LET PK ENTERTAIN YOU

Paul Kitching - aka PK - from Fuller Brand Communication has been out and about enough over his 50+ years to still have his finger on the pulse for the best things to see, do and enjoy in our excellent state. Whilst we all know life starts at 50, we also know what we like and are choosy about how we dedicate our precious spare time. PK reckons these are all worthy…

Soul II Soul WOMADelaide, Botanic Park

MON MAR 13

‘A happy face, a thumpin' bass, for a lovin' race’ is the motto of founder, DJ and producer Jazzie B OBE, and continues to epitomise Soul II Soul and their feel-good brand of dance and club music. With two Grammy awards and over 10m album sales, this vibrant UK outfit is set to blow the lid off this year's jam-packed WOMADelaide lineup. Get ready for a show full of original fresh club classics: the perfect way to sign off a weekend full of music and dance from around the world.

Music for Other Worlds Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Town Hall

WED MAR 15

Marrying sound and photography, Music for Other Worlds is an exciting new collaboration between virtuoso keyboardist Paul Grabowsky

AO and renowned South Australian artist Alex Frayne. Local star Frayne’s photographic skills will excel in this exciting project as his ethereal photographs are projected at scale; whilst Grabowsky, as a master of improvisation, will spontaneously compose an aural response to the visual masterpieces. An experience to remember!

ISSUE 1# LAUNCH @ SAHMRI

November saw the who’s who of South Australian food, wine and lifestyle come together for the launch event of Fifty+SA at SAHMRI.

FRI FEB 17 TO SUN MAR 5

Winner of Adelaide Fringe’s Best Music Award in 2021, this superb live show features a cast of living legends including Kevin Mitchell (Bob Evans, Jebediah) and Sarah McLeod (The Superjesus) and more who all celebrate the late, great members of the 27 Club. Saluting the rock-star icons who left us too early, aged only 27 (Hendrix, Joplin, Cobain, Winehouse, and Morrison), the 27 Club is simply DO-NOTMISS material. Rock on!

Come From Away Her Majesty’s Theatre

FROM TUE MAR 28

AND DON’T MISS…

Andy Warhol & Photography: A Social Media Exhibition, Art Gallery South Australia, FRI MAR 3 - SUN MAY 14

Sanaa Exhibition, Hawke Centre, Mon FEB 13 - THU APR 6

‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Norwood Concert Hall, MON MAR 13

Velvet Rewired

Gluttony’s

The Moa

THU FEB 16 TO SUN MAR 19

With the legendary Marcia Hines at the helm of this global smash hit discotheque party, Velvet Rewired is a crazy mix of disco, dance, burlesque and circus serving up one stunning night of live performance for all. Get ready to groove your way into Marcia's Boogie Wonderland alongside a dazzling array of talented acrobats, aerialists, amazing vocalists, glitz, glamour and jaw-dropping circus skills! Sounds like one luscious love letter to disco!

A musical about September 11 may sound odd but this is one incredible show, and a wonderfully uplifting story about hope and humanity. The worldwide smash hit, Tony and Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away is heading to town and those who know will be so pumped. Based on the incredible real-life events in the wake of the September 11 event when planes were redirected to a remote Canadian town, this is an inspiring musical about unity and kindness in adversity. With an outstanding ensemble this awardwinning show is a must-see!

Pentatonix, Adelaide Entertainment Centre SAT MAR 18

Rod Stewart, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, TUE MAR 21

Penny Arcade and plenty more, The Pyramid, Victoria Square THU FEB 16 TO SUN MAR 19

Vintage Vibes Festival, Tomich Wines

SAT APR 1 TO SUN APR 2

The Rocky Horror Show, Adelaide Festival Theatre, FROM THU APR 13

MY HUSBAND’S KILLER SPARE

by Laura Marshall by Prince Harry, The

REVIEW: Dave Bradley, Film/Arts Writer

Kent-residing Marshall’s fourth bestselling psychodramatic thriller is yet another chronologically tricky tale that bounces about between a series of slightly unreliable narrators, any of whom might - or might not - be responsible for the death of protagonist Liz’s rather dull husband Andrew.

We open at Andrew’s funeral, with the traumatised Liz holding her two young sons close and emotionally supported by her longtime besties Poppy, Trina and Saffie, a trio that seems so trustworthy… or, you know, are they?

Liz makes a shocking discovery that evening, which causes the plot to flash back to a fancy holiday everyone took three months earlier at the Villa Rosa on the Amalfi Coast, and all the characters are then allowed chapters where their particular perspectives are made clear. It’s oh-so-very obvious that we’re building to something that you supposedly won’t expect, but it’s unfortunately right there for you to see early on, with a big twist significantly less well-hidden than those in Marshall’s previous outings Friend Request, Three Little Lies and The Anniversary.

Although too drawn-out, overstuffed with talk and populated with unpleasant types, it’s this easily-picked secret that most seriously spoils things here, and leaves you hoping that Marshall might make the killer in her next book be a bit less glaringly guessable.

RRP $32.99, Hachette: Sphere

Duke of Sussex

REVIEW: Olivia Williams, Editor FIFTY+SA

Depending on which side of the fence you sit in the battle of the Royals versus new Hollywood Royalty (H and Meg to their friends), your take on Prince Harry’s autobiography Spare might swing one way or the other.

Harry finally takes back ownership of his own story in his polarising memoir, offering up on a silver platter all the dirty details of what happens behind the closed castle doors of the British monarchy. The most poignant pages were absolutely those penned about the incalculable loss of his beloved mother, Princess Diana, which Prince Harry had himself convinced until the age of 23 was all a ruse and that she was rather just in hiding somewhere waiting to reemerge when the time was right.

At times it feels like the controversial memoir is just the next point scored in the ongoing rally of sibling rivalry between Harry and “Willy” (as he refers to Prince William), and one has to wonder if perhaps rather than spilling his trauma in a 400+ page book, Harry could have benefitted from more intense therapy.

Although the tale of a dysfunctional family is not an unfamiliar trope, on this grand a scale it certainly makes for good reading.

RRP $59.99, Penguin