Axed author back on the slate for writers' week Adelaide Writers' Week returns with Randa Abdel Fattah on the bill, while a Khaled Sabsabi solo show is part of the Adelaide Festival's visual arts program. AAP · Oct 27
Adelaide writers’ week sacrificed to save city’s prestigious arts festival, documents show Briefings obtained by freedom of information warned a ‘cascade of withdrawals’ could lead to collapse of 2026 South Australian festival The Guardian - AU · Apr 28
Free show brings Britpop legends to the common people Legends of Britpop will play a free outdoor concert in Adelaide, as a controversial director returns to the city's international arts festival. AAP · Oct 27, 2025
Vivid, thrilling and ghastly: new theatrical adaptation of The Birds evokes climate disaster, terrorism and lockdown Malthouse’s new production of The Birds is a thrillingly realised take on the 1952 short story by Daphne Du Maurier. Adapted by Louise Fox and directed by Matthew Lutton, this vivid realisation is a chilling treatise on fear and resilience in the face of an external threat. The Conversation · May 23, 2025
Julian Assange: new play about WikiLeaks founder’s life to debut in 2025 Truth, by Australian playwright Patricia Cornelius, will feature multiple actors playing Assange as it probes questions about whistleblowers The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2024
Julian Assange's rollercoaster life coming to the stage A play about the trials and tribulations of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will headline the Malthouse Theatre's 2025 program while ticket prices are slashed. AAP · Oct 9, 2024
Hour of the Wolf review – is this the end of immersive theatre? This choose-your-own-adventure set in a spooky town haunted by a monster reaches for the baroque – but feels like a hollow cash-grab instead The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023