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The Sound Inside makes its South Australian premiere at Holden Street

Liv Williams — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:58:06 +0000

Adam Rapp's Tony-nominated psychological drama arrives in Adelaide this August. The intimate two-hander explores storytelling, loneliness and an unthinkable decision.

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CheeseFest turns 21 with Miguel Maestre and a fresh new look

Liv Williams — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:47:32 +0000

South Australia's favourite celebration of cheese and artisan produce returns to Rundle Park this October for its 21st year. Expect new faces, bold artwork and more than 100 producers.

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A world premiere Hansel & Gretel lands at Her Majesty’s Theatre

Liv Williams — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:29:37 +0000

State Opera South Australia brings the beloved fairy tale to life in a striking new production featuring an international star's Australian debut. This is opera at its most accessible and visually spectacular.

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Le Mistral | A taste of Provence lands on Rundle Street this July

Liv Williams — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:26:53 +0000

Adelaide’s East End is about to gain a new reason to linger. Le Mistral, a French wine bar and bistro, opens on Rundle Street this July, bringing the flavours and unhurried spirit of Provence to the heart of the city. The venue is the vision of hospitality professionals Matthieu Mioche and Christopher Richards, who share a passion for authentic cuisine, thoughtful service and the kind of hospitality that invites guests to stay a little longer. For Mioche, the concept is deeply personal. Born on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and raised in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, he has

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The writing’s on the wall

Liv Williams — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:15:14 +0000

In a city increasingly wallpapered with vinyl decals and digitally printed everything, Raymond P. MoonDog is a deliberate act of resistance. For over three decades, this Adelaide signwriter has been doing things the old way, brush in hand, paint on surface, no shortcuts, and the city is richer for it. From the Garden of Unearthly Delights to the shopfronts and bars anchoring Adelaide’s inner suburbs, his work is everywhere once you know what to look for. Now, with a new generation turning up to his workshops hungry to learn a craft that TAFE stopped teaching, Raymond reflects on a life

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From the reef to the molcajete

Liv Williams — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:29:04 +0000

Interview by Olivia Williams. Photography by Andy Nowell. Not every restaurant exists to follow a trend. La Popular Taqueria, tucked into a colourful corner of St Vincent Street in Port Adelaide, exists to correct a misconception, built on the conviction that most Australians have simply never tasted real Mexican food, and that this is a situation worth fixing. Behind it is Daniella Guevara Muñoz, a Mexico City-born marine biologist turned chef, whose path to running one of Australia’s most acclaimed taquerias reads like something you couldn’t quite pitch to a producer. She and her husband Kor-jent van Dijk arrived in

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Mark Wigglesworth on Wagner, Adelaide and the ASO at 90

Liv Williams — Thu, 21 May 2026 02:42:04 +0000

When Mark Wigglesworth talks about live orchestral music, he talks about ownership. Not of the score, or the building, or even the performance, but of the moment itself. The listener, he says, completes the circle. Without them, the music isn’t quite finished. It is a fitting philosophy for the man at the helm of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra as it marks 90 years this month. The ASO’s Chief Conductor returns to Adelaide for two Symphony Series concerts that could hardly be more different: The Ring (29 – 30 May), a condensed orchestral journey through Wagner’s monumental cycle, and Nature Untamed

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Get run over by the bus – an evening with Jay Laga’aia

Liv Williams — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:40:19 +0000

There are careers, and then there is Jay Laga’aia’s career. Star Wars. Home and Away. Water Rats. Play School. The Lion King. Wicked. Father of eight (yes, eight!). And now, Unscripted — an intimate evening of music and stories coming to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival this June. If it sounds like a lot, that’s rather the point. ‘Opportunity is a bus that rides on the road of success,’ Laga’aia says, with the easy authority of someone who has long since stopped second-guessing himself. ‘And we sit on a chair of what if. So, every now and again, you just got to get off and get run over by that bus. I’ve

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Hotel Panorama opens on Goodwood Road in $60 million Hurley Hotel Group build

Liv Williams — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:44:42 +0000

Adelaide’s southern suburbs have a new full-service hotel. Hurley Hotel Group has officially opened Hotel Panorama on Goodwood Road – a $60 million, five-storey development that brings together accommodation, dining, function rooms and a rooftop bar in a single building, and represents the largest investment in the family business’s history. The opening also marks one of the biggest hospitality investments Adelaide has seen in recent years. Hotel Panorama has created more than 150 ongoing roles across food and beverage, accommodation, gaming, events and management, with many filled locally. What’s inside Hotel Panorama The ground floor is built for everyday hospitality.

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Till the Stars Come Down opens Holden Street Theatres’ 2026 season in Adelaide

Liv Williams — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:34:09 +0000

The Holden Street Theatres 2026 season opens with the South Australian premiere of Till the Stars Come Down, the Olivier-nominated family drama by British playwright Beth Steel. The production runs at The Studio from 26 May to 13 June, directed by Holden Street’s Director in Residence Nick Fagan. Steel’s play premiered at London’s National Theatre in January 2024, where it sold out its run and picked up two Olivier Award nominations including Best New Play. It transferred to the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2025, with critics calling it “deliriously funny,” “utterly unmissable,” and “spun in gold.” Now it makes

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