Author: Genevieve Meegan
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Dane Lam’s quest to make South Australia ‘the gravitational centre of opera’
When InReview speaks to Dane Lam, he’s just landed in China for a season of The Marriage of Figaro – part of his other gig as principal conductor and artistic director of Xi’an Symphony Orchestra. Since taking on the State Opera’s directorship last year – not to mention his other role as musical director of Hawaii…
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Susie Althorp’s best life
Tell us a bit about what you do. I am a visual artist based on the Yorke Peninsula. As the recipient of Country Arts SA 2025 Ground Breaking award, I have spent the past 12 months working with a mentor, renowned Adelaide-based artist Catherine Truman, creating my exhibition skopos. My work is informed by the…
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‘It truly is music in nature’: UKARIA celebrates milestone anniversary
It’s been a decade since the UKARIA Cultural Centre first opened its doors, an architecturally designed 220-seat venue purpose built for chamber music and perched in a scenic Mount Barker location. It was the brainchild of Ulrike Klein, who wanted to create a special place that would attract artists from both Australia and around the…
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‘It is important to remember’: John Schumann revisits The Redgum Years
Over four decades have passed since John Schumann wrote ‘I Was Only 19’, but the former Redgum frontman still gets stopped in the street by people affected by the haunting hit. “You can’t imagine how often I get stopped in airports, supermarkets or at the service station by somebody who has been touched directly or…
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‘I was still finishing assignments’: Kimberly Akimbo brings young talent to the stage
Aspiring musical theatre star Allycia Angeles had a lump in her throat as she navigated callbacks for her first big break — and it wasn’t just nerves. “I saw my doctor just three days out from my second audition and he said I had to rest my voice,” the second-year Elder Conservatorium of Music student…
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John Glenn’s best life
Give us a brief insight into what you do? I have a dual life. I run a company called Hey Dowling with my business partner Peta Spurling-Brown and we create, manage, produce and tour theatre shows nationally and internationally. We work with artists who have stories we think should be told. Currently we are working…
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‘It’s a real privilege’: suburban gallery scores works from the national collection
Stepping into a most small suburban art galleries, you don’t typically expect to find nationally significant works by the likes of Jeffrey Smart and Fred Williams hanging on the walls. But Gallery M, located in the Marion Cultural Centre, has secured seven significant art works on long term loan from the National Gallery of Australia…
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Elizabeth McCall’s best life
Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I’m an opera singer, songwriter, producer and now the director of Chamber Music Adelaide. I trained at the Elder Conservatorium in classical voice before studying further in the UK. I ended up staying in London for 11 years, working as a singer and in community arts development,…
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Art Gallery SA names inaugural patrons
For the first time in its 143-year history, the Art Gallery of South Australia has appointed patrons to raise its profile as the arts organisation moves into an era of growth. Speaking exclusively to SALIFE, AGSA’s director Jason Smith today announced that Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia, and her…
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‘The story is very deeply rooted in Adelaide’: author Rose Hartley’s audiobook awakening
This is your second publication following Maggie’s Going Nowhere in 2020; when did you start writing, and how was the experience of publishing a debut novel at the start of the pandemic? I’ve been writing fiction since childhood. I started and abandoned a couple of novel manuscripts in my teens and early 20s, but Maggie’s…