Fowlers Lion (The Blender) NEXUS Cabaret Space (QUEER NEXUS), the The Mercury Cinema as well as Yongondi Courtyard and Barbara Harahan Lecture Theatres 1 & 2 (The TANK) situated in adjoining UniSA West Campus. For the big events will will utilise the Cluster Courtyard where we will set up a big outdoor stage and expanded bar facilities. There will be an array of food available and good clean accessible toilets. Each night in the Courtyard Cluster we will host evening sunset soirees where we will create a piazza type feel with places to sit, eat and drink whilst being entertained by an electric array of local musicians. A great place to be prior to seeing your shows or just a place to meet with friends after work for a chilled out drink, The Blender, Queer Nexus, The Mercury the Tank and Blender Bar are all accessible and air conditioned, but if attending an evening outside Courtyard Cluster event you may want to throw in a throw (- oh so old fashioned!!) - or a jacket."
We're looking forward to the full release of Catherine Fitzgerald's first program as Artistic Director of Feast, but in the mean time invite you to check out the events already on sale for Adelaide's big celebration of LGBTIQ people, that's open to EVERYONE to enjoy..
Feast Festival Website For all the Feasty updates you can handle..
Nexus The online home of the Nexus Arts Centre
Feast on Facebook For all the Feasty updates you can handle..
09:11 AM, Thursday 29-08-2013
Because we're home in Adelaide at the minute, and have been a bit captivated by the social media posts Kat and Brodie have been making of late, today (on the greyest, stormiest day of the week.. thanks Adelaide!) we're embarking on our first interview in AGES!
We'll speak to Kat Coppock about her and Brodie's exhibition Male;Real/Ideal and then, later tonight or tomorrow, post it up here as a podcast.
No promises about it becoming a regular thing again yet.. but periodical interviews with people doing good and interesting things around Adelaide, that's pretty much what we got into this website making thing to discover. Enjoy, and as always, if you've got something great, tell us about it and you could be next. :)
Male;Real/Ideal Exhibition Event Listing on LinkAdelaide
Exhibition Event Listing on LinkAdelaide
07:38 AM, Sunday 11-08-2013
Just checking out the brochure and there is a LOT of excellent things happening in the Barossa this coming weekend (Aug 16-18) at the Barossa Gourmet Festival. Be consumed.. grab the details at our events guide and start planning your totally gourmet weekend of food, wine and music today!
Barossa Gourmet Weekend Listing on the LinkAdelaide Events Guide
Listing on the LinkAdelaide Events Guide
01:58 AM, Monday 29-07-2013
Well, it's the end of a long evening and the end of a longer week. Finally pushed myself to iron out all the kinks and get my LinkAdelaide event form running the way I want to work it.. and it kind of works. So do the event pages. Very beta right now, and only a couple of events online, but the beginnings of the most solid version of LinkAdelaide's events/What's On in Adelaide database is here!!
Welcome it, use it - you'll see the link to it in a different font to the other buttons (chalk that up to something ELSE I have to fix!!) in the centre of the menu bar above. Also on the pages, images making pretty which is nice too.
Love you to take a look, submit your own events, and let me know what I can fix and change. As I say, it's late, and it's been a long week, but it's at the very least a start, and I'm a bit excited about the potential it gives me to grow LinkAdelaide to be the thing I want it to be. As Ira Glass says on This American Life.. Stay with us.
12:21 PM, Sunday 21-07-2013
Since beginning LinkAdelaide in 2010, the site has and remains a passionate love affair, to which I've devoted countless hours of brain time, stress and worry; all in service of an epic desire to make things work beautifully and create a site I can be proud of in dedication to the beauty and magnificence of the city I was brought up in. Alas, the necessity of employment, and frequent bouts of depression, meant many times I would make grand gestures of rebuilding which then, through time spent getting healthier or on required outside employment, would half or never eventuate to the image I had in mind.
Most crushing for me (after the hectic pleasure that was covering the 2012 Adelaide Fringe) was the blow that my horrid bout of depression around February this year directed at the hundreds of artists who, on a call out from me, emailed eager to be part of LinkAdelaide's coverage in 2013 as I struggled under my depression and had to make the choice to put my limited energies towards the shows I was already committed to for money rather than LinkAdelaide. I cannot hope to explain to those of you who haven't been depressed how debilitating it can be to fight your thoughts 24/7, but what I can say is that I am climbing to health, have a long way to go, but am committed to getting there, and keeping LinkAdelaide sailing forth in the process.
So, to that end, this post is further commitment to you from me to continue working at the site to make it user friendly, full of information, and build it, and the podcasts inherent in the LinkAdelaide brand, from TODAY. It begins with the link below, and an invitation to YOU to begin submitting events to our database so we can share information, and build interest in the things YOU are doing around Adelaide. Links below, and more to come soon. :) Also, if you have depression, or are worried about someone near you, please go see your GP or call Lifeline on 13 11 14. ..and if you want to get in touch with me, email info@linkadelaide.com.au :) Thank YOU for your support. Stephen Moylan x
Send us your events! LinkAdelaide's Fancy Event Form..! Fill out the form, and your event will be listed here in 48 hours or less!
Beyond Blue The National Depression Initiative - if you're struggling, get informed here. Then see your GP.
Capril Fill out the form, and your event will be listed here in 48 hours or less!
05:56 AM, Monday 15-07-2013
A while ago, a post popped up on Facebook looking for people to submit photos of eggs for an artists upcoming work. Alas, I was eggless at the time, but happily engaged with the artist, local Adelaide girl Kathryn Hummel, with a horrific run of punny yolks instead.
I can't remember which of us ended up beaten by the other, but this post is fast running away from its golden centre, so I'll stop the yolks here.
What it all boils down to is this, Kathryn's just blogged a short video of photos of eggs. Beautiful photos, collated wonderfully, and I think it's a glorious way to start the day. Enjoy. :)
Kathryn's Eggy Video (on Tumblr)
Kathryn's Tumblr Page
The Journey of an Egg
01:15 PM, Thursday 11-07-2013
The publicity gal (whom we know..) at five.point.one is REALLY making us work for our supper, teasing us daily, slowly, devilishly with announcements of the new works which are making up the company's 2013 Reading Sessions, held July 27 to August 8 at Holden Street Theatres.
Today, we're at day 3, and the wonderfully titled One Scientific Mystery or Why did the aborigines eat Captain Cook? by Victoria Haralabidou, directed by Eugene Suleau, which will debut on July 29. Haralabidou joins Verity Laughton (Day 1: The Ice Season) and Alan Grace (Day 2: Stopped) as authors being exposed by The Sessions in 2013.
We can't wait for the sessions, and the rest of the announcements. All plays will be performed as readings and directed by new and experienced local artists. Tickets are cheap, with discounts for a full season pass and all money taken will support five.point.one's practice as one of SA's leading indie theatre companies.
five.point.one
five.point.one on Facebook
Holden Street Theatres
07:09 AM, Friday 05-07-2013
In case you missed it, yesterday the Tour Down Under launched the 2014 Race Routes, and updated their website with all the details of next year's race. Coinciding with the Tour De France, and SBS's annual exquisite coverage, the Tour Down Under has also produced a TV commercial, available for viewing during the TDF, or via the TDU's website.
In addition, the TDU have opened registrations for the 2014 Bupa Challenge Tour, your chance to get involved and go for a ride as an official part of Adelaide's great race.
For all the details, check out the Tour Down Under Website. The race runs from January 19-26. We'll see you there!
Tour Down Under Official Website
SBS Tour De France Coverage
Tour De France Official Website
09:05 AM, Tuesday 02-07-2013
We're just ONE WEEK out from Adelaide Comedy's 13th birthday, and they are promising some really big changes to celebrate. First up, a shiny new website launching on Sunday.
Click below to follow all the action, sign up to their special offer laden mailing list, and keep up to date with this week's gigs - including local lad made good Mark Trenwith - returning from Melbourne for shows and a special Kids Comedy afternoon at the Rhino Room this Sunday from 2pm.
On the eve of the celebrations, congratulations and thanks to the people of Adelaide Comedy who have worked tirelessly to make the scene work over the past 13 years, starting with Lehmo and Justin Hamilton, and more recently the man with the heart and passion that's brought comedy in Adelaide to the leading place it is today, Mr Craig Egan. 13 Rubber Chickens to you sir. :)
08:46 AM, Tuesday 02-07-2013
South Australia's annual celebration of the vibrant, living artists that call our state home, SALA, begins in just one month's time.
The full South Australian Living Artists Festival program will be unveiled on Saturday July 6, as will ALL of the venues around town holding exhibitions.
Take a look and find out more about SALA at their website.
05:14 AM, Tuesday 02-07-2013
News out of the Dunstan Playhouse foyer is that Geordie Brookman's State Theatre Company, in their co-production of Shakespeare's Comedy Of Errors with Bell Shakespeare, is on to a hilarious winner.
Starring a who's who of Adelaide's most talented actors, and directed to a T by Imara Savage, the show has only a short, two week run in Adelaide before it goes on tour through Melbourne, Sydney and rural centres.
As with the rest of Geordie's 2013 debut, the Comedy is top notch quality theatre. Closes July 14. Book at BASS 131 246.
State Theatre Company - Comedy of Errors
Comedy Of Errors on the ABC (Youtube Link)
Bell Shakespeare
02:20 AM, Thursday 21-02-2013
LinkAdelaide was fortunate enough to be invited to attend the opening night performance of LIMBO, a thrilling new piece of circus theatre by Strut & Fret Premiering in Adelaide ahead of an international tour. Obviously, we said yes to attend. Below are our thoughts.
LIMBO is an astonishingly good piece of circus, with performers in the peak of physical condition wowing the crowd with tricks, high acrobatics and incredible showmanship. A step back in time in the Paradiso Spiegeltent, LIMBO brought to mind La Boite's recent brilliant production of Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness with its extravagant, yet simple design, and in the show itself some of the simplest elements (a performer gallop-tapping around the audience) that provided the greatest sensory delights.
Opening with great music - well used throughout to tie acts together and instil good times I wanted to clap along to a lot - LIMBOs first performer, bewitched onto stage by a white suited maestro, literally bent over backwards to please, and he wasn't alone. If I could name each performer I would. All are at the highest level of their game, clearly had fun performing, and were part of a tight, well rehearsed team of people (including stage management and a brilliant, invisible team of mechanists who worked ropes beautifully..) who gave over an hour of magic to the opening night audience (who, mostly, sadly didn't join myself and a few others who stood proudly at the end of the show to show our appreciation). I refuse to give much away about what happens, as LIMBO, like most shows, should be enjoyed with a sense of expectation and uncertainty, but I will be intrigued about the coins for a while. And the poles, remarkable engineering feats that they were, and that is to say nothing of the men operating on them who, like the entire cast of the show, were (if I haven't mentioned this enough) were at the peak of physical condition and incredibly well honed for performance. As one of the larger, more commercial shows of the Fringe, LIMBO's season will sell out, but that's mainly because EVERYONE will be talking about it. Be in their audience, clap loudly, and show your appreciation for jobs incredibly well done at the end.
LinkAdelaide Event Page for LIMBO
03:27 PM, Wednesday 13-02-2013
After putting out the call last week we've been overwhelmed by the number of emails we've received from artists looking for an interview to promote their work during fringe on our podcast. As we're doing very long days at the moment getting the show were working on ready for its first audience, we haven't been able to promote these shows to you yet, but we will do what we can when we can. In the mean time, take chances, go to a category in the guide you don't normally see and book for performances, all performances. Months and months of hard, unpaid work have gone into putting the constituents of the fringe program together, and the performers and production teams will only leave the fringe without a debt if we support them.
01:10 PM, Monday 04-02-2013
Well, it's one week to go until the Fringe madness arrives in Adelaide with the early opening of Garden of Unearthly Delights. You may have noticed a lack of podcasts from us of late. We've been busy working on a production - One For The Ugly Girls - which will play at Tuxedo Cat during the Fringe, and haven't found time to go as nuts as we did with interviews as we did last year..
So, we've changed things up a little. And there's a part for you! For all the details of how our podcasts will work this year, follow the link below and get in touch!
We look forward to hearing from you very, very soon. 0406 226 177.
02:32 PM, Thursday 23-08-2012
You seem to LOVE Brisbane comedian Jenny Wynter. Her comedy/cabaret/thing during the 2012 Adelaide Fringe did some amazing business, and our interview with her is consistently one of the most popular downloads. After checking out her blog we saw she had some news she might like to share. She did. Here it is. With added discussion of Ten's new reality show I Will Survive. More soon..
Jenny's Website
LinkAdelaide Podcast Page
Direct Link to Podcast interview (click to play, right click to save mp3. 14MB approx)
12:29 PM, Tuesday 14-08-2012
This Thursday, Friday and Saturday, don't miss Emily Steel's Rocket Town as it ends its tour with performances at Urban Myth's new home, the Goodwood Institute (Mayfair Theatre). After reading about responses from the people of Woomera to this show created about their town, we think you'll want to attend even more.
Link to the Facebook event page below.
Rocket Town Facebook Page
Rocket Town Tour Info (via CountryArts SA)
Bookings.. go here for Trybooking
10:37 PM, Sunday 12-08-2012
PDF Document available via the Gridiron SA direct link below - left click to open, right to download - outlining the match schedule for 2012. Take a look, mark it in your diaries and get out and enjoy one of Adelaide's hidden sporting gems, Gridiron, LIVE.
2012 Match Schedule (PDF Download)
Gridiron SA Website
05:37 PM, Sunday 12-08-2012
Congratulations to Adelaide's Raymond Zada, who has taken out the Telstra Works on Paper Award in the 29th National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards. Racebook represents the artist’s purging of the hateful comments while raising awareness of the attitudes being expressed in social media.
This news came to me from No Strings Attached's PJ Rose, who was pleased to mention that Raymond is also a key member of the creative team for Knowing Home, our next ATSI production (currently in creative development).
Racebook has previously been shown in Adelaide during the Feast Festival, and you can find out more from the following websites.
View artwork here
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Awards Website
No Strings Attached
01:38 PM, Sunday 12-08-2012
Man, Adelaide Comedy has a PHENOMENAL lineup of special guest comedians coming to town for the latter half of 2012. They just sent me a flyer. Amazeballs talent. Like em for more, and check out their website for their blog and podcast.
Guests include Corinne Grant, Frank Woodley, Bart Freebairn, Wil Anderson, Chris Franklin, Peter Helliar, Sammy J, David Quirk and more, more, more..!!!!! :)
08:00 PM, Friday 10-08-2012
Something new and fresh this way comes.. look out for it in a couple of weeks.
10:44 AM, Saturday 04-08-2012
..and speaking of locals doing well, hearty congratulations to Adelaide's Jack Bobridge for his silver medal. :) :) :) (The following is a post from Jack on his Facebook page..)
just really want to thank everyone that has helped me through the past 4yrs since beijing olympics and that has stood by be the whole way. my family friends and fiance jos!
it was hard to take silver tonight after wanting the gold for the past 4 years but silver at the olympics is a very special thing and we are very proud to have taken a medal! hats off to the great brits fantastic ride. our team was fantastic together left all out on the track nothing left. and all of our support staff that made up a team just not the athletes.
Jack Bobridge's Official Website
10:39 AM, Saturday 04-08-2012
In the midst of the London Olympics, where perhaps the passing of the bubble of funding that found its way to sporting organisations in the lead up to the Sydney games in 2000 has resulted in a less-impressive-than-the-media-expected gold medal haul for Australia (LinkAdelaide is and remains proud and amazed by the achievements of all Australians at the games), it's worth celebrating all the Aussies who've raised funds and taken themselves north to Edinburgh to perform at the biggest artistic competition in the world, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With constant reductions in arts funding, I think we, especially in Adelaide, can be overwhelmingly proud of our artists (and our Adelaide Fringe) as they (and it) are all over Edinburgh this year. Go Aussie Go!! :)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Adelaide Fringe Festival
08:00 AM, Friday 03-08-2012
The 2013 Adelaide Fringe Festival is officially on its way. In 2012, 924 acts played Adelaide over three weeks and four weekends, a 20% increase on 2011, leading to a 10% total increase in revenue. With an extra week of festivities announced for 2013, making a (yet again) bigger Fringe than ever extraordinarily likely, it has never been more important to plan ahead before taking the leap to become part of the biggest open access festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
After covering the Adelaide Fringe and interviewing artists in 2011 and, in a much bigger way earlier this year, LinkAdelaide picked up a heap of hints about how YOU can best make the Fringe work for you.
We're also opening the door early for the LinkAdelaide podcast. In 2012, we interviewed well over 100 artists, covering around 15% of the total number of fringe events. In 2013, we want to go further, both in terms of our online coverage for your event and with the podcasts themselves, so we extend our hands to you, any time from now until the end of the Fringe, to email us with details of your event or exhibition, and request an interview. (Just email events@linkadelaide.com.au and we'll get things moving from there.)
Artist Registrations for the Adelaide Fringe don't close until October, so we invite - and suggest - you don't rush in and register just yet, but hang around as we take you through a few hints and tips so you can plan to have a stress free, party filled fringe in 2013.
More soon..
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