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  • Magic bar blends illusion with cocktails for an unearthly delight

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    “It’s part show and part bar, and it is very much inspired by the magic bars you’ll find dotted all over Japan,” co-director Kirsten Siddle tells InDaily of the 60-minute show Maho Magic Bar, which will debut in the Garden of Unearthly Delights during Adelaide Fringe. “This style of entertainment… we just don’t know it…

  • Mix Tape: from Sheffield to Adelaide, with love

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    Jane Sanderson is no “hearts and flowers” writer. Far from it, she admits. The former BBC journalist says she doesn’t have a single romantic bone in her body. So in describing her latest novel, Mix Tape, the South Yorkshire-born author calls it more something that is an “honest, grown-up love story”. “I’m not a romantic person…

  • Poem: The Poet

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    The Poet The poet writes alone waiting for that last line – allowing it to simply come. Some revere the poet while others mock. Is that because those who mock don’t like to wait – or think? When the poet’s pen speaks it speaks more to the heart than the mind for the pen is…

  • Theatre review: Billy Elliot The Musical

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    The tale of the miner’s son who finds hope – and escape – through the unlikely medium of ballet made a powerful impact on film in 2000. Director Stephen Daldry played a role in adapting it for the stage only a few years later, with Elton John providing the music. As far as I can…

  • Film review: Jumanji – The Next Level

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    It’s been two years since high schoolers Spencer, Bethany, Martha and Fridge escaped the video game world of Jumanji. They thought they’d won, but when one of the group goes missing and the unmistakable sounds of jungle drums fill the air they realise the game has a new mission for them. The only way to…

  • Film review: The Truth

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    The Truth, set in Paris with a principally French cast, focusses on the drama stirred up by screen diva Fabienne Dangeville, a legendary, César-winning French actress, now in her 70s, who has just published her memoirs. Played by Catherine Deneuve – herself a beloved, larger-than-life icon of French cinema – it’s easy to assume the…

  • Film review: Little Women

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    Alcott’s book, first published in two parts in 1868 and 1869, follows the lives of the March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy – who are living in what’s described as “genteel poverty” in 19th-century Massachusetts while their father (Bob Odenkirk) serves in the American Civil War. This is the eighth time it has…

  • Toyama Japanese Cuisine joins East End dining scene

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    Toyama Japanese Cuisine is aiming to open this weekend at 277 Rundle Street in the premises briefly occupied by St Louis House of Fine Ice Cream and Dessert and before that by the Max Brenner chocolate bar. Business partners Leon Du, Billy Tang and Vincent Wu believe that Toyama, which will have 80-plus seats, will…

  • Keep your cool with these gin cocktails

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    There is a certain amount of kudos to be had from handing over a beautifully crafted and garnished cocktail to guests when they come over. Of course, the idea is to make it look simple, but the truth is there is a bit of preparation involved to carry this off. All great cocktail bars get…

  • Summer sessions, new year celebrations and more

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    Summer sessions in the vines Twilight Friday Nights at Lazy Ballerina (located opposite Kuitpo Forest) give visitors the opportunity to experience the winery’s garden in a new light. It will be open for dusk bookings on December 20 and 27 and January 3, with a $40pp ($20 for kids) “feed me” menu of starters, platters and pizzas, plus…