
This year’s WOMADelaide festival kicked off in style with a strong first day. Approximately 400 artists have been engaged to perform during the four days of the festival. On show are some of the best musicians on the world music scene.

Knee Deep doesn't appear seamless, the performers are working hard and you appreciate their efforts, making Knee Deep, especially in close-up, all the more thrilling.

This is acting, singing and performance at its best with such clever writing, direction and major research into Ms Garland herself, I felt I had witnessed one small part of the life and last moments of Judy’s tragic life.

Dawson and McCarthy are witty at times and ragingly bitter and daring at others. It’s a play of extremes, an emotional roller coaster that demands a lot from its audience in terms of its complexity and intensity.

Leo Tolstoy’s last novella is a powerful tragedy that unpacks the gradual fall of those who fall prey to debauchery, posing deep philosophical questions about the purpose of life.

Playing far too short a season at The Q, Shake & Stir’s Animal Farm is a remarkable piece of theatre.

In LaunchPad dance makers Liesel Zink and Lucas Jervies created successful duos. But, it’s a big leap to make a work for seven dancers and then for Weir to stage the result as a part of EDC’s mainstream annual program.