10:33 AM ACST | Nothing succeeds like excess. Oscar Wilde coined the phrase and it wouldn't be surprising to learn that Baz Luhrmann has it embroidered on scatter cushions all over the house.
9:52 AM ACST | Is ballsy US stand-up comedian and jazz singer Lea DeLaria too much for Adelaide? Not if the reaction of last night’s audience at the Higher Ground Theatre is any indication.
18/11/2008 | Waiting at a corner near Higher Ground for Private Lives to begin, I was intrigued.
18/11/2008 | “The buzz surrounding Skipping Girl Vinegar is indisputably palpable.”
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18/11/2008 | The ostentatious Taylor Mac is freakishly brilliant.
17/11/2008 | The reviewer has never been a fan of liquorice allsorts, and this burlesque flavour was not entirely satisfying.
17/11/2008 | It was the first time I’ve had the pleasure of seeing pub dance moves including the sprinkler and the shopping trolley on stage during a live show, but Kate Miller-Heidke did it well.
13/11/2008 | These Kiwi bros are the latest über darlings of the scene over in the (y)UK – and, you can easily tell why.
13/11/2008 | David Stone, the bestselling author of The Echelon Vendetta, has delivered another hyperactive and gritty international spy-thriller featuring CIA cleaner Micah Dalton
13/11/2008 | This book is like a mini-me home porn video – an interesting idea, but too short and it fails to deliver.
12/11/2008 | Patrick Quinlan’s third novel sees him returning to familiar ground with The Drop-Off. At the conclusion of his acclaimed debut thriller Smoked, the anti-hero quartet escaped from the Mob with $2.5 million in stolen cash, which is where The Drop-Off begins.
12/11/2008 | The third compilation of songs linked to SBS’s Global Village television series mixes old and new, folk and blues, Latin and a little bit of techno-lounge music.
12/11/2008 | This double-CD compilation is tailor-made for Christmas, Dad’s birthday or long car trips, featuring songs famous and not-so-famous that tell engaging stories among the singing and strumming.
11/11/2008 | Based on Puccini’s La Boheme, the love-it-or-hate-it musical Rent is no small undertaking. Catchy Title Productions, under the direction of Scott Nell, has met this challenge head on – and won!
11/11/2008 | Antony and Cleopatra is the seventh and final instalment in Colleen McCullough's ambitious Masters of Rome series that began with The First Man in Rome and includes Caesar’s Women and Caesar: Let the Dice Fly
11/11/2008 | A wonderful debut by a group of talented musicians all openly influenced by Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Paul Kelly, with a generous helping of bluegrassy banjo, mandolin and resonator guitar to drive things along.
10/11/2008 | The Curse of Company’s debut album finds potency in eccentricity, myth and effortless melodies.
10/11/2008 | The Woodcutter’s Wife: A Stepmother’s Tale is a curious piece of narrative non-fiction and a very public exercise in breast beating and teeth gnashing.
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10/11/2008 | State Opera’s season of Verdi’s Rigoletto got off to a flying start on Saturday, proving there’s little in the way of live theatre that can compete with opera at its best – great music, a great production and great performances.
7/11/2008 | This delightfully entertaining, as well as cleverly-titled book, is about as peppered with well-known names as the sites Reg Sprigg surveyed were littered with finds.
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