Author: Walter Marsh
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What’s My Scene: Kultar Ahluwalia found comradery and community in hip-hop
Where was your first gig, and how did it go? First time I stepped on stage with my own original music was 2004 at Reynella Youth Centre (now Base 10). The group I was in at the time was invited to do one song – all I had to do was rap one verse and…
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Music review: Adelaide Chamber Singers 40th anniversary
One only had to see the bulging audience St Peter’s Cathedral and sample the celebratory atmosphere to realise how significant Adelaide Chamber Singers has become for Adelaide during its forty years. The thing is, no choir in Australia has made anywhere near its impact. Its influence has been strong enough to spawn similar vocal ensembles…
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OzAsia Festival review: Hiromi featuring PUBLIQuartet
Pianist Hiromi’s performance with US string quartet PUBLIQuartet at the Adelaide Town Hall Tuesday night was riveting. As all five members of the quintet have either won a Grammy (Hiromi) or been nominated for Grammys (PUBLIQuartet), it’s not surprising that they produced musical fireworks. The quintet (piano, two violins, viola and cello) began with ‘Jumpstart’…
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OzAsia Festival review: Two Blood
Two Blood is an ode to the centuries-long relationship between Australia’s First Peoples and the migrant communities who, like First Nations people, have endured violence and discrimination under colonial rule. This sweeping historic arc is embodied in a gold rush-era love story set on Tagalaka Country in Northwest Queensland. Its central characters – a Tagalaka…
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Adelaide Film Festival review: Journey Home, David Gulpilil
In November 2021, Yolŋu man and lauded actor David Gulpilil died of a lung cancer that had plagued him for four long years. Unable to travel to his birthplace Gupulul in Arnhem Land while still alive, he stayed in Murray Bridge, South Australia, to have the medical support he needed, but his dying wish was…
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Theatre review: American Song
What is it that makes us who we are? After Freud and the decoding of DNA, after Rousseau and Charles Darwin, we strongly suspect it’s that pesky combination, that cosmic arm wrestle between nature and nurture. What causes things to turn out the way they have? Can our path be altered? When do we intervene,…
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Adelaide Festival 2026 revealed: Britpop legends and a Squid Game star
When Adelaide Festival artistic director Matthew Lutton OAM took on the top job in March this year, he was left with a few major set-pieces – and a lot of space to fill. “I inherited with great joy, I think, all of the classical music program… and that’s it,” he told InReview in early October.…
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Adelaide Film Festival review: Maya, Give Me a Title
A quirky celebration of childlike wonder, Maya Give Me a Title is a charming, stop-motion adventure, dedicated to creativity and connection. Directed by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and made in collaboration with his daughter, Maya, this French-made animated feature transforms a simple father-daughter ritual into a playful, heartfelt cinematic experiment, one…
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Adelaide Film Festival review: North South Man Woman
Despite their geographical closeness, the cultural divide between North and South Korea is extreme. Directed by Morten Traavik and Christina Sun Kim, North South Man Woman explores this divide through marriages arranged across the Korean demilitarised zone. Filmed over a period of five years, we follow Yujin, the owner of a matchmaking company for North…