InReview

23/09/2025

In this extract from her book Beyond the Books: Culture, value, and why libraries matter, writer and researcher Heather Robinson reflects on how the rise of an economically driven ‘Festival State’ risks leaving vital institutions out of the conversation.⁠
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Beyond the Books: Culture, value, and why libraries matter (Wakefield Press) is out now

In this extract from her book Beyond the Books: Culture, value, and why libraries matter, writer and researcher Heather Robinson reflects on how the rise of an economically driven ‘Festival State’ risks leaving vital institutions out of the conversation.

22/09/2025

In our new Q&A column What’s My Scene, InReview speaks to emerging and established local artists to get their take on the South Australian creative scene and their place within it. This week, R&B-inspired singer songwriter Nat Luna shares her quest to leave audiences feeling confident, sexy, and empowered.⁠
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Nat Luna will launch her debut EP ultraviolet at Nexus Arts on October 3. ultraviolet is out now.

In our new Q&A column What’s My Scene, InReview speaks to emerging and established local artists to get their take on the South Australian creative scene and their place within it. This week, R&B-inspired singer songwriter Nat Luna shares her quest to leave audiences feeling confident, sexy, and e...

21/09/2025

Growing up, artist Damien Shen loved televised magic shows – but rarely saw his community on the stage. A new exhibition recaptures that sense of joy, while slipping First Nations representation into the deck.⁠
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Damien Shen: My Cuzzy Nate and the 654 Club opens at Adelaide Central School of Art from September 23 – October 31

Growing up, artist Damien Shen loved televised magic shows – but rarely saw his community on the stage. A new exhibition recaptures that sense of joy, while slipping First Nations representation into the deck.

20/09/2025

A Bannon-era initiative to establish a national string quartet has left a unique legacy that its current lineup continues to honour – while finding their own “special chemistry”.⁠

Australian String Quartet present their Big Gig on Sunday September 28 at Adelaide Town Hall. Convergence will be performed in Adelaide on October 16 and 17 before touring nationally.

A Bannon-era initiative to establish a national string quartet has left a unique legacy that its current lineup continues to honour – while finding their own “special chemistry”.

15/09/2025

Frankenstein, Springsteen, and a sequel to Warwick Thornton’s 2017 western Sweet Country will hit screens around the city, as Adelaide Film Festival drops its full slate of over 120 films for next month.

Adelaide Film Festival runs from October 15 – October 26.

Frankenstein, Springsteen, and a sequel to Warwick Thornton’s 2017 western Sweet Country will hit screens around the city as Adelaide Film Festival drops its full slate of over 120 films.

07/09/2025

The Art Gallery of South Australia’s charter includes a call to ‘especially comprehensively’ collect South Australian art. But as another SALA Festival draws to a close, does the presence of living South Australian artists across its walls and collections live up to that promise?

06/09/2025

Spanish-born, New York-based singer/songwriter Lau Noah has translated viral popularity to main stage success since she first picked up a guitar in 2016. Now the self-taught musician is heading to Australia for the first time to bring her unique “Baroque folk” style to Adelaide Guitar Festival.

Spanish-born, New York-based singer/songwriter Lau Noah has translated viral popularity to main stage success since she first picked up a guitar in 2016. Now the self-taught musician is heading to Australia for the first time to bring her unique "Baroque folk" style to Adelaide Guitar Festival.

05/09/2025

Adelaide born and raised legend Paul Kelly with the inimitable Lucinda Williams proved a brilliant pairing, as the headliner and opener played one of six shows together on their Australian tour.

Legend Paul Kelly with the inimitable Lucinda Williams proved a brilliant pairing as the headliner and opener on their Australian tour.

05/09/2025

A new book by Natalie Harkin presents stories from First Nations women and girls bound by more than 50 years of institutionalised indentured domestic service.

03/09/2025

It’s unusual for a debut release to consist of 18 discs of improvised sax-and-piano jazz inspired by a 105-year-old novel. For Derek Pascoe and Chris Martin, Here Comes Everything is a fitting rebuke to the Spotify era.

It’s unusual for a debut release to consist of 18 discs of improvised sax-and-piano jazz inspired by a 105-year-old book. For Derek Pascoe and Chris Martin, Here Comes Everything is a fitting rebuke to the Spotify era.

03/09/2025

Golden Lion-winning artist Archie Moore is among the 24 artists named for the 2026 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, curated by Moore’s Venice collaborator, Ellie Buttrose.

03/09/2025

AIDA – a lavish opera only ever been performed in the Italian city of Verona – is heading to Adelaide at the start of February, weeks before our festival season kicks off next year. Watch the video.

AIDA – which has only ever been performed in Verona – will make its way to Adelaide at the start of February next year.