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Well, last weekend was just about the busiest Adelaide has ever seen. Adelaide Festival Opening Party, Gear Up Festival, Clipsal 500, Soundwave, Fringe and Adelaide Festival shows galore – surely it’s all time for a break? Absolutely not. This weekend we have another cracking lineup to make sure the city is once again full to the brim. Future Music Festival will kick off at its new home of Adelaide Showground on Mon Mar 10, featuring our cover star, the mighty Paul van Dyk. From the sounds of things, the stalwart DJ isn’t particularly looking to make friends on tour, making jabs at some of dance music newcomers and the EDM scene in general (p12). Causing controversy for different reasons is, notorious pop culture figure John Waters, who is in town for Adelaide Writers’ Week and his monologue show This Filthy World 2.0. Citing favourite films such as Piranha 3DD and Spring Breakers, he isn’t your ordinary speaker for the Adelaide Festival (p28). Sadly, as the festival season comes to a close next weekend, so must our Adelaide Fix. This will be the last issue of The Adelaide Fix for the season – we can’t believe how fast it has gone! Still, it looks like Fringe and Adelaide Festival will be going out with a mighty bang – as we still have interviews with Paul Foot, Stephen K Amos, Arrested Development, Carousel & Clothesline and EDGE!, who are all performing before the festival season closes on Sun Mar 16. We warned you it’ll go quickly – this is your last chance to beat that pesky pangs of FOMO.
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Your fast guide to this week’s best entertainment
Future Music Festival
Queen Of The Stone Age & Nine Inch Nails
Making a new home at the Adelaide Showground on Mon Mar 10, the dance festival has something for everyone, from Producer Of The Year Pharrell Williams to Phoenix, Hardwell and Baauer.
One of the most formidable double headliners in recent times will take on the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Thu Mar 13. The question of whether Josh Homme or Trent Reznor's respective bands will play first is only one coin toss away.
Speeding along this week... Hans Adelaide's favourite sequinned German cabaret 'honey' will bring his Like A German show to the Paradiso Spiegeltent for a final show on Mon Mar 10. Akouo The Tasmanian electronic/hip hop producer of will bring triple j favourites I Already Know You and Above & Beyond to Sugar on Thu Mar 13.
Adelaide Cup Frock up on Mon Mar 10 and take to the Morphettville Racecourse for the annual the Adelaide Cup.
Girl Asleep
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Join Greta Discoll on her imaginative journey of self-discovery as the premiere work from Windmill Theatre for the Adelaide Festival continues its season until Sat Mar 15 at Space Theatre.
The 2014 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, curated by Art Gallery of SA's Director Nick Mitzevich has recently launched, presenting art that reflects Australia's personal, political and psychological dimensions.
The burlesque dance troupe are set to make your favourite pop culture moments saucier, with performances inspired by the likes of Star Wars, Avengers and Game Of Thrones when they slink into HQ on Thu Mar 13.
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It’s back! Stereosonic will once again return as a two-day festival this November and December. Last year, the festival toured some of the biggest stars of the genre, including headliners David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren and Calvin Harris – as well as Adelaide’s very own Late Nite Tuff Guy! 2014 lineup will be announced in July. The Adelaide venue is still to be confirmed, but the festival will stretch over Fri Dec 5 and Sat Dec 6. Early bird tickets will go on sale at 10am Thu Mar 13 from Ticketmaster.
Perry Exciting News The cartoon character that is pop sensation K aty Perry has revealed she will be bringing The Prismatic World Tour to Australia. The Teenage Dream and Roar singer will play Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tue Nov 11. The tour is in support of her new album, Prism, which has topped the charts all over the world including Australia, where it is certified Triple Platnium. Perry’s tour announcement is the final of the “big five” that Ticketek hinted at late last year. The lady who kissed a girl and liked it will join pop’s biggest names (Lady Gaga, Robbie Williams, Kanye West and Justin Timberlake) on a pilgrimage Down Under. Tickets for The Prismatic World Tour go on sale through Ticketek on Tue Mar 11.
It seems like Brisbane indie poppers Ball Park Music never stop touring – and they’ll be back super soon. The recent release of a single, She Only Loves Me When I’m There, comes ahead of their third album, Puddinghead, due out Fri Apr 4 via Stop Start/Inertia. They’ll be taking the new tracks on the road, hitting the Governor Hindmarsh on Fri May 2. Supports on the evening will be Papa Vs Pretty and Adelaide’s Jesse Davidson. Tickets are on sale now through Moshtix and Venuetix.
Justin Time Teen heartthrob of ramen-noodle-hair fame Justin Timberlake has announced that The 20/20 Experience World Tour is on its way to Australia. Now touting a more suave and sophistiqué image instead of ‘90s boyband chic, JT has managed to rise above choreographed pop-group stardom to a seriously well-established, well-respected music and film career. Thumbs up, Timberlake. Before the official announcement, the international superstar hinted on his official Facebook page that he will be touring down under by posting a video with iconic Aussie images including Bondi Beach, The Opera House, a jar of Vegemite and kangaroos. Timberlake released the two instalments of The 20/20 Experience in 2013 with the first instalment becoming one of 2013’s top-selling albums. Timberlake’s visit will be his first since the FutureSex/LoveSounds tour in 2007. Tickets for the show at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Mon Sep 22 go on general sale on Fri Mar 7 through Ticketek. Adelaide’s success story Messrs are heading back home with a new EP: After Glow. Currently on a long tour from Perth and down the east coast, Messrs will hit the homebase on Fri Apr 11 for a show at new venue Pirie & Co. Social Club. Tickets are available through Moshtix from Fri Mar 7.
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The Evolution of Paul van Dyk German superstar DJ/producer Paul van Dyk (AKA Matthias Paul) is one of electronic dance music’s great survivors. He’s gone from pioneering trance to participating in the soundtrack accompanying the blockbuster movie The Dark Knight to reinventing Guiseppe Verdi’s operatic canon for an electronic “recital” in Munich. But Paul, currently touring with 2014’s Future Music Festival, is still committed to the scene. Just don’t mention ‘EDM’ to him…
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he Berliner, a regular visitor to Australia, is joining such mega names as deadmau5, Hardwell, the world’s reigning No. 1 DJ, and Eric Prydz. Yet, between flying from city to city and soundchecking, he won’t have time to investigate other acts. That Paul soundchecks is unusual but, then, he has no ordinary DJ set-up. “I’m not actually coming with a USB stick, putting it in and playing the CD player – something like that,” Paul begins, in his first diss of ‘faux’ EDM DJs. He uses a computer, keyboards, custom mixers and MIDI controllers in a “live” show. Paul is scrupulous about his equipment being in-sync, even hiring two tour managers – one of whom flies ahead of him. The past decade has seen a profound, and unprecedented, generational shift in dance music, with many ‘90s DJs vanishing from the circuit – some falling out of fashion, others burnt-out or disillusioned. But Paul has held his own. “I really love what I do, and I’m very passionate about what I do – and I guess that’s coming across. It’s not a question of age. It’s a question of possibility and an ability to still connect to your audience.” Though Paul is the Godfather of Trance, he’s consistently rejected the tag, preferring to describe his output as “electronic dance music”. Nonetheless, ‘trance’ appears in his bio. In some ways Paul did transcend the music. In 2005 he was voted No. 1 in the DJ Mag poll (he’s still positioned at No. 32). And, while he was resident at the infamous UK trance superclub Gatecrasher in its heyday, Paul is the more enduring brand.
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Like Detroit techno’s stars, Paul has a compelling back story. The 40-something was raised by a single mother in Communist East Germany (his birthplace is industrial Eisenhüttenstadt), where he’d listen to music illicitly on Western radio. The family were eventually allowed to move to the West – Hamburg. After the Wall fell, Paul settled in Berlin, then a hub for techno. He premiered as a DJ at Tresor in 1991. Paul teamed with Cosmic Baby as The Visions Of Shiva for his debut record, Perfect Day. In 1994 he established himself as a solo producer with his signature tune For An Angel. Paul has now unleashed a succession of albums, one, 2003’s Reflections, nominated for a Grammy in the inaugural ‘Best Electronic/Dance Album’ category. He last issued Evolution, collaborating with young guns like Arty, two years ago. There have been several other crossover hits – including Tell Me Why (The Riddle), featuring Saint Etienne. Paul is a notable remixer, turning his hand to everything from Humate’s Love Stimulation (an early classic) to his New Wave electronic heroes (New Order) to pop stars (Madonna). Plus he’s contributed to various video games and film soundtracks, the biggest The Dark Knight. Paul has broadcast on radio, launched a label, Vandit Records, and spearheaded Berlin’s nascent We Are One Festival. In 2013, the DJ, ever seeking fresh artistic challenges, staged a “rave opera” for a classical festival in Bavaria. He “translated” pieces by Verdi, the Italian Romantic composer known for Aida, into “modern-day electronic music”. Paul is preparing for his seventh ‘artist’ album
this year. He’s “pretty much finished with the music” but needs to finalise release details. The album will double-up as the third instalment in his edits-based mix-CD series The Politics Of Dancing, the last volume surfacing in 2005. In fact, Paul is following those trailblazers Richie Hawtin and Sasha by making a hybrid mix and studio album. “Instead of actually taking music from other people and remixing it, I went to the studio with these people and made completely new music – so it’s kind of like a collaboration ‘artist’ album developed further.” Paul was among the first European DJs to conquer the US market, foreshadowing the EDM explosion. Incredibly, he was involved in the US Rock The Vote initiative. But today Paul bristles at the very mention of the “pathetic” EDM. “Rather than a definition of a musical genre, it’s more like a marketing term these days,” he rues. For him, EDM acts lack credibility. “I mean, do you really consider some of these pop acts that are travelling around now as being part of the electronic music scene? Well, I don’t.” Paul, an “artist”, feels that such players, their songs generated on software, are betraying the spirit of electronic music – they don’t innovate. Much of EDM is monotonous, its DJs more concerned with copying hits so they, too, might get added to “cheesy Top 40 radio” than advancing their own “musical identity”. “It pretty much sounds all like the same formula,” Paul says. “It’s okay to be inspired by someone – but you also have to give it your own unique twist.” Little stands out. “I couldn’t even tell you anymore who’s who.” However, Paul says gleefully, the term EDM is increasingly uncool. “It’s almost funny that some of the big EDM DJs now are starting to talk in interviews [about] how they kind of are distancing themselves from it and trying to do something new.” Ultimately, Paul says, EDM is its own entity – separate from the electronic music scene. Even those who are booked for festivals “because of their three months’ popularity” don’t belong. (Mind, Paul himself has cut blatant pop: Pussycat Doll Jessica Sutta sang his White Lies.) It’s a legacy of Paul’s austere, repressive upbringing behind the Iron Curtain that he speaks freely, in contrast to young media-
Perfect Days Many DJ/producers fantasise about pursuing film projects – yet few do. But Paul van Dyk has forged a profile for himself in Hollywood. The DJ was involved in scoring 2004’s Australian rave flick One Perfect Day, starring Dan Spielman, Leeanna Walsman and Abbie Cornish (he also cameoed). In later years, Paul has worked with the Oscar-winning Hans Zimmer as a remixer on the soundtrack for The Dark Knight – the second instalment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. The OST scored a Grammy. “Obviously, someone like Hans Zimmer, he’s a big icon of film music in Hollywood – [so] working with him was a great honour to begin with,” Paul says. “He just played me those scenes – he said, ‘Hey, what do you think?’ And this is how it was. So, in a way, it was very special to do that.”
groomed DJs. He’s long opposed US military action in the Middle East. Paul is likewise one of few DJs to critique EDM’s glamorisation of drugs. And he’s not complacent about his success. Ask Paul about what ambitions he has yet to fulfil and he’s unsure. “There’s always interesting things along the way – as I said, it’s about looking for the next artistic challenge. But, on the other hand, to me it’s always about connecting to my audience as well and doing the best, and giving the best, I can when I play.” His FMF show epitomises just that. “No set can ever be the same because I’m playing live, basically – therefore I cannot just repeat myself… On one hand, I have a very clear idea about what I wanna do, but everything else is down to the moment and down to the interaction with the audience – and that challenge is happening with every single show. My ambition obviously is to pull it off every single time. Lucky enough, that seems to work.”
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This is the final night of Woodcourt: Encounter, a horror story with a sci-fi twist. HP Lovecraft fans and diehard Twilight Zone geeks join hands in this “eyewitness account” of an otherworldly encounter. Conspiracy theorist Kirby Medway is the mind behind these monsters.
Robin Hood for the modern Australian, Fugitive is a striking rendition of a near future when our leaders have disappeared and it’s every man for himself. Along comes Robin – complete with mysterious power and a backpack full of destruction – and this intense thrillride of a play takes off.
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Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Paradiso Spiegeltent One of the most keenly anticipated shows of this year’s festival, Fringe Ambassador Katie Noonan is bringing back her musical circus explosion. Love-Song-Circus draws its roots from the letters and words of Australia’s first female convicts.
Gluttony – The Bally What if all your paranoid fantasies – cheating partners, scamming posties, scheming neighbours – were real? These inner worries and more will be hung out to dry by a cast who promises to cry so you don’t have to. PARANO!D explores the simple things that drive us crazy.
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A Gaggle Of Saints Holden Street Theatres – The Arch In one act, Neil LaBute’s play hopes to confront the complicated nature of ‘everyday evil’ through the story of a Mormon couple over the course of their anniversary weekend in New York. Directed by award-winning Adelaidean Lisa Waite, A Gaggle Of Saints promises to be a striking piece of theatre.
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Coke & Sympathy: A Rock & Roll Cabaret If burlesque and big band aren’t up your alley, check out Coke & Sympathy for an invigorated, Almost Famous-style show. Following the misspent youth of “pseudo-groupie” Wild Delilah in her quest to tame and claim the heart of a moody rock musician, this is 90 minutes of musical drama not to miss.
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The must-see storyteller of Fringe 2013 is back with his underwater adventures – plus slideshow – that will make you laugh, weep and wonder. The best performer you’ll ever see in a cream turtleneck sweater.
It feels like the festivals have hardly started – but there’s just over a week to go. You’ve got a few more days to dash to all the shows you’ve missed, and to see your favourites over (and over) again. We’re pretty pleased with the ones we’ve seen so far – but it hasn’t finished yet! Keep up with our reviewers online for to-the-minute updates.
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SUN 16. Final Night Adelaide & surrounds Tonight is the final night of the Fringe and Adelaide Festivals, so if there’s a show you’ve been meaning to see or a venue you want to visit – take this last chance and go for it! You’ll only regret it if you miss it, and there are no promises that these shows will ever return. No pressure.
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PAUL FOOT’S AWARD-WINNING SHOW KENNY LARCH IS DEAD WAS A HUGE SUCCESS DURING LAST YEAR’S ADELAIDE FRINGE AND NOW HE RETURNS WITH HIS LATEST OBSERVATIONAL THOUGHTS AND BRAINWAVES: WORDS. PAUL FOOT’S SHOWS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS ORGANISED CHAOS. THE QUESTION IS – DOES LIFE IMITATE ART?
“I guess it does, really,” he replies. “The show looks more chaotic than it actually is, which is always the way with comedy. When you look back you can see there is a lot more planning than there �irst appeared. My personal life is very much the same.” Wil Anderson once said that it takes years to look that casual on stage. “I wish I’d thought of that because it’s a very true quote!” Foot agreed. “It does take a long time to go on and make it look effortless like you don’t really know what you’re doing and are just mucking about. But even mucking about has organisation and experience beneath it.” And then there are the moments when a large room of people make very little noise. “Exactly! Comedy is a highly exposed thing,” he states. “Actors and singers can go on stage and get a directed response of either enthusiastic or polite applause at the end of a scene or song, but comedy can have the situation where you can go on and not have
things go well, and it’s a humiliation. If it goes perfect, it’s fantastic and the best thing ever, of course, but with comedy there is no safety net whatsoever.” Foot’s brand of comedy is �inding the humour within the smallest of everyday things. Does he ever �ind himself overstepping the line of appropriateness? “There are some things that are so inappropriate or very private that I tend to share it only at the of�ice or with friends, and taking it out on to the stage could be career-ending,” Foot chuckles. “And then, of course, there are other completely inappropriate things that I do say on stage that I don’t really care about!” His mullet: career choice or life choice? “Both, I suppose. Technically, it’s not a mullet,” he says. “It has more to do with a combination between the weight of the hair on the side and the middle – at least according to my hairdresser, even though it’s been the same style for 10 years. He never asks me what I want, he just models it on my personality. If my personality alters slightly, then he alters the hair along with it. “Mind you, I do run my hair and clothes changes past my people in the of�ice,” Foot adds. “So, I guess it’s a career choice as well. But then that career choice is a kind of life choice, and the decision to outsource such decisions once getting into show business is a life choice. I’m
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just one member of a team. Admittedly, I’m the member of the team that goes on stage and gets the acclaim – and a massive amount of money,” he laughs. “But they, despite having almost no money and almost no acknowledgement, respect or appreciation for what they do, they are good members of the team nevertheless!” How did the show come to be called Words? “I was originally going to call it A Hundred Words because there were going to one hundred words that were really crucial and reappeared throughout the show,” he replies, “but that was
all abandoned and I just went with Words. “The show used to be very left-brained,” Foot continues. “Now it’s just scatterbrained. Someone called it ‘scatterlogical’ once! I studied maths at university, so I move from the completely organised left brain to the totally disorganised right brain, like a mixture of OCD and massive disorganisation – with nothing in between!” WHAT: Paul Foot: Words WHERE: Palace Nova – Cinema 9 WHEN: Fri Mar 7 until Sat Mar 15
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“It’s getting very confusing,” Amos sighs down the phone over in the UK, where it’s just passed 11pm and Amos still hasn’t �inished work for the day. “That’s the weirdest thing about this job, I’ll �inish
a tour while writing a new show to bring to Australia.” Multi-tasking is not his strong suit either, which isn’t helping matters. “It’s so much multi-tasking and I’m the world’s worst multitasker. I can’t think about two different things at the same time; I can’t do two different things at the same time. I’ve been trying out this material [for What Does The K Stand For?] in little clubs. I can’t do it in my current show because it just doesn’t �it and it will look so clunky and odd.” Never fear, Amos has had to master this process since shaking up his writing style over the last few years, deciding to debut his new show in Australia and not at the Edinburgh Festival in May. “I’m not like an accountant, I don’t have a tax year from April to April. I would just rather do a year of doing a show, instead of
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STEPHEN K AMOS HAS A LOT ON HIS PLATE. HE HAS JUST WRAPPED UP HIS UK TOUR AND IS ON HIS WAY TO ADELAIDE TO PERFORM A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHOW FOR THE FRINGE. THE SHOW IS BASED ON HIS BBC RADIO SHOW WHAT DOES THE K STAND FOR? WHICH IN TURN CAME FROM HIS MEMOIR, I USED TO SAY MY MOTHER WAS SHIRLEY BASSEY. STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP? SO IS HE.
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STEPHEN K AMOS WHAT DOES THE K STAND FOR?
starting in the middle of the year, because that always confused me.” The What Does The K Stand For? radio show looks at Amos’ formative years, with Amos commentating on a teenage version of him, played by Shaquille Ali-Yebuah. Being asked so many questions about his childhood in order to stage the production inspired Amos to think of a stand up show that addresses questions that people frequently ask him. “The most obvious [questions] are ‘What does the ‘K’ stands for?’, or ‘Where are you actually from? Where are your parents from? How old are you? Are you in a relationship?’ I’m going to be touching on things that matter – or seem to matter – to other people. Relationships and mortality, �inances in your pocket and, in my case, my beliefs – whether they were formed by my friends, or my parents, or other external sources.” While the focus of the show may be about him, he asks his audience to consider similar topics for themselves. “What I try to do is allow people to question their own lives as well. I �ind that I can liken that to when you have Australia Day and everyone is celebrating – but what does that mean to different people? There are people claiming to be Australian, whose heritage isn’t Australian, celebrating Australia Day. I wonder whether the Indigenous people are happy to celebrate Australia Day? I like to explore things like that about my own identity.” Trying to address some wider concepts has evolved from years of Amos doing stand up, searching for something more than just telling jokes without making a valuable point or have any real meaning. “The jokes that for me people are really responding to are those based on truth about one’s life. We all have a story to tell. Every single one of us on this planet has a story to tell. The difference with me is that I can �ind the funny within that story or try and �ind the thing that makes that story unique or different. When I look back at my formative years for the sitcom, there are things that could be deemed quite negative and sad, but there’s always a light at the end of it. I’m a positive person anyway. I never want to write a book or do a comedy show that dwells on the miserable.” Over the years, Stephen K Amos has almost become a permanent �ixture in Adelaide during the Fringe. What keeps him coming back? “Thankfully, for some reason, the Australian audiences like what I do. They come out and support it. Over the last eight or so years I think I’ve missed one or two years. It’s such a relaxed atmosphere. I think because I’ve done so many shows the audience trusts me. My whole thing is that if you pay good money you want to have a laugh for an hour – and I can guarantee a laugh. I also want to make people have a think about things, in a subtle way.” WHO: Stephen K Amos WHAT: What Does The K Stand For? WHERE: Arts Theatre WHEN: until Sat Mar 15
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INTERVIEWS “I was really encouraged by that because, musically, I needed a place to rest my head and Japan became that place,” the singer adds. It was also Speech’s Japanese solo success that led to Arrested Development reforming in 2000. “That’s true,” he says. “I think if I didn’t have that solo success everything could have �izzled out. But due my success in Japan, we were able to get back together. We were able to release some earlier Arrested Development albums in Japan which also did well. So it gave us a foundation to start up the machinery again and kick back into gear.” The singer considers that there are currently many hip hop artists taking the genre to new heights. “There’s woman from France called Ana,” he says of Ana Tijoux who can also count Radiohead’s Thom Yoke as a fan. “I also love K’naan from Canada and I’m really diggin’ Drake right now.” WHO: Arrested Development WHAT: WOMADelaide WHERE: Botanic Pk WHEN: Fri Mar 7 – Mon Mar 10
AMERICAN HIP HOP ENSEMBLE ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT ARE JUST ONE OF THE MANY MUSICAL ATTRACTIONS AT THIS YEAR’S WOMADELAIDE WHICH RUNS IN BOTANIC PK FROM FRI MAR 7 UNTIL MON MAR 10.
The group, which made its impressive debut in 1992 with the groundbreaking album 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of…, are now looking forward to presenting some new material at the world music festival. “Yeah, we’ve got some great new music we’ve been workin’ on in the studio,” vocalist Speech says down the line from Atlanta, Georgia. “We’ve been workin’ really hard at that with a producer called Khao [Kevin Cates] who’s worked with R Kelly and Jay-Z. So it’s very contemporary sounding. We’ve also been setting up a new website and developing a phone app. But we’re pretty excited that we’ll soon be out on the road playing some of the new stuff, which marks a big change of direction for the group, as well as all the older classics. “Australia is kinda like a second home [to us] because we now have so many friends down there,” he adds. “It’s like a homecoming in many respects.” Arrested Development were last in Australia to take part in the 2011 Sydney Festival – which Speech says was one of the major highlights of the group’s career – but prior to that had toured here in 2007 alongside Simple Minds and INXS. “That was an odd line-up so it was one of the most interesting tours we’ve ever done,” he says. “It was such a mish mash of musical styles and it was really only the INXS fans who were coming to the shows. But it was great exposing Arrested Development’s music to that audience. It was a real privilege and a fun time.” The group’s 1992 debut, 3 Years, 5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of…, snaf�led two Grammy awards as well as winning several prominent magazine awards for Album Of The Year. The album’s success was due to its socially conscious lyrics and easy going approach that was in direct contrast to the gangster rap and hip hop coming out of the hustle and bustle of New York and Los Angeles. Speech considers that it was mostly due to the fact the group hailed from the relatively laidback southern state of Georgia. “We had a small hip hop scene in Atlanta that had a Miami Bass kinda feel but Arrested Development were really the �irst group to come out of that scene that were doing something different,” he reasons. “We’d also grown up with real instruments so we had a real musicality to the music because we were using organs, basses and guitars. That had a lot to do with the whole church thing in the south, because those were the instruments you’d hear in church. “We were also in�luenced by blues and even country music,” Speech adds. “Mr Wendal is essentially a country folk tune, especially in regard to the lyrics. And Mama’s Always On Stage is quite bluesy. So that �irst album was music that addressed life but also celebrated it.” The follow-up offering, 1994’s Zingalamaduni, performed poorly, however, and they soon disbanded citing the usual ‘creative differences’. Speech then released a self-titled solo album that did very well in Japan in the late ’90s. “I’d put out an album and was lookin’ at the music charts in America and it was really, really low down on the list,” he laughs. “So, for the heck of it, I decided to look at some of the music charts in other parts of the world and there it was at number one in Japan. I think that’s because they love the melodies and the music’s spirit even though they don’t always understand what I’m singin’ about.
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HAILING FROM MONTREAL, VAGUE DE CIRQUE IS THE BRAINCHILD OF CO-FOUNDERS NOÉMIE GERVAISE AND ALAIN BOUDREAU – TWO OF CANADA’S FOREMOST CIRCUS ARTISTS. THEIR INTERNATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL HAND-BALANCING DUO SYMBIOSE HAS SEEN THE PAIR WORKING IN SOME OF THE WORLD’S BEST CIRCUSES AND NOW THEIR COMPANY OF ACROBATS HAVE MADE THEIR AUSTRALIAN DEBUT AT THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS.
We speak with Gervaise about Carousel & Clothesline and begin by asking how Vague de Cirque came to be back in 2009. “After many years touring internationally with Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Éloize and the German cabaret circuit, among others, Alain Boudreau and I decided – on a bit of a whim – to purchase a circus tent and return home to the Magdalen Islands off the coast of Quebec, Canada,” she begins. “The plan, borne from the desire to share the fruit of all our years on the road with the folks back home, was to bring the circus out of Quebec’s big cities and into the countryside, where it could be enjoyed by everyone.” What inspired Vague de Cirque to create a show like Carousel & Clothesline? “Living the carnival life and being a part of a traditional circus are the inspirations for this show,” Gervaise replies. “We wanted to show the daily life of carnies, with a ‘half humorous, half admiring’ take on the roots of the circus. We wanted to explore the glamorous side of circus life in a melding of cabaret intimacy and acrobatic enchantment. “Carousel & Clothesline is a meeting of eccentric characters,” she adds, “each of whom has their own personality. It is the constant disparity between what we would like to show to the world and what is really happening. The line between the spectacular and the ridiculous is often very thin.” Although Gervaise and Boudreau hail from Canada, there are two Australian performers in the troupe. “Jason Fergusson and Coen Clarke are our two Australian acrobats, who left their native country to come and live the Montreal dream,” Gervaise says. “For the �irst time in eight years, they will be proudly presenting the fruit of their acrobatic experiences at home, supported by artists coming from many other professional companies, including Cirque du Soleil. “We met Fergusson and Clarke in Montreal,” she continues.
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CLOTHESLINE “We immediately loved their deadpan style of humour and, of course, their acrobatic work. Both of them are very multitalented, performing Hand-to-Hand, Teeterboard, Russian Bar, etc. It’s a real pleasure to work with them!” Being Vague de Cirque’s first time to Australia, what can Fringe-goers expect to see in Carousel & Clothesline? “In the show, we put a lot of importance on flawlessly mixing high-level circus technique with side-splitting comedy,” Gervaise enthuses. “One of Vague de Cirque’s specialties is our way of interacting closely with the audience. For example, we don’t rely very much on special effects; it is the humour, empathy, and personality of each of the eight acrobat-actors
that lies at the heart of the show. “Carousel & Clothesline is a show in which the artists’ joy in being on stage is acutely contagious, no one takes themselves too seriously, and the acrobatics are always of the highest quality,” she concludes. “Being Vague de Cirque’s first Australian tour, we are so excited to be here at the Adelaide Fringe!” WHO: Vague De Cirque WHAT: Carousel & Clothesline WHERE: The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Little Big Top WHEN: until Sun Mar 16
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ISABEL ANGUS & RACHEL DAVIS ISABEL ANGUS AND RACHEL DAVIS WERE COMEDY NEWCOMERS WHEN THEY TEAMED UP IN 2012. WITHIN A YEAR, THEY HAD NOT ONLY SOLD OUT THEIR ENTIRE DEBUT SEASON BUT WERE ALSO AWARDED BEST COMEDY AT THE 2013 MELBOURNE FRINGE WITH THEIR NEW SHOW EDGE!. TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE MILEY CYRUS-STYLED ‘DISNEY TO DARING’ TRANSFORMATION, MAIN CHARACTER STELLA WILKENSEN IS A FAMEOBSESSED TWEEN ON A MISSION.
We speak with Davis and Angus as they wait to board a plane. Angus is the brainchild behind the creative vision and concept for the
EDGE! show and, at age 25, plays the 11-year-old teen queen wannabe. “Stella was a character I created for a student theatre audition,” Angus explains, “but I always wanted to do more with her, so we wrote an entire show about her. Stella is a tween who had a YouTube hit when she was seven that went viral. She got really big for just a second and then everyone forgot about her, so Stella is trying obsessively hard to regain her fame.” “Stella’s mother plays a big part in her life and stage presence,” Davis says, “but we never see her, as she communicates to Stella via a Bluetooth device in her ear – it’s through Stella’s actions and responses that we get a window into what her ‘stage mum’ is like.” “There are moments on stage where you know things are being said to Stella and it’s left to the audience’s imagination as to how horrible they are,” Angus adds. “You are able to gather what the
personality of the mother is like – she’s a powerful force, even though she’s invisible.” Davis plays the part of Ashley: the older, boring, studious, quiet cousin. “I’m the antithesis of Stella,” she explains. “Ashley gets bossed around by the precocious Stella and is continually reprimanded for not adhering to vacuous social standards and the ways that pop culture indicates how you should be as a woman in the world. Silently, she rails against it but just doesn’t know how to vocalise it.” Is Stella actually talented? “Marginally,” Angus replies. “She can sort of dance and sort of sing, but she’s de�initely not as talented as she believes she is.” “She has to work hard at it, too,” Davis interjects. “There are scenes where her mother is forcing her to drop out of school and practise harder. But Stella also has an expectation of instant fame because that’s what she experienced with YouTube. She believes she should be famous simply for being fabulous, but it’s just not happening! “Stella is trying to take it to the next level in a Beyoncé-styled Super Bowl show,” Davis says, “but it’s really low-grade with cardboard cutout signs, which is nothing like the slick arrangement that she thinks it is.” “But Stella also realises that she’s now 11 and no longer the cute little kid that she was before,” Angus adds, “so she wants to take things in a new direction.” What songs does Stella perform? “There is one original song,” Angus replies, and they both laugh, indicating a hidden meaning to that song that they don’t yet wish to share, “but the thing about Stella is that she basically mimics pop culture so there’s a lot of singing to other artists’ songs: trying to dance like Beyoncé, be empowered like Katy Perry and as edgy as Miley Cyrus, while trying to create a super famous all-round woman.” “But she does it all so super�icially and without any depth of understanding,” Davis enthuses. “She believes that if she markets herself correctly, then she’ll be famous. The story also takes a deeper and darker turn on the way.” WHO: Isabel Angus and Rachel Davis WHAT: EDGE! WHERE: Tuxedo Cat @ Raj House WHEN: Thu Mar 6 until Sun Mar 16
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WITH jon Brooks I hate cancelling Fringe shows. It’s only happened a couple of times, but making that call feels like you’re surrendering at the end of a long, bloody and ultimately futile war. These shows take months to write and cost money stage – lots of it – and the gamble is always huge. The first time I cancelled, it was my fault. It was 2010 and I was graduating from party guy to full blown alcoholic. I’d been drunk for days and hadn’t changed my contact lenses in a week. Lo and behold, I developed serious eye infection that landed me in hospital. Flash forward to 2014 and now as a self-righteous sobriety nerd I eat my vegies and live by the credo that the show must go on, unless that show is in Salisbury, it would seem. Strike up my second Fringe career cancellation. Now this is not a rant worthy of a naïve politician’s Facebook page. The reason I cancelled is because no one was coming. Well, that and there was a boxing bag in the front bar, but mostly because no one bought tickets. A quick phone call to a mate confirmed I was the only act at this place not selling. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but for a community that’s been gutted by the closure of Holden, they just want escape, not some ranty-pants lefty talking about problems inherent in the system. I’m sure if people came they would’ve loved my show, but I understand why they didn’t take the gamble. Which is why I get so mad when people call for shows like Come Heckle Christ to be cancelled. Seriously, it’s a show FFS. It’s an artist just wanting people to laugh, and he’s poured time, money and love in to it. Surely Satan isn’t so niche he’d choose to recruit through a late night show at Tuxedo Cat? In other words, audiences are adult enough to choose a show that’s right for them. I’m living proof of that. If you were so worried about Christ’s image being defiled, you’d picket our Christian leaders for their treatment of asylum seekers, the Catholic Church for its culture of cover-up in cases of abuse, or sports stars thanking Jesus for their win. Thank the AIS, dickheads; Jesus isn’t into match fixing, I’m pretty sure. If God is omnipotent he can take a joke, but I really do doubt He/She/ It can take inaction in the face of true sacrilege. Your move, jerks. Jon Brooks is a former political spin doctor, teenager and bedwetter. His show Shitegeist is appearing at The Maid from Fri Feb 14 to Sat Mar 15.
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Eric’s Tales Of The Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn continues at Tuxedo Cat On Pulteney until Sun Mar 16.
Sam Simmons – Death Of A Sails-Man The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Idolize Spiegeltent, Fri Feb 28 Sam Simmons has often complained that Australian audiences don’t ‘get’ him. It’s a fair criticism given that he’s now relocated to the US and already cracked it on Conan. Still, there’s a lot about Sam Simmons that falls into the niche category. In his new show he’ll eat a chap stick and wring a KFC moist toilette into his mouth. He’ll make light of paedophilia and rape. He’ll berate his audience and verbally abuse his tireless stagehand. He’ll challenge normative social values and pepper his routine with pathos. And, unusually for Simmons, he’ll frame it all in a narrative, that of a muesli salesman marooned on a windsurf board. It’s very hard to do all of this while still being surprisingly, darkly, uproariously funny, but Simmons achieves it. Perhaps he is underappreciated after all. Rating: 4.5 | Jimmy Byzantine Sam Simmons – Death Of A Sails-Man continues at the The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Idolize Spiegeltent until Sun Mar 16.
Hannah Gadsby – The Exhibitionist The Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Paradiso Spiegeltent, Sat Mar 1 Returning to the stage only one week after an emergency appendectomy, Gadsby incorporated her drugged out hospital selfies into the show. Whether taken by ourselves or unsuspectingly by others, once released these images
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This is one of the most heartfelt shows I’ve seen. Eric is a gregarious gentleman who wants to share with you as much about his time as a submariner in Her Majesty’s Service as the State Secrets Act will allow. After a brief introduction to the fundamentals of submarining, Eric regales us with anecdotes from his career below the ocean waves. Living underwater in a cramped tin can for weeks on end has its perils, but his escapades with near-deadly training exercises, hazing rituals, shark encounters and run-ins with naval authorities are not only fascinating but hilarious. However, it’s his weaving into these stories of the character of Dick, a crew member Eric comes to see as his soul mate, that lends the show a real emotional undercurrent. Dick is the focus of a final story that sees Eric skilfully interweaving drama and laughter, and which had me completely hooked. Rating: 4 | Owen Heitmann
are out there for eternity. ASIO spy detection has nothing on the possibilities of the common person with a smartphone! Even those with PR representation need to be careful – examples of pose similarities between Putin and Bieber are an absolute cack! Prefer your comedy with a tinge of grey matter stimulation? Then Gabsby will have you in stitches; she’s highly intelligent, irreverent and as dry as a martini. Gadsby ended with an In Memoriam collage of personal family photos and unflattering Google image retrievals in a sobering reminder to each of us to keep a close eye on that box of old photos, lest they cause us to turn in our graves from laughter and embarrassment. Rating: 4 | Jenna Bonavita
Maybe You Could Crack My Sternum Tandanya – Firefly, Sat Mar 1 Has this already started? I’m sure I’m not late – no, in fact, four minutes early... What are they doing? Why is she eating liquorice allsorts? Why is she staring at me? The door closes behind me and the show begins... Emma Hall and Emma Smith are incredibly talented artists; their performance is so natural it feels almost unscripted, making me feel truly connected in their dialogue. The show is a conversation with the audience about the relationship between the two Emmas, who they are, and how they met. The intimate venue was perfectly suited; the lighting sound and production were excellent. The show was clever, funny, raw, honest, touching and very thought-provoking. I left feeling uplifted and happy, yet was there something more to it? I pondered it all night. Are the characters the same person, before and after a mental breakdown? See it, and decide for yourself. Rating: 5 | Ben Williams Maybe You Could Crack My Sternum continues at Tandanya – Firefly until Thu Mar 6.
At The Edge Cheese Factory Studio Gallery, Sat Mar 1 An intriguing collection of musical genres greeted us at this wonderful venue in Echunga. The packed house was treated to an evening of mostly original music by some of Adelaide’s best bands and musicians. Four-piece indie-rock group Cities Alight opened proceedings with some original songs featuring great vocals from David Bowering, although the bass sometimes hid his astute lyrics. Next up were the ever-popular Fiddle Chicks with their driving, foot-stomping instrumentals, plus great harmony singing – once again, all originals. The intermission saw outside entertainment featuring fire-dancing to the rhythmic pulsations of the Cheese Factory Drumming Circle. It was then back inside for a masterful performance by the impressive and unique Akoustic Odyssey. Their compositions are not only very good, they are extremely clever and the interplay between all six band members was exciting to watch. The legendary Bluescasters completed a memorable evening with their trademark blues interpretations. Rating: 4 | Mike O’Callaghan
The Kransky Sisters
Watch out! The Kransky Sisters are bringing their freshl-baked show to town! From ABBA to Pink Floyd and Beyonce to AC/DC, these three eccentric sisters, with their eclectic mix of instruments, including musical saw, tuba, old reed keyboard, and kitchen pots, have cooked up a very special sweet and sour serving of well-known songs gleaned from their old wireless at home. Add to this, a spicy lot of stories from the sisters’ travels, and you have the icing on the cake. Hot out of the oven, these oddball Queensland sisters, reminiscent of your old aunties, will leave you wanting seconds! We’ve got five double passes up for grabs to The Kransky Sisters show Piece Of Cake at the Royalty Theatre at 8.20pm on Fri Mar 14 so log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Wed Mar 12.
Titty Bar Ha Ha Rhino Room – Upstairs, Fri Feb 28 A bomb siren pierces a crowded Rhino Room and silences a cheerfully loud audience. And from the opening number, that audience just got louder. Boo Dwyer and Nai Bowen are Gloria and Hope, two burlesque beauties doing their thing (and attempting to hide dead lovers in the basement) in a seedy speakeasy during the bombing of London. However we quickly learn that this show is less about burlesque and more about simply having a filthily fun time. The girls are beautiful, they sound great, and the songs are just plain hilarious – with tunes celebrating such pursuits as ‘ex sex’ and ‘female masturbation’ – this is a no-holds-barred, in-your-face carnival of women getting down and dirty with no apologies whatsoever. Audience participation was at a maximum with many ending up on stage performing stripteases (among other things) to the delight of everyone. Fabulous! Rating: 4.5 | Rosie van Heerde Titty Bar Ha Ha continues at Rhino Room – Upstairs on Fri Mar 14.
Brillig – The Gallery Sessions Grace Emily Hotel, Sat Mar 1 In an intimate gig in the upstairs Gallery, the trio known as Brillig presented a night of sea shanties – rollicking tales of hardship, deceit and murder on the high seas. People often die in Brillig songs, and tonight the body count was high. The diverse instrumentalists – Matt (guitar, banjo and vocals), Elizabeth (autoharp, accordion and vocal), and Denni (bass and witty repartée) – allowed the character of the songs to be fully revealed. The small size of the room allowed close engagement with the audience (a tip for young players: a good way to get the audience involved is to perform a song called A Port In Every Storm after handing out glasses of port to the audience!). The songs were original, apart from an audience sing-a-long of Drunken Sailor to finish, and included local historical references such as ‘Port Misery’ (Port Adelaide). Nobody makes misery more entertaining than Brillig! Rating: 4 | Adrian Miller Brillig – The Gallery Sessions continues at Grace Emily Hotel until Wed Mar 5.
Beer V. Wine Degustation Dinner Barossa Valley Brewing, Sat Mar 1 As a dedicated wino myself, it was hard to believe that any competition involving the matching of wine or beer with food could have any possible outcome bar one. Prepare to be amazed, people. Paired with the degustation menu – absolutely sensational on its own – Barossa Brewing has teamed up with local wineries including Maverick, Thorn Clarke and David Franz, to serve guests a wonderful selection of wines and beers with each course. Barossa Brewery owner Denham D’Silva was, like his staff, professional, passionate and welcoming to
Sarah Kendall Sarah Kendall is a Perrier Award Nominee, Time Out London Comedy Award Nominee and Herald Angel Award Winner. In 1992, Kendall was forced to play Women’s Touch Football and accidentally made history as one-tenth of the greatest under-14s team ever assembled. We’ve got three double passes to Sarah’s show Touchdown, upstairs at the Rhino Room on Tue Mar 11 at 8.30pm up for grabs so log onto ripitup.com.au and enter your details for your chance to win. Competition closes at midday on Mon Mar 10.
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Hundreds more Adelaide Fringe & Adelaide Festival reviews at ripitup.com.au/fringe guests. As the brewer, he tagged with Maverick’s wine guy, Ronald Brown, as both shared their tipple’s story and how it matched the food so perfectly. Hand over to guests who ate, drank, laughed and voted their way through each course. The night was a perfect blend of everything that is good about the Barossa. And I do believe those amazing beers might have won! Rating: 5 | Rosie van Heerde Beer V. Wine Degustation Dinner continues at Barossa Valley Brewing on Sat Mar 8 and Sat Mar 15.
The Joy Protocol The Maid, Sun Mar 2 This show is much funnier than the blurb’s promise of ‘happiness’ might lead you (warily) to expect. Maggie Wood is a raconteur with all the skill and funnybones for which Glaswegians are deservedly famous, a much rarer treat from a woman. Not quite your standard stand-up, The Joy Protocol is more like a kitchen-table session, swapping rueful anecdotes of misguided youth over a crate of Carlsberg. It really does have that intimacy. Tales are loosely draped over Martin Seligman’s PERMA wellbeing model, a pretty transparent clue to Maggie’s day job as a life coach. It’s a good idea, but, paradoxically, this framework sometimes gets in the way. It is in storytelling that Maggie soars, and in hooking back onto her theme that she occasionally loses momentum. Song snippets are funny or moving, but the deathbed scene is the real killer. She is telling the truth, this lass, and steals our hearts by doing so. Rating: 3.5 | Kate Battersby The Joy Protocol continues at The Maid until Sun Mar 16.
Dr Professor Neal Portenza performs his own autopsy live on stage. One night only. (Obviously). Tuxedo Cat @ Raj House, Sat Mar 1 Cranky “Stavros” set the ball rolling, complaining from the crowd that the show hadn’t started. Restless, he prowled around before sneaking backstage – then round two of the show began. Ninety-five percent unscripted, Portenza (Joshua Ladgrove of Come Heckle Christ notoriety) created a riot. Let the squeamish be appeased: his autopsy didn’t occur. Instead, a jumble of tricks tumbled out of his bag – all beginning with his blindly-selected volunteer stooge: a 14-year-old boy. The kid worked perfectly with Portenza, ‘going rogue’ and making the best of his time on (and off) stage. Surprise Russian expertise, a longsuffering techie and a fabulous wrap-up sequence all made for a very enjoyable night. For patient punters who are just keen to be out of the house, Dr Professor Neal Portenza will deliver. You have to play along, though, so if you like your performances organised, self-contained and sharply scripted, then your dry and crabby soul will be welcome elsewhere. Rating: 4.5 | Mary Amos Dr Professor Neal Portenza performs his own autopsy live on stage. One night only.
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Storytellers’ Club On The Popeye The Popeye, Thu Feb 27 What a wonderful venue for a night of comedy. With wine in hand we left the dock at Elder Pk to cruise the river whilst being entertained by a variety of international comedians. Narrated by Sarah Bennetto (UK), who interspersed the acts with her tales of obsession with Bill Murray, we also heard from James Dowdeswell (UK) who gave interpretations of characters from his dad’s pub back home, and a story of a rather large shark. Ivan Aristeguieta (Venezuela) shared his experience of emigrating and the barriers of the Australian language – do we really speak English here? Another seasoned performer, Dave Bloustein (Aus) gave us an insight into court appearances and problems with the tooth fairy. Lastly we heard from Damian Callinan (Aus), with tram movements, and a grand finale of song, dance and comedy quite unlike we’ve seen before. A great night of laughter; catch the boat if you can! Rating: 4.5 | Kris Neilson Storytellers’ Club On The Popeye continues on The Popeye until Sat Mar 15.
Just An Old Fashioned Grrrl! Danielle Asciak Sings Eartha Kitt La Bohème, Sun Mar 2 My main memories of Eartha Kitt are of her as an older woman, so I went to this show intrigued and wanting to know more. The key is in its title – the songs were made famous by Eartha Kitt, but the performer remains at all times Danielle Asciak. We learn quite a bit about Kitt’s life, but we also hear about Asciak’s – and her search for love under strict instructions from her mother – as if she is trying to find some personal parallel in the life and work of Eartha Kitt. Accompanied brilliantly by Adelaide’s Peter McMillan on piano, Asciak performed Kitt’s best known songs in a way that I suspect was not perfect mimicry, but adapted to her own style; they were exquisitely performed nonetheless. From this show, I learned that Eartha Kitt was a strong and interesting woman with a unique talent. I learned the same about Danielle Asciak! Rating: 4 | Adrian Miller
Chris Turner: Pretty Fly Royal Croquet Club – Shanty Town, Thurs Feb 27 Chris Turner turns up the volume on his beat box, delivering surprises along with comic timing, and provides a wide range of jokes from simple oneliners to longer gags. The set is peppered with puns, criss-crossed with hip-hop themes and tortured tangents, often with some gorgeous twists of language.
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Chris entered some dangerous territory along the way, particularly the blatant sexism and materialism of his favourite musical genre, and exposed and disarmed the darkness with his humour. The Pretty Fly journey includes jokes about his bio, boys school, Archaeology (his degree), digging deep into levels of relationship and love. Along the way there were periodical table jokes and a deep and meaningful moment about experiencing Pompeii. Chris illustrated his best friendship with a mate who has Asperger’s by sharing the jokes he creates. All through the show, good taste is exhibited and the comedy is fast, enlightening and positive. Rating: 3.5 | Clayton Werner Chris Turner: Pretty Fly continues at Royal Croquet Club – Shanty Town until Sun Mar 9.
The Motown Story Bebe’s Room, Fri Feb 28 In front of a near-capacity crowd, the 12-piece Motown Connection presents a retrospective showcase of the songs that made Motown a household name in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Tunes made famous by Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Marvin Gaye and their illustrious contemporaries are offered and eagerly accepted by the admiring audience. The band is polished, confident and consummate as these worthy renditions of soul classics from the Motown and Stax record labels are served up. The dance floor fills early and stays that way all night; the punters are having a great time. The joy, the verve and the freshness of Motor City’s finest music is still present almost half a century later in this performance by a topnotch ensemble. Regardless of whether you want to listen, sing along or dance, The Motown Story makes for an excellent night’s entertainment. ‘The Sound Of Young America’ lives on. Rating: 4 | David Robinson The Motown Story continues at Bebe’s Room and The Gov until Sun Mar 16.
Mutual A-Gender Channel 9 Kevin Crease Studios, Sat Mar 1 Mutual A-Gender explores the constructs of masculinity and the masculine body in the dancing realm. Masculinity is examined through movement, with dance being the gateway to convey how the simplest of actions, such as walking, emphasises gender and sexual orientation. In his show Gay By Nature, Nick Walters encompasses the hypersexuality prevalent in our culture and comments on how sexuality within movement can ostracise a person from a community. With an emphasis on audio-visual suppor t, Mutual A-Gender rapidly takes strange turns at ever y corner all while remaining delightful and enlightening. The show is slow to star t and perhaps a little too repetitious at the beginning, but the audience is soon drawn in to what is an incredibly thoughtprovoking piece. At times amusing, Walters has weaved a vision that is unlike any other this Fringe season and is a must-see for those who seek a new perspective on gender normativity. Rating: 4 | Katie Bryant
One Man Show Garden Of Unearthly Delights – Paradiso Spiegeltent, Sun Mar 2 One Man Show is a charming two-hander from The Chaser’s Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen. Live performance has allowed the duo to push the boundaries of their satirical sketches and characters more than television ever could. If it were broadcast live, the parental guidance message at its outset would read, “Viewers are advised this program contains very coarse language, nudity and adult themes.” Stepping off the screen has given Taylor and Hansen license to savage their social and political opponents with vicious rancour. Of course, sitting politicians make a handsome mark for the twosome. The show has its moments of complete absurdity too, echoing the annals of old British comics like Rowan Atkinson and Monty Python. Characters like Detective Superintendent Clive Pugh make a welcome return, along with Hansen’s penchant for musical parody. A biting mix of current political satire, social critique and outright silliness makes One Man Show well worth seeing. Rating: 4 | John Dexter
I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe Bakehouse Theatre – Main Stage, Mon Mar 3 You don’t have to be mad to enjoy the work of Edgar Allan Poe, but to think you may be Poe probably puts you in crazy territory. Dawson Nichols is a brilliant actor who delivers this masterpiece on madness and Poe. An old theme of who has the right to call another mad is explored through masterful renditions of Poe’s poems – which are nothing less than riveting – and frank dialogue on how someone institutionalised for mental illness sees reality. Poe’s popular poem The Raven is brought astoundingly to life by a narrator who draws you deep into its fragile world. The second half begins with a light send-up of a lecturer patronising us (his students) with a lecture on Poe’s life, before the main character descends once again into the darker recesses of neurotic obsession, and finally reveals the real reason for their dubious mental state. Menacing, inspiring and funny. A consummate artist. Superb. Rating: 4.5 | Michael Coghlan I Might Be Edgar Allan Poe continues at Bakehouse Theatre – Main Stage until Sat Mar 15.
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Brian Shimkovitz (AKA Awesome Tapes From Africa) is more than just a man with a gimmick. He may mix his set using only cassette tapes, but he has a whole philosophy behind him that encourages conversation on globalisation, the state of Africa and the universal appeal of African music. His worldly perspective makes it fitting that Shimkovitz is in Adelaide for a set at both WOMADelaide and Adelaide Festivals’ Lola’s Pergola. He’ll let the vibe of these two cultural hubs dictate the music he plays. “I try to play different stuff at every party. Definitely the mood, atmosphere and vibe determine that. I think when you play at a world music ‘event’ there’s definitely a particular kind of audience, which may call for a slightly different approach.” Brooklyn native Shimkovitz started his blog – Awesome Tapes From Africa – over six years ago, where he still shares his favourite mixes he encounters while in Africa. Since gaining a prominent following, he has toured the world, playing sets using only tapes that he has collected. Given that he is essentially a fan of African music – having not grown up in the culture – he is mindful of the audience he plays too. “When I play parties that are more geared for people who aren’t necessarily from the African community, you can get away with more, but can also get away with less. You can get away with more as people aren’t necessarily looking for specific genres of music or specific artists and don’t get disappointed if they don’t hear it. But at the same time, they are pickier about rhythms being ‘too weird to dance to’. So in a way, with a world music audience you get away
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with certain stuff, but they are also more discerning and more informed.” Considering Shimkovitz endeavours to play different music at every show, cross different genres and regions and take requests (just don’t ask for Beyoncé or Usher if you want to be taken seriously), how does he decide which tapes to bring from the thousands he has cluttering his Brooklyn apartment? “You can’t possibly plan it. You just have to bring tapes that you know you both love to play and will work under various types of settings. For the most part, these types of show in Australia are shows where people will be cruising around, drinking and wanting to dance, so there’ll definitely be a significant number of more upbeat types of music. When the night actually occurs though, nothing is tuned up in advance. I’m
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Ryan Hemsworth may be hip in dancedom, but he’s courageously hitting Australia’s regional centres on his third tour. The Canadian DJ/producer has already received one wildlife warning in his current location, tropical (and windy) Townsville in Northern Queensland, from the driver dropping him off at the hotel. “He was like, 'Oh, yeah – and the beach across the street, probably you shouldn’t swim in that. It’s stingray season right now.'”
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trying to make it as spontaneous as possible.” Shimkovitz understands that it is somewhat ironic that he is using a digital platform – his blog – to promote a form of music that is completely analogue. While cassettes have started to find a niche resurgence for novelty reasons, in Africa, they are still a very widely used medium. “For those of us in the Western world, we have the luxury of time and money to mess around with such things for fun. A lot of people that I know in Africa are more interested in seeing what’s next and looking for new tools. That’s just the nature of the game, I guess.” Shimkovitz is aware that cassettes are now a redundant form of music making for a reason, but will defend them for their imperfections. Especially considering so
many in Shimkovitz’s collection are so rare they’re irreplaceable, he can’t play the same tapes all the time, for fear they will break. “[Cassettes] are definitely not the perfect way to play music in 2014, but part of the fun of the sound and a part of the way of celebrating and enjoying a culture that moves, or has moved in the past, in Africa, is wrapped up in the experience of listening to the cassette. So, we will take our risks for the good of enjoying life in the meantime. We will play our tapes and hope that nothing bad happens.”
However, he’s enjoying the experience overall. “There’s all these places that I’ve never been and, honestly, a few of them I’ve never heard of,” Hemsworth says. He played an “intimate” club night in Bendigo where “everyone was superpumped” to catch such a cutting-edge identity. “All the kids were just like, Why are you here?” a modest Hemsworth laughs. Hemsworth, a bedroom producer from Halifax now based in Toronto, studied journalism before dedicating himself to music full-time. “I’m kinda happy the music thing worked out, honestly, ‘cause I didn’t know how I was gonna get a job as a journalist.” He was involved in the rock scene as a singer/ guitarist but drifted into the urban club world, his sound today spanning hip hop, illwave R&B, sub-bass, electro and indie. “I think just being in a city like Halifax growing up, everyone has a rock band in their garage or whatever,” he explains. “But, at the same time, I was always on my computer and so it was a balance of really being into the rock and stuff, but also [being] curious [about] what else is going on.” Online Hemsworth discovered anything from “old ‘90s rap” to UK electronica: “I think that’s why my music sounds so over-the-place now.” Hemsworth, who began to release EPs in 2010, would produce underground MCs like Californian cloud rapper Shady Blaze. In 2013 the DJ, proclaimed one of Mixmag’s stars of the year, unveiled his debut solo album, Guilt Trips, via Last Gang Records, with input from such disparate figures as Rudimental soulstress Sinead Hartnett, Tinashe and Baths. (He’s presently promoting a new single, Small + Lost, featuring Hartnett.) “I’m happy I did it – it’s just something I wanted to do ‘cause I wanna have a full project. A lot of producers now, you get stuck into putting out singles or being a producer – and that’s what I’ve been doing for a long time. I just wanted to
basically show that I could do a full body of work and work with all the singers that I wanted to…” Tinashe, who sings One For Me, is among R&B’s 2014 buzz acts – and she’s signed to a major label with a huge team behind her that Hemsworth deems “kinda weird”. “I did a remix of one of her tracks [Boss] a while back and they really liked it and it did pretty well for me, so we’d always kept up a conversation. Eventually it was like, I really wanna keep making R&B music and she has an amazing voice and amazing style, so they were into it – and, yeah, we just recorded that.” Increasingly, Hemsworth is being canvassed to produce bigger entities. “I’ve been doing a lot more studio sessions this year, just ‘cause people started asking. It is new to me. I’m still very much adjusting to being in a studio surrounded by people and having to produce stuff on the spot – it’s a little weird for me… I feel a little anxious if people are [looking] over your shoulder kind of waiting for you to make a hit.” Hemsworth’s style is amorphous – and “constantly changing”. “The more I do one thing, the more I wanna do something else,” he admits. Hemsworth digs making everything from “cheesy songs” to “serious club songs” to “ambient tracks” – and appreciates that contemporary listeners are sufficiently openminded. Indeed, he’s even returning to his rock roots on his next EP. “[There’s] a lot more guitar and I’m trying to use as many live drum samples as possible,” Hemsworth says, namechecking the posthardcore Fugazi (!) as an influence. Meanwhile, he’s also airing a split ‘remix’ single with Sydney pal Wave Racer. “It’s kinda nice – you can do whatever you want now.”
WHO: Awesome Tapes From Africa WHAT: WOMADelaide & Lola’s Pergola WHERE & WHEN: Bonython Pk, Sat Mar 8 & Torrens Riverbank, Fri Mar 7
WHO: Ryan Hemsworth WHERE: Sugar WHEN: Thu Mar 6
The Guide// THURSDAY 6TH AC ARTS – Main Theatre: Blackout (6.30pm & 9.30pm) ADELAIDE TOWN HALL – Unsound/Snowtown: Live & Stars Of The Lid (8pm) ARKABA – Alex Williamson Fringe Comedy Show (8pm) ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art: Dark Heart ASTOR HOTEL – Roof Top: Sunset Blush Fringe Show (10pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) BOTANIC BAR – Big Bubba & Betty BRECKNOCK HOTEL – Breakaway Sing-A-Long Session (8.30pm) CAMEO BAR – Cameoke with Andy CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Boy Toy, XY Clinic and LHOOQ DUBLIN HOTEL – Quizmeisters Trivia (7.30pm) DUKE OF YORK – Downstairs: DJ Jon E (9pm) DJ Skinny B (1am) Beer Garden: band of the week & DJ Dave Parry (9pm) ELDER HALL – This Filthy World Vol. 2 (8.30pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – The Proj3cts (9pm) EMU HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – KG’s Complete Trivia (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Cam The Rocketeer, Hello Lover and Steven Fotineas hosted by Ross Voss FESTIVAL THEATRE – Sadeh21(8pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Craig Atkins Solo (7pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (Fringe) Comedy Hypnosis Rewired (Fringe) Front Bar: Gumbo Room Blues Jam GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Tinfish George GRAND BAR – OMG HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE – The Shadow King (8pm) HIGHWAY – DJ Alli (8pm) HOTEL METRO – Black Coral, Charlie Monsoon and Moonfaker (9pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – All Vinyl DJ (6pm) HQ – Riot Society hosted by Uberjak’d JADE MONKEY – Submerge LIGHT HOTEL – SCALA Live (8pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) ODEON THEATRE – The Curious Scrapbook Of Josephine Bean (10am & 1.30pm) PIONEER WOMEN’S MEMORIAL GARDEN – Adelaide Writer’s Week PJ O’BRIENS – DJ G-Rillz (9pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Thirsty Thursday with DJ Tango ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Wild Things (9pm)
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SAILMASTER TAVERN – Victor Oria (6pm) SHOTZ BAR – Fringe: Robert Taylor Is The Musical Misfit (8pm) SPACE THEATRE – Windmill Theatre Trilogy/Fugitive: Robin Hood Retold (1pm & 6.30pm) STATE THEATRE COMPANY SCENIC WORKSHOP – The Seagull (8.15pm) SUGAR – Jazz Pancake with locals and guests TANDANYA – Four Rooms THE LION HOTEL – Clearway (9pm) THE SOUL BOX – Light, Camera, Action: The Live Painting Experience (7pm) TORRENS RIVERBANK – Lola’s Pergola (6pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – Colour Me Indigo (9pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Rainbow Jam Sessions (7.30pm)
FRIDAY 7TH AC ARTS – Main Theatre: Blackout (6.30pm & 9.30pm) ADELAIDE CASINO – Chandelier Bar: Jacqui Lim (6pm) Sonic Divas (10pm) ALMA TAVERN – Fresh Fridays with DJs ARCHER HOTEL – DJ ARKABA – Lounge Bar: Dino Jag (8pm) Top of the Ark: Titters: Sheridan Stewart Fringe Comedy Show (8pm) ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art: Dark Heart ASTOR HOTEL – Roof Top Room: Sunset Blush Fringe Show (10pm) AUSTRAL – The Austral House Band (7pm) BAROSSA WEINTAL HOTEL – Andy Mac (7.30pm) BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Emily Smith (8pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Troy J Been, Prince Aaronak & Suckerpunch BOTANIC PARK – WOMADelaide BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – The Crew (8pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CAMEO BAR – DJs Lars, Lenny and guests CHANNEL 9 STUDIOS – Fringe: Syren Summer Tour (11pm) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – The Rocking Stones (8pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Greentheif and The Dunes DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Dave Martin (7pm) DUKE OF YORK – Tom & Rose (7pm) DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE – An Iliad (7.30pm) ED CASTLE – Full Tilt live bands and party DJs ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Trashbags with resident DJs Capt N Cook, Mangie and Terror Terror plus guests ELYSIUM LOUNGE – DJs ENCORE NIGHTCLUB – Get Lucky Fridays with resident DJs (9pm)
ENFIELD HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (6pm) ENIGMA – Gay Paris, Grenadiers, The Villenettes and Crypt EMU HOTEL – Iris (9pm) ESPLANADE HOTEL – E’nuf Said (8pm) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – EXETER HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – The British Robots, Creatures and Dan White FESTIVAL THEATRE – Sadeh21(8.30pm) FINDON HOTEL – karaoke (8.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (Fringe) Best Of The Fest Late Show (Fringe) Front Bar: Friday Night Acoustic Sessions featuring String Band Appalachian Fiddle Sessions & Irish Sessions GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Aphelion with Imogen Brave and The Cities Alight GRAND JUNCTION TAVERN – Steve Gower (6pm) HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE – The Shadow King (8pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Gate Crashes (9.30pm) HILTON HOTEL: MYBAR – DJ Chaps and DJ Lumeire HOTEL METRO – Unity Floors, Post-war, Adolf Sasquatch and DJ Found Drugs (9pm) HOTEL TIVOLI – Honey with DJs IRISH CLUB – Shamrocks ‘n’ Shenanigans Live Acoustic Sessions (7pm) JADE MONKEY – King Krill & The Vanity Cure LADY DALY HOTEL – Thirty Two Twenty (8.30pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Black Market (9pm) LIMBO – DJs LONDON TAVERN – Live Acoustic Weekly (5pm) Rewind Fridays with DJ Wolfman LORD MELBOURNE – karaoke with Laura Lee (9pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Jackson Veitch (6.30pm) MARS BAR – guests DJs plus drag shows MICK O’SHEA’S – Killkenny Duo (7pm) ODEON THEATRE – The Curious Scrapbook Of Josephine Bean (10am & 6pm) OFFICE ON PIRIE – DJ Jess (4.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Acoustik (7.30pm) PRINCE ALBERT HOTEL – Acoustic Session (6pm) DJ (9pm) PRODUCERS HOTEL – After Four Fridays Garden Grooves with DJs Justice and DrDamage plus special guests (4pm) PROSPECT TOWN HALL – Pastor Cash & His Ministry Of Money Revival Show (8pm) The Cat’s Pyjamas: Life Ain’t All Beer & Skiffle (9.30pm) QUEEN’S THEATRE – Unsound Adelaide Friday: Morton Subotnick (USA), Nurse With Wound (UK), Lee Gamble (UK) and Cat Hands (UK) RAMSGATE HOTEL – DJ Snake & DJ Rupheo (9pm) RED SQUARE – DJs
REX HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Back Room: Bogan Bingo (8pm) Front Bar: DJ Smiley (9pm) ROCKET BAR – Cats at Rocket (9pm) ROYAL CROQUET CLUB – All The Colours ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADEL – KT Buzz Duo (7.30pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Paul Stubbings (7pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – DJ (8pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Blind Dog Taylor & One More Mile (8pm) SETTLERS TAVERN – Rock Dogs (8pm) SHOTZ BAR – Fringe: Robert Taylor Is The Musical Misfit (7pm) SOMERSET HOTEL – Jordon & Brendan (8pm) SPACE THEATRE – Windmill Theatre Trilogy/Fugitive: Robin Hood Retold (6.30pm) STAG – Upstairs: DJs play urban & dance. Downstairs: DJs play retro STAMFORD PLAZA: CASCADES – STATE THEATRE COMPANY SCENIC WORKSHOP – The Seagull (8.15pm) STONYFELL WINERY – SUGAR – SHGZ: Fridays at Sugar SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Nothing But ‘90s with DJs TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing requests TANDANYA – Four Rooms TAPAS ON HINDLEY – flamenco shows by Studio Flamenco (7.30pm) TEA TREE GULLY HOTEL – Alien 8 (9pm) THE ELEPHANT – Unknown To Man and DJ G-Rillz (9pm) THE GOODY – Live & Local THE LION HOTEL – live entertainment TONSLEY HOTEL – Katrina Caton (4.45pm) Platinum Plus (9pm) TORRENS RIVERBANK – Lola’s Pergola (6pm) VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – DJs VILLAGE TAVERN – McKenzie (8.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – This Could Be Big (8.30pm) ZHIVAGO – Queen Bee’s Garden Party DJs: Terence, Gumshoe, Skot Holder and Faint One
SATURDAY 8TH AC ARTS – Main Theatre: Blackout (5pm & 9.30pm) ARCHER HOTEL – Downstairs: band & DJ. Upstairs: Jaki J ARKABA – Top of the Ark: Full Tilt Janis Fringe Show: Janis Joplin Tribute (9pm) Sportys Bar + Arena: The Incredibles (10pm) ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art: Dark Heart
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The Guide// ASTOR HOTEL – Roof Top Room: Sunset Blush Fringe Show (10pm) BLUE GUMS HOTEL – ‘Bout Time (8pm) BOTANIC BAR – Sanji, Brad Sawyer and Tom Wilson BOTANIC PARK – WOMADelaide BRIDGEPORT HOTEL – karaoke (9pm) BUSHMAN HOTEL: GAWLER – DJ CALEDONIAN INN: ROBE – The Girls Next Door (9pm) CAVAN HOTEL – Karnival with live bands (9pm) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – After Five (9pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Devils Crossroad with guests Escapes and Shipwrecked In The Desert CUMBERLAND HOTEL: GLANVILLE – karaoke with Nicole (8pm) DUKE OF YORK – Front Room: DJ Mitchy B. Beer Garden: DJ Parry. Upstairs: DJ Skinny B, MC Scotty and guest DJs DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE – An Iliad (7.30pm) ELECTRIC CIRCUS – Arcade Disco with resident DJs Junior, Dancespace and friends EMU HOTEL – The Crew (9pm) ENCORE NIGHTCLUB – DJs Lars, TS and Some Brown DJ with MC AC (9pm)
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EXETER HOTEL – Jonny Star Family Entertainment (7pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Hawking, Sasha March & The Dawnhorse and Brenton Manser FESTIVAL THEATRE – Sadeh21(8.30pm) GARAGE BAR – DJs (10pm) GERMAN ARMS HOTEL – Christian Grocke (8pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – DJ Marky Polo (8pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (Fringe) Best Of The Fest Late Show (Fringe) Front Bar: Velvet Jeanie and Prophets Of Impending Doom GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Undertones At The Grace GRAND BAR – Destination Saturdays with DJs and MCs HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE – The Shadow King (2pm & 8pm) HIGHLANDER HOTEL – Red Henry (9pm) HIGHWAY – DJ Griff (9pm) HOPE INN – karaoke (7pm) HOTEL METRO – Multiple Man, Asps, Botox and Bagdad Social Club (9pm) HOTEL RICHMOND – DJ Sly HOTEL TIVOLI – Exotica with DJs Sleepy Hips and guests (8pm) JACK RUBY – Soul Social – live band and vinyl DJs (8pm)
JADE MONKEY – Supercaine, The Byzantines and Sister Rose (8pm) KINGSFORD HOTEL: GAWLER – karaoke (10pm) LAKES RESORT HOTEL – Redline (9pm) LONDON TAVERN – DJs Captiv8, Justice, Soundflex, AJ and MC Renard (10pm) LORD MELBOURNE – DJ Steve Murphy (8pm) MARINA SUNSET BAR – DJs playing the best in house and electro MARION HOTEL – Franky F (5.30pm) Two Hard Basket (8.30pm) MARS BAR – guest DJs plus a drag show MICK O’SHEA’S – UK Blitz (9pm) NORWOOD HOTEL – Three Star General (9pm) ODEON THEATRE – The Curious Scrapbook Of Josephine Bean (11am & 2pm) OLD SPOT HOTEL – Rock The Boss (10pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Show Us Ya Hits (8.45pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Wild Ones (8pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Kopy Catz (10.30pm) QUEEN’S THEATRE – Unsound Adelaide Saturday: Moritz von Oswald Trio featuring Tony Allen and Max Loderbauer (GER/NGA), Emptyset (UK), Garland (Aus) and James Ferraro (USA) (7.30pm)
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RED SQUARE – DJs Marek, Law, Dub Drop DJs, Decker, Bollocks, Krispy, Shawty, Capital D, DV8 and Jazz plus MCs Skippy and Dylan RHINO ROOM – Frehd The Clown: Whoop Whoop Let’s Have Some Fun (3pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm) ROCKET BAR – Rocket Saturdays (9pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Justin Parker (7pm) SANDBAR – requests with DJs SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – Sonic Divas (8pm) SHOTZ BAR – Fringe: Robert Taylor Is The Musical Misfit (7pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – Mascara (9pm) SPACE THEATRE – Windmill Theatre Trilogy/Girl Asleep (1pm & 6.30pm) STATE THEATRE COMPANY SCENIC WORKSHOP – The Seagull (3pm & 8.15pm) SUGAR – ITDE DJs and interstate & international guests SWISH: STAMFORD PLAZA – Shuffle TALBOT HOTEL – DJ playing retro and requests
TANDANYA – Four Rooms TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Troy Harrison (7.30pm) TEQUILA REA – Bongo Madness with guest DJs THE ELEPHANT – Alien 8 and DJ G-Rillz (9pm) THE LION HOTEL – Absolut Saturdays: Wasabi (9pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Two Hard Basket (8.30pm) TORRENS RIVERBANK – Lola’s Pergola (6pm) VALLEY INN – karaoke VICTORIA HOTEL: O’HALLORAN HILL – Rumours WALKERS ARMS HOTEL – DJ Sessions (9pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – This Could Be Big (8.30pm) WINDSOR HOTEL – The Beavers (8.45pm) WOODCROFT TAVERN – karaoke (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Queen Bee’s Garden Party DJs: Chaps, Ryley, Bottle Rockets and Hemilove
SUNDAY 9TH AC ARTS – Main Theatre: Blackout (2pm & 5pm) ALMA TAVERN – Sunday School ARKABA – Lounge Bar: Vogue Duo with Antonio Villano and Kate Lara (3pm) Top of the Ark: Ark Goes Greek (9pm) ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art: Dark Heart BENJAMIN ON FRANKLIN – Souled Out Sessions with DJs Dave Collins and Jason Lee BLUE GUMS HOTEL – Steve Gower (3pm) BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB – Dave Hunt BOTANIC BAR – Eric The Falcon BOTANIC PARK – WOMADelaide BRAHMA LODGE HOTEL – Black Aspirin (4pm) BRIDGEWATER INN – Timmis & Adams (3pm) CALEDONIAN INN: ROBE – Girls Next Door CHANNEL 9 STUDIOS – Fringe: Syren Summer Tour (8.30pm) CLOVERCREST HOTEL – Dino Jag (2pm) COVE HOTEL – Fast Fuse (4pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Fringe Acts DOG & DUCK – Sneaky Sundays with Jak Morris DUCK INN: COROMANDEL VALLEY – Harvest (3pm) ED CASTLE – Beer Garden: Acoustic Sundays (2pm) EDINBURGH HOTEL: MITCHAM – EMU HOTEL – acoustic set (2pm) Viotar (8pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – Magnetic Garden FED ON SEMAPHORE – Zkye & Damo (4pm) GILBERT STREET HOTEL – Mary Webb Solo (2pm) GLENELG SURF CLUB – La Mar Sundays (3pm)
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The Guide // GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Comedy Hypnosis Rewired (Fringe) GRACE EMILY HOTEL – On The Fly Impro: Impro ‘80s Style GRAINGER STUDIO – Tectonics Adelaide/ Grainger Studio (2.30pm) GRAND BAR – bands, DJs and MCs HOLDFAST BAY BOWLING & CROQUET CLUB – Barefoot At The Bay presented by The House Cats DJs (2pm) HOTEL METRO – Machina Genova, Nebraska, Starvation, Millimeter and Featherweight (9pm) HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – 888 Poker (6.30pm) LIGHT HOTEL – Vonni’s Big Arvo LORD MELBOURNE HOTEL – Travis Wellington Hedge MARINA SUNSET BAR – Sunset Sessions featuring live acoustic music MARION HOTEL – Adelaide Comedy: Lindsay Webb’s Fringe Comedy (4pm) MARS BAR – VJK classic video hits MICK O’SHEA’S – E’nuf Said (2pm) ODEON THEATRE – The Curious Scrapbook Of Josephine Bean (11am & 2pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – 2 Up Duo (2.30pm) PARA HILLS COMMUNITY CLUB – Troy Harrison (4pm)
RAMSGATE HOTEL – ACOUSTIC SESSION (4PM) TOM KURZEL & ED TRAINOR FORTNIGHTLY ROTATION (7.30PM) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Plush (7.30pm) SAILMASTER TAVERN – Bonz (2pm) SEACLIFF BEACH HOTEL – acoustic soloists SEMAPHORE PALAIS – Frenzy (4.30pm) SEMAPHORE WORKERS CLUB – Chris Finnen Band (4pm) SHOTZ BAR – Fringe: Robert Taylor Is The Musical Misfit (7pm) SPACE THEATRE – Windmill Theatre Trilogy/Fugitive: Robin Hood Retold (6.30pm) SPACE THEATRE – Windmill Theatre Trilogy/Girl Asleep (12pm) STATE THEATRE COMPANY SCENIC WORKSHOP – The Seagull (4pm) SUGAR – Mods, Driller and Nu Jeans TANDANYA – Four Rooms TAP INN HOTEL: KENT TOWN – Acoustic Sessions THE LION HOTEL – Andrew Hayes (2.30pm) Quinny, Parko & Friends (6pm) TONSLEY HOTEL – Andrew Crowell (2pm)
TORRENS RIVERBANK – Lola’s Pergola (6pm) WELLINGTON HOTEL: WELLINGTON – Sunday Sessions: live music on the banks of the Murray (3pm) WEST THEBBY HOTEL – karaoke with Margi & Shaggy (8.30pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – This Could Be Big (5pm) YANKALILLA HOTEL – Moss (8pm) ZHIVAGO – Queen Bee’s Garden Party DJs: Anthony, Skot Holder and Gumshoe
MONDAY 10TH ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art: Dark Heart BOTANIC PARK – WOMADelaide CROWN & ANCHOR – Fringe Acts EXETER ON RUNDLE – Todd Sibbin Retrospective GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Stefan Grossman. Front Bar: Rear Admiral Stand Up Comedy (Fringe) Balcony Bar: Lord Stompy’s Tin Sandwich GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Billy Bob’s BBQ Jam HOTEL ROYAL: TORRENSVILLE – Ultimate Quiz with Graham Lawrence (7pm) PARAFIELD GARDENS COMMUNITY CLUB – Complete Trivia (7pm) QUEEN’S THEATRE – Tectonics Adelaide (2.30pm) RHINO ROOM – One Mic Stand open mic comedy SUGAR – Big Bubba and Eric The Falcon TANDANYA – Four Rooms THE LION HOTEL – Brian Ruiz with Troy Loakes and Paul Vallen (8pm)
TUESDAY 11TH ADELAIDE TOWN HALL – Continuum (7pm) ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art: Dark Heart AUSSIE INN HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) BOTANIC BAR – Ash Wilson CROWN & ANCHOR – Band Room: Cranker Comedy. Front Bar: DJs Stevie & Duncan EXETER ON RUNDLE – Bitches Of Zues DJs FESTIVAL THEATRE – Zorn In Oz: Masada Marathon (7.30pm)
GASLIGHT TAVERN – The Blues Lounge hosted by Ron Davidson & Trevor Graham (8pm) GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (Fringe) Front Bar: Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Coke & Sympathy: A Rock & Roll Cabaret HILTON HOTEL – KG’s Complete Trivia HOTEL METRO – Acoustic Club (8pm) MARION HOTEL – 888 Poker (6.30pm) PJ O’BRIENS – Davy T’s Music Trivia (7.30pm) ROB ROY HOTEL – Bogan Bingo (8pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – Lucky 7 (8.30pm) STATE THEATRE COMPANY SCENIC WORKSHOP – The Seagull (11am & 6pm) SUGAR – CU Next Tuesday with Sonny Side-Up and Driller TANDANYA – Four Rooms THE LION HOTEL – Zkye and Damo (7.30pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – DJs Ryley & Apex (8pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – 1.1 Immermann: Buster Keaton, No Longer Silent! (8pm) WHITMORE HOTEL – Acoustic Raw Jam WINDSOR HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm)
WEDNESDAY 12TH ARKABA HOTEL – Latino Grooves Salsa Classes (6pm) ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – Adelaide Biennial Of Australian Art: Dark Heart BOTANIC BAR – Gemma CENTRAL DISTRICTS FOOTBALL CLUB – Quiz Wiz (7.45pm) CHALLA GARDENS HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7pm) CHRISTIES BEACH HOTEL – Complete Trivia (7.30pm) CROWN & ANCHOR – Geek with DJ Trip DANIEL O’CONNELL HOTEL – DEEP BLUE CAFÉ – Rob McDade (6.30pm) EMU HOTEL – DJ night (8pm) EXCHANGE HOTEL: GAWLER – Live Music Exchange (7.30pm) EXETER ON RUNDLE – DJ Curtis FESTIVAL THEATRE – Zorn In Oz: Classical Marathon (7.30pm) FINDON HOTEL – Muso’s Jam hosted by Streaker FINSBURY HOTEL – karaoke (8pm) FIRST COMMERCIAL HOTEL – karaoke (7pm)
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH – Main Room: Best Of The Edinburgh Fest (Fringe) Comedy Hypnosis Rewired (Fringe) Front Bar: Open Mic Night GRACE EMILY HOTEL – Coke & Sympathy: A Rock & Roll Cabaret HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE – Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (8.30pm) HOTEL METRO – Adie Haines and British Robots (9pm) HQ – NeverLand LIGHT HOTEL – Open Mic Night (8pm) MICK O’SHEA’S – Celtic Connection PORTLAND HOTEL – karaoke with Shaggy (9pm) ROYAL OAK HOTEL: NTH ADELAIDE – George Grifsas (7.30pm) SEAFORD HOTEL – karaoke with Suzanne (8.30pm) SHOTZ BAR – Fringe: Robert Taylor Is The Musical Misfit (8pm) SLUG ‘N LETTUCE BRITISH PUB – karaoke with Margi (7.30pm) SPACE THEATRE – Windmill Theatre Trilogy/School Dance (8.30pm) STATE THEATRE COMPANY SCENIC WORKSHOP – The Seagull (6pm) SUGAR – Mixed Tape with Lauren Rose, Ferris Mular and Mr Whiskas TANDANYA – Four Rooms THE LION HOTEL – Proton Pill (9pm) THE SOUL BOX – Light, Camera, Action: The Live Lightpainting Experience (9pm) TORRENS ARMS HOTEL – Trivia Wednesday (7pm) WHEATSHEAF HOTEL – 1.1 Immermann: Buster Keaton, No Longer Silent! (8pm) WORLDSEND HOTEL – live music
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Freakonomics What temps you to cheat? 9pm • Friday 7 March Palace Nova Eastend Cinema
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Dirty Talk The undisputed ‘master of filth’ is returning to Adelaide with a second helping of his This Filthy World monologue. Rip It Up dared to ask the notorious director, screenwriter, actor, author, comedian, journalist, visual artist and art collector what’s been left unsaid.
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I don’t know if anything’s been left unsaid, but it’s more about what I’ve added,” Waters explains. “I’m always updating the show, adding new stuff, talking about my new obsessions, new perversions, new things that I think I can share with you to make your neurotic life happier.” Waters’ appeal transcends politics, upbringing and ages. Whether people have followed his career from its beginning, or are just discovering his cult work now, he finds a broad cross-section of society coming to see his shows all over the world. He doesn’t consider a John Waters fan to be a specific type of person. “I think most of the people that come to see me have one thing in common – it’s not their sexual preference, their race or age, it’s their defiance of trying to perform the way they’ve been programmed to perform. They might be fucked up but they’ve learnt how to live a life and be happy and fucked up. I think that’s what my show is all about. I’m not mean and I never put anybody down – in fact I praise people that most people don’t praise. I’m trying to get you to look at things in a different way without judgement and I think if you can do that, and I think that humour is the best way to do that, then you can change people’s minds.” From this description, Waters’ This Filthy World series sounds more like a public service than a comedy show. He admits that his material – to him – is just “sharing common sense”. “I actually think I am a public service to some,” Waters laughs, although he laments RipITUPMAGAZINE//ripitup.com.au 28 28RipITUPMAGAZINE//ripitup.com.au
that the shock value with what he comes up with seems to have waned with time. “No one gets mad anymore, because I’m not mean. I’m generally interested in what I talk about. That’s why I don’t like reality television – I think it tries to make you make fun of the people on it and I’d never do that.” Waters confesses that the topic that interests him most is “people who think they’re normal, but are totally insane” and “any question that doesn’t have a fair answer” – enjoying the grey area more so than the black and white. A lot of people often ask him for advice given his wealth of life experience, to the point where he says going to his show is like “going to see a good shrink”. “It’s like Dorothy and the Good Witch in The Wizard Of Oz, when she goes, ‘You had to find that out for yourself, Dorothy’. It’s the same principle. I’m leading you to think that way, but I’m not going to tell you how to solve your problems, I don’t know how to solve your problems, and sometimes they’re problems that can’t be solved – you just have to learn to live with them and embrace them and make them your partner.” Waters’ catalogue of cult films has endured for just this reason – they are riddled with flaws and mistakes – but that’s become their greatest charm. They have become a prime example of what you can achieve with little more than enthusiasm and creativity. His early films, including Pink Flamingos, arguably his most notorious work, prove that money, political correctness and star power is not always the
formula for success. His films have created stars, albeit infamous ones, with long-time friend and muse, the overweight drag queen Divine at the pinnacle. However, perhaps his career’s greatest inspiration – and champion – is his hometown of Baltimore. “A lot of people who come to Baltimore say, ‘Your films are documentaries!’ People do look like that here. People do look like Divine on every corner. Cookie Mueller [one of Waters’ early stars] always used to say when she would come back to Baltimore, ‘Why is it that it’s the only city in the world where they dance at bus stops?’ And they do! For some reason you always see people dancing by themselves at bus stops… Believe me, the buses here do not inspire artistic feelings!” Waters admits that his best film and “the only one where I had enough money” is 1994’s Serial Mom, starring Kathleen Turner as a homicidal housewife as an ode to Waters’ obsession with attending murder trials. The film was ahead of its time more so for the ‘trial by media’ plotline, which foreshadowed the groundbreaking OJ Simpson case later that year. Furthermore, 1972’s Pink Flamingos enjoyed underground success for its fellatio, dead chicken and that final scene before New Line Cinema distributed it nationally. In many ways, Waters broke new ground for filmmakers who are looking to push boundaries of their own. “I believe that every Hollywood studio is looking for the John Waters and Pink Flamingos – they weren’t when I was making it, in any possible way, but today they are. They’re looking for that movie to make a fortune on it, so it’s good; it’s a better time to make movies when you’re young. You have a better chance of being discovered.” Although his last film, 2004’s A Dirty Shame, was critically and commercially panned, Waters refuses to admit he has given up filmmaking, although there is nothing as yet in the works. He does, however, note some changes to the film business that would make a new John Waters
Root 66 Waters will also be joining Adelaide Writers’ Week, with a talk on his 2011 nonfiction book, Role Models. He gives Rip It Up some insight into his next book, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, out in June. “I hitchhiked across America by myself at 66 years old, without anybody following me or anything. I wrote about it before I left in a fictional way of the 15 best rides – the best for me isn’t always the best for others. There’s sex, there’s adventure, there’s run-ins with the police. And then I imagine the 15 worst rides – and when I think up something bad it’s really bad,” he laughs. “And then the next day I left and did it for real; it was 21 rides in nine days. It was very optimistic and very despairing at times standing alongside a road for 10 hours and nobody picks you up. On those days I thought, ‘this is going to take a year’.”
film a difficult endeavour. “The difference is the independent movie business has completely changed. I’m no longer in it. It’s impossible for me. In 50 years it’s now the only time the industry has nothing to do with what I did. They want you to make a movie that can play all over the world, especially in China, and cost $100 million dollars and have no dialogue. Comedies are the last thing they’re looking for. That’s why I’m so jealous in the best way for Woody Allen; he has the most enviable career of anyone. He just keeps making smart comedies and nobody gives him notes.” WHO: John Waters WHAT: Adelaide Festival: This Filthy World 2.0 & Adelaide Writers’ Week WHERE & WHEN: Thu Mar 6, 8.30pm, Elder Hall & Thu Mar 6, 12pm, Pioneer Women’s Garden
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Film // Utopia (M) AAAA John Pilger is outraged again in his latest doco – and with good reason. Co-directed by Alan Lowery and taking its title from an Aboriginal community that’s far from Utopian, this has Pilger, who still calls this country his homeland after 50-plus years in England, examine mainstream Australia’s treatment of Indigenous people. He travels the landscape with himself centre stage in what’s been compared to Michael Moore’s style (although Pilger’s far less grandstanding). What he discovers is shocking and shaming. Returning to the sites of previous documentaries, he finds living conditions have worsened; a colonial prison on Rottnest Island has disgracefully become a hotel; footage of police tasering a kid is
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less confronting than surveillance images of an incarcerated man dying; and interviews become shouting matches, as Pilger hits key figures with questions few would dare.Complete with film of Lang Hancock suggesting mass sterilisation, this kicks John Howard, before attacking a 2007 Lateline episode on, you guessed it, that evil, tree-hugging ABC, and how this led to Howard and Mal Brough’s investigation into sex slavery in Aboriginal communities that found nothing. Then we get into Rudd’s Stolen Generation apology that opened a new can of worms. And, finally, there’s no mention of Tony Abbott, although this is fitting, as Abbott makes no mention of Indigenous people recently, contenting himself with asylum seeker hysteria. Utopia? Dystopia!
DocWeek 2014 Various Venues For all you still need to know about this annual festival, which concludes on Sun Mar 9, check out docweek.org.au.
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The (supposedly) last animation effort from Studio Ghibli head Hayao Miyazaki (drawing from his own factually-derived comic) has been criticised for lacking the magic of Ponyo, Spirited Away or My Neighbour Totoro and somehow ‘glossing over’ Japan’s involvement in World War II. But forget the haters, as this is a beautifully moving would-be swan song. Ever since he was a boy, the gifted Jiro wanted to be a pilot, but nearsightedness meant he had to opt instead to be an aeronautical engineer, a pursuit he discusses with Italian inventor Carponi in lovely dream sequences that prove the closest we get to the fantasy of key Miyazaki pics. When, as a young man, he saves Nahoko and her sister after an earthquake (a striking sequence that warns of the war to come), Jiro becomes obsessed with seeing them again, while also, into the 1930s, designing the modern planes that would, of course, bring such disaster to Japan and the world beyond. Reminiscent of Ghibli’s Grave Of The Fireflies, there’s so much subtly at play here. It’s a celebration of the power of creativity, a hymn to the joy of love and the life of the mind, a haunting study of memory, guilt and fate, and (apparently) the final word on the whole gorgeous Ghibli universe from the 70-something Miyazaki. Screening in both the original Japanese and dubbed English version, this is a modern classic either way.
Liam Neeson’s post-Taken rebirth as a gettingon action star continues with this enjoyable whopper from Spanish director Jaume ColletSera, who also guided the grimly charismatic LN through the equally absurd Unknown. Here Big Liam’s Bill Marks, a sour, boozy, haunted and armed air marshal, who anonymously boards a transatlantic flight with a bunch of types: a friendly lady who wants a window seat ( Julianne Moore); a bespectacled teacher (Scoot McNairy); a pair of reassuring hostesses (Michelle Dockery and 12 Years A Slave’s Lupita Nyong’o) and a scared kid who wants her daddy (Quinn McColgan). If you’ve seen the trailer that tells the whole damn story then you surely know what’s coming – Marks is contacted by someone who threatens to kill one person every 20 minutes and does just that. A huge ransom is somehow connected right back to him; he’s misunderstood as a terrorist; everyone’s under suspicion (even Linus Roache’s captain), and soon we’re into 9/11 territory with a little bit of Airplane! (AKA Flying High!) thrown in. The sort of loopy suspensy/actioner that makes perfect (enough) sense while you’re watching it, but then falls apart the second the curtains close, this has glimmers of real acting, a sneaky wit, a nice line in twisty turns and much barefaced, high-altitude ludicrousness.
Injured in a botched sting and stricken with cancer, CIA ground man Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner) returns home to France hoping to spend his final months with his estranged wife and daughter, but when his former team leader (Amber Heard) arrives offering a new job in exchange for an experimental drug that could buy him some more time, Renner finds himself ducking between two high stress situations: hunting down a dangerous criminal and caring for a hostile teen (Hailee Steinfeld from the True Grit remake). Looking to revive his career in much the same way that Liam Neeson did with Taken, Costner is a good fit for the glossy visuals and over-the-top action typical of director McG and writer Luc Besson. Unfortunately, as is also typical of McG and Besson, plot points are flimsy: Heard appears to be around purely as an excuse to dress someone up as a dominatrix, and Renner’s illness seems to come and go whenever convenient, but do we care? Not really. Boasting car chases, shootouts, explosions and philosophical squatters, this is everything you should expect from a collaboration between McG and Besson, who know darn well that a mindless action flick will always be well-received, and who make no apologies for having fun with it along the way.
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Opening But Unrated The 3D, endlessly CG-ed sequel 300: Rise Of An Empire (MA), this time directed by Noam Murro (with original helmer Zack Snyder now a co-writer and co-producer), stars Lena Headey, Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, Sullivan Stapleton and David Wenham. JC Chandor’s follow-up to Margin Call is the open-ocean-set drama All Is Lost (M), with Robert Redford as ‘our man’. The melancholy drama Mr Morgan’s Last Love (M), from Sandra Nettelbeck, has Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy and Gillian Anderson. John Curran’s epic true story Tracks (M) offers Mia Wasikowska as Robyn Davidson alongside Adam Driver and Emma Booth. And Vampire Academy (M), from director Mark Waters (and Richelle Mead’s books), is a teenie comedy/ horror toplining Zoey Deutch, Lucy Fry, Gabriel Byrne and Joely Richardson.
Willsy’s Choice: Rear Window Selected Wallis Cinemas Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic Rear Window (PG) is Willsy’s Choice throughout March. Details at wallis.com.au.
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Market Shed On Holland Like the superhero of undercover carparks, the Market Shed on Holland Street goes through an overnight transformation every Saturday, reopening its roller shutters in the early hours of Sunday morning, filled to the brim with fresh produce, baked goods and brunch-type meals in a flurry of culinary activity. This relatively new addition to SA’s love of farmers’ markets takes us back to our freshly harvested (and brewed, baked and blended) roots. Tucked in a laneway behind the Gilbert Street IGA, this is a market with an organic difference. Black and white theming with some rustic charm, whitewashed walls and exposed brick give the space a fair bit of class considering its weekday occupation as a carpark. The central gazebos contain all kinds of gourmet treats, with everything from biodynamic chutneys and pickles from Clear Hills Farm, to amazing pies from the Bull Creek Bakery. It is worth noting here that pies for breakfast are perfectly acceptable and if I were you I’d pay special attention to the lentil and vegetable option: $5 for the ‘meatiest’ vego pie you will ever eat. The only things meatier are their other options including the
Fallow Venison or Home Grown Beef. There are some semi-permanent stalls in the Market Shed; tucked behind some original metal doors and roller shutter compartments. The Walnut Bar have made the most of a former storage area to showcase their nutty treats – I tried one of the “fudge bombs” for a cheeky $3. Almonds, cashew, dates, vanilla, coconut and raw cacao make up these little delights and for a short moment I was in faux-chocolate heaven. Another more permanent fixture is the pizza wood oven in the front corner of the Market Shed at a stall called The Little Orange. This is where most of the action happens and options include a breakfast pizza loaded with the good stuff for $20, or a $15 margherita if you’re feeling lunchy. All-organic produce tops a crusty pizza base, and you can go all out with a side option of arancini balls stuffed with beef ragu or porcini mushroom. The stall next door produces balls of a different sort. These deep fried fritole include a savoury option with ricotta, carrot, zucchini and fresh herbs or a sweeter version with lemon and sultanas. Both balanced an exterior of greasy goodness with a centre of flavour-infused fresh ricotta, and went down well with coffees from Small Batch. Baked goods are my weakness and the Mother And Sons bakery proved this point. After devouring a tray of their sensational fruit-filled Danishes, we left laden with artisan bread of all shapes and sizes and a sneaky chocolate pistachio tart – for later, of course.
Taste The World Although WOMADelaide’s main claim to fame is the diversity and geographical spread of its musical artists, the festival also features panel-style discussions and the Taste The World program. Taste The World invites musicians and speakers to demonstrate a recipe in front of a live audience, while also being interviewed. It’s a great chance for fans to get close to their favourite acts, and for performers to share a little slice of home with punters.
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CJ Taylor, Denim (Pasha Of The Parklands)
The inaugural Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize winners were announced on Fri Feb 14, with the exhibition continuing at Artspace Gallery until Sun Apr 6. Over 300 artworks were considered for the prize, with 86 finalists and six ultimate winners. CJ Taylor was awarded the major prize ($20,000) for his photographic work Denim (Pasha Of The Parklands). The five highlycommended artists were Jennifer Ahrens, Mark Judd, Neil Huggett, Sally Parnis and Susan Napoli. The judging panel boasted Adelaide Festival Centre’s CEO and Artistic Director, Douglas Gautier, painter Robert Hannaford, photographer Milton Wordley, plus journalist Rex Jory. The Adelaide Park Lands Preservation Association hopes that the biennial prize will encourage public interest in preserving the Parklands. The exhibition is open to the public Wed – Sun, 11am – 4pm, at Artspace Gallery until Sun Apr 6.
Art Launch: Shannon O’Neill Rubber Man, Garden of Unearthly Delights, 2013 (detail)
With 14 years’ worth of work under her belt as a graphic designer and photographer, Shannon O’Neill is ready to launch a series of prints. Inspired by her travels, Mexican wrestling masks and the Day Of The Dead festival, O’Neill’s artworks are vibrantly coloured with clever patterns and repeating motifs. O’Neill will be presenting her works at Goodwood Arthouse Markets at Blue Hive on the Torrens Riverbank this Sat Mar 8. One print will set you back $35, while a pair will cost $55. All prints have been signed and numbered by the artist.
As I Live And Breathe Urban Cow Studio is hosting Therese Williams’ latest exhibition LAB: Living And Breathing. The artworks, borne on a “spirit of immediacy and experimentation” are fluid and full of movement, as Williams works quickly to capture moments in time. Her figures convey a sense of rhythm – and it is with this in mind that her digital movingimage drawings are so impressive. With Williams’ own background in theatre arts as a Scenic Artist and Designer at Opera Australia and with the Sydney Theatre Company, her circus subject matter sits right at home. The artworks, drawn during Gravity & Other Myths’ Fringe rehearsals, express the acrobats’ tumbling, flying freedom and tight, balanced tension. LAB: Living And Breathing will be on display at Urban Cow Studio until Sat Mar 29.
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Herbert & Friends Just look at these guys! Can you even? These chaps are all handmade in Sydney and therefore all vary slightly with the materials that match their little outfits and personalities. It all began with Herbert – a little red monster – and has since extended to a full cast of critters, including these koalas, yetis, giraffes, turtles and sloths who each have their own identities (names including Clifford, Leo, Samantha and Patrick) and ambitions – be it space travel, pom-pom making or stand-up comedy. This cast have recently landed at Council Of Object’s new home on Ebenezer Pl, or can be ordered it from their online store at councilofobjects.com.au. Too cute to give as presents (especially to kids, amiright?) the best idea would just be to adopt them all… Before I do. You can also read up on Herbert and the whole plethora of creatures at herbertandfriends.com.au.
Estivle Lane Where exactly is Estivle Lane? Apparently, it’s a secret… However, with the label’s aesthetic being tailored for our lifestyle – inner city living with the beach close-by – it's no surprise that the local label has continued to grow. The team behind the label have a strong hands-on approach to creating their range – including the fact that every tag is handmade. At the moment Estivle Lane has a strong focus on menswear and hats, along with some tiny tees for kids. The simple designs have a nautical feel – navy, white and marle grey are staple colours, with colourful pockets, anchor, sailboat and sugar skull graphics fast becoming their signature designs. estivlelane.com
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I See You starts off like Baba O’Riley before weaving through an electric wonderland of glittering synths, reverb-soaked guitars and a nearly four minutes of instrumental crescendo. If there’s one thing The Horrors learned from their adventurous 2009 single Sea Within A Sea it’s that there’s value in dragging things out, and even more value in reinvention. Eight years ago The Horrors looked like they hang out at the Mall’s Balls on Friday afternoons, now they’re a refined unit of upstanding young gentlemen. Conformity has never sounded so good.
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There are two kinds of people in this world: those who like Mumford & Sons and those with taste. Those who fall into the latter category do so not because they hate country-flavoured folk music, but because they can see through all the pomp and take the band on what little face value remains. These are the people who will appreciate Hamilton Leithauser. The Walkmen frontman has stepped out on his own, taking the opportunity to sound very unlike his band, and very like someone who has listened to his fair share of Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry records.
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Mikhael Paskalev What’s Life Without Losers (Pretty Boy Floyd/Dew Process)
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“A little bit contemporary, a little bit daggy” – this is how Jimmy & The Mirrors describe themselves in their latest press release. Turns out they’re selling themselves short on both accounts. Toucan Blues might hark back to a forgotten age of Australiana pop by way of Reel Big Fish, but in a weird way it totally encompasses the modern-day veneration of all things retro and underappreciated. And “a little bit daggy” doesn’t do them justice at all. Have you ever seen them in their floral wreaths and Mambo party shirts? Jimmy & The Mirrors are very daggy.
Megan Washington Who Are You (Universal)
Stop the press: Megan Washington has officially adopted her first name in her stage moniker. Apparently she was being too often confused with the American state and city of the same name. So the question posed by this song is answered before it even begins, which renders the rest of it a waste of time, unless watered-down, vacuous femme pop is your thing. In which case, fill your boots.
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Norwegian/Bulgarian wizard, the boy next door, the cheeky rascal, the man dancing in his underpants. I love everything about this record. It’s like nothing you’ve heard: the fusions of genre, the rapid mood changes and Paskalev’s distinctly epic vocals that tie it all together into a rambunctiously unique package. It’s music for pantsoff boogies but also music for the soul; slow jams that alter the mood completely. It’s a guarantee that you’ll find embedded surprises in this record that pop up like mushrooms overnight, heart-pulling ballads that burst into outrageous bridges, upbeat tunes that take a turn down slow street at the most unexpected of moments. Exploring layered vocals, catchy riffs and brilliant overall production, What’s Life Without Losers will alter your state of living, even if just for a moment. And if you don’t get involved? You will be the loser. Sharni Honor
There’s a tendency with most new labels to get ahead of themselves, to sign a bunch of bands before they know what to do with them, to rush releases when they need a bit more time. Roku Music’s shoegaze-indebted Collider is the debut release from Brisbane indie imprint Sonic Masala and, while cogently crafted and sonically captivating, seems to fall into many of the trappings of young labels thinking on their feet. Principally, Collider feels like it’s lost in the no man’s land between an EP and an album. Its eight tracks span 40 minutes, but there is so much wasted space throughout that much of it could have been trimmed and tightened. Conversely, if some of the more arresting moments – such as the kaleidoscopic title track or the melodic urgency of Reflector – were multiplied and more fleshed out, then this would be a very fine full-length. Instead, this album sits uncomfortably in the middle of these extremes, amidst the endless nihilistic oblivion of No One Else. Perhaps the most disappointing thing about Collider is that it reaches its climax right at the beginning before descending sharply. Let’s hope the same won’t be said of Sonic Masala. Jimmy Byzantine
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UniSA City West Campus (Photos by Jennifer Sando) (Review by Lachlan Aird)
AAAa As an introduction to the opportunities university can bring and as an icebreaker between its student population, UniSA’s O’Week festival Gear Up delivered. Considering universities offer a diverse range of courses – attracting a diverse range of students – Gear Up attempted to offer something for everyone on their line-up, which is no mean feat. Perhaps Gear Up’s greatest moment was how the relatively intimate festival – housed within UniSA’s City West campus – allowed its punters to get close to the headliners. The Rip It Up Main Stage boasted the likes of Deep Sea Arcade, Miami Horror DJs, Alpine, Pond and San Cisco, a strong offering of triple j favourites. The final announced acts, Miami Horror DJs and Alpine, sparked curiosity, considering the two bands have been largely dormant for the last year or so. A 6.15pm slot may have proved a bit too early for Ben and Aaron’s DJ slot from Miami Horror, but by the time Alpine took the stage, the crowd was a healthy throng. Leaping about the stage in her school dress, Phoebe and her counterpart Lou looked glad to be back on stage, with Gear Up marking their first
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With Metronomy’s third ‘proper’ album, the group’s origins as experimental electronica artists are becoming a distant memory. Ever present in Metronomy’s work are the familiar bleeps and bloops of their roots, however their artistic flair can best be described as conservative vocal pop. This doesn’t mean Love Letters is a boring album. Instead it suggests that the band are evolving. This progression began with 2008’s Nights Out and reached the pinnacle of electronic pop fusion with 2011’s English Riviera. With Love Letters, one gets the sense that the band asked themselves, ‘Where to from here?’ Apparently, all roads lead to ‘70s pop, with lead single I’m Aquarius sounding a bit like The Age of Aquarius sung by the cast of Hair while on Quaaludes. Taking equal parts of ‘70s AM schmaltz, as evidenced by the title track, and the chip tunes found in Nintendo games from the mid-’80s, Love Letters is as sappy and contrived as, well, a love letter. Metronomy’s evolution has found them to be above average, but stagnant when compared to previous releases. Ryan Lynch
Lior’s fourth independent studio album Scattered Reflections is not a Christmas album, but you would be forgiven for thinking so, given that the songs drone on as endlessly as a Shania Twain rendition of Silent Night. Feel-good lyrics to easylistening roots music, the sentiments within – specifically travel, mortality, connectedness and Lior’s grandfather – are Hollywood clichés at best. Perhaps Lior, who had an indie hit in 2005 with This Old Love, intends to charm with his simpleness? The first track Soon features minimal electric guitar with an escalating and admittedly impressive vocal. Despite being the album’s most interesting moment, it listens more like an art installation than a song. I Remember Me feels like an Electric Light Orchestra B-side, and with A Lift In The Morning Fog the album quickly descends into pithy lyrics and postcard sentiments. Supposedly touching, My Grandfather merely annoys, as does the title track with its lyrical gem ‘I’m looking up, just drive, meet the connection’. Deep. As for ninth track Learn To Live, if you made it that far into the album, take a hint from the title. Lior may look like a Jewish Garfunkel, but, unfortunately, he doesn’t sound like one. Mat Drogemuller
The first time I caught the first taste of White Deer Park was when My Life Is Yours played on triple j. From the simple piano, wailed vocals and swelling crescendo, at first glance I thought it was a Radiohead B-side. Now that’s a compliment. White Deer Park in its entirety is an accomplished effort. Whether they admit it or not, the band was always going to be compared to their acclaimed 2011 debut Under In Isolation, and in many ways White Deer Park has matched or bettered it. There are moments – lyrically and musically – when this effort detracts from the enjoyment of the record – they just try too hard. Tracks like Smother seem over-simplified lyrically, yet strangely overcomplicated musically; ‘When something dies it can never, ever come back’ seems too amateurish compared to the sophisticated musical arrangements. Cinematic closer Dementia Praecox pushes the boundaries of a power ballad, with a searing horn section and changing paces only just falling short of Bohemian Rhapsody territory. While perhaps too inflated at 14 tracks, including two introductions, Papa Vs Pretty are to be commended for their determination to add new flavours to the palette of Australian music. Bravo. Lachlan Aird
performance since a gig in LA for Halloween last year. As expected, their formidable singles Hands and Gasoline closed out their set with incredible energy. Perhaps Gear Up’s greatest triumph was its strong local presence, having a stage dedicated solely to showcasing some of Adelaide’s best. The variety in the acts showed an encouraging wealth of talent in Adelaide’s young artists – with the spritely Brontosaurus singer and Nina Las Vegas protégé Tkay Maidza drawing a huge response from her set. The Killgirls, Dead End Friends and Valkyries proved that rock’n’roll isn’t dead in Adelaide and DJ Bottlerockets tapped it off with an all-out dance party before San Cisco took to the main stage. For such a young band, San Cisco were worthy headliners, launching into their repertoire from their self-titled debut – with pop jaunts Lyall, Fred Astaire and Wild Things delighting the crowd. Frontman Jordi Davieson has only grown in confidence and charm since his last visit to Adelaide, achieving the best engagement with the crowd on the night. Their breakthrough single Awkward inspired a sing-a-long, although their accomplished cover of Daft Punk’s Get Lucky was a definite highlight. It’s a big song to tackle, but San Cisco made it their own, while still maintaining its original charm. Farewelling with No Friends seemed ironic, given that by the time the crowd spilled onto North Tce, it was obvious that new friendships had been made and that punters were truly ‘geared up’ for a big year of study.
FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL: PHARRELL WILLIAMS, DEADMAU5, MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS, ERIC PRYDZ, PHOENIX & more @ Adelaide Showground ERIC PRYDZ @ HQ
Thu Mar 13
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE & NINE INCH NAILS @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre SUICIDE GIRLS @ HQ AKOUO @ Sugar
Fri Mar 14 - Sun Mar 16
KUSTOM KULTURE WEEKENDER: DEKE DICKERSON, BACKY SHANK, THE SAUCERMEN & more @ Highway Hotel Fri Mar 14 KATE MILLER-HEIDKE @ Garden Of Unearthly Delights
Sat Mar 15
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE @ Garden Of Unearthly Delights NEIL FINN @ Thebarton Theatre
Sun Mar 16
BATHS @ Rocket Bar Tue Mar 18 MICHAEL JACKSON HISTORY II SHOW @ Her Majesty’s Theatre
Wed Mar 19
ALAN DAVIES @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre JTR @ Governor Hindmarsh Thu Mar 20 ILLY @ Governor Hindmarsh ASH GRUNWALD @ Ramsgate Hotel Fri Mar 21 THE ANGELS @ Jive BOOBY KEYS @ Governor Hindmarsh Sat Mar 22 THE ANGELS @ Jive ELIZABETH ROSE @ Pirie And Co Social Club THE SMITH STREET BAND @ UniBar THE ROLLING STONES @ Adelaide Oval SINCERELY, GRIZZLY, THE ROCKETEERS & THE STORM WILL COVER OUR TRACKS @ Rhino Room ROB SCOTT AND THE BIG SMOKE @ Governor Hindmarsh
Sun Mar 23
JURASSIC 5 @ Thebarton Theatre CASPIAN @ Crown & Anchor SUNNYBOYS @ Governor Hindmarsh
Tue Mar 25
AN EVENING WITH THE CAST OF ‘SONS OF ANARCHY’ @ HQ
Thu Mar 27
MICHAEL PAYNTER @ Jive
Fri Mar 28
THE HOLIDAYS @ Pirie And Co Social Club IWRESTLEDABEARONCE @ Fowler’s Live LOON LAKE @ UniBar I KNOW LEOPARD @ Rocket Bar
Sun Mar 30
THE SCIENTISTS @ Governor Hindmarsh
Thu Apr 3
JOHN BUTLER TRIO @ Thebarton Theatre LUCA BRASI @ Crown & Anchor Hotel FLAMENCURA @ Norwood Concert Hall Fri Apr 4 CHANCE WATERS @ Rocket Bar Sun Apr 6 OZ COMIC-CON @ Adelaide Showground Tue Apr 8 KODALINE @ Governor Hindmarsh
Fri Apr 11 CALLING ALL CARS @ Fowler’s Live TWELVE FOOT NINJA @ Governor Hindmarsh FOR TODAY & PREPARED LIKE A BRIDE @ UniBar Sat Apr 12
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD @ Governor Hindmarsh
Thu Apr 17
KREATOR & DEATH ANGEL @ HQ Fri Apr 18 SASKWATCH @ Blenheim Festival, Clare Valley
Mon Apr 21
THE ALMOST @ Fowler’s Live HORROR MY FRIEND @ Rocket Bar THE BAD SHEPHERDS @ Governor Hindmarsh Wed Apr 23 BURIED IN VERONA & FIT FOR A KING @ Fowler’s Live Thu Apr 24 VANCE JOY @ Governor Hindmarsh Fri Apr 25 GROOVIN THE MOO: DISCLOSURE, DIZZEE RASCAL, THE JEZABELS, KARNIVOOL, ROBERT DELONG @ Oakbank Racecourse THE ACACIA STRAIN @ Fowler’s Live
Wed Apr 30
RUSSIAN CIRCLES @ Fowler’s Live Thu May 1 STONEFIELD @ Governor Hindmarsh Fri May 2 BALL PARK MUSIC, PAPA VS PRETTY & JESSE DAVIDSON @ Governor Hindmarsh Sat May 3 BOOM CRASH OPERA @ Governor Hindmarsh Tue May 6 MICHAEL BUBLE @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Wed May 7 ORIGIN & A MILLION DEAD BIRDS LAUGHING @ Fowler’s Live
Thu May 8
JASON DERULO @ Adelaide Entertainment Centre Fri May 9 JAMES REYNE @ Norwood Hotel ELLA HOOPER @ Jive
Thu May 15
SEPTICFLESH & FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE @ Fowler’s Live
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Local Picks If you’re overwhelmed by the festival programs and just want to listen to some tunes, we’ve got you covered. Coming up fast this weekend are three nights of top-level local music for anyone’s taste.
Thu Mar 6 Join Moonfaker, Charlie Monsoon and Black Coral for an evening of raucous fun at The Metro. Word on the street says it’s Moonfaker guitarist Jordan’s birthday, so bring cake and dancing shoes. Dancing cake is also an option. Doors from 9pm.
Goodwood Arthouse Marketplace
Fri Mar 7
Guess who’s neighbours with Lola’s Pergola? This exciting collection of local designers, foodies and creators: Goodwood Arthouse Marketplace. These guys will take up stall space in the Blue Hive on the Torrens Riverbank until Sat Mar 15. One hundred percent homegrown, this handpicked selection of local artists will provide goods ranging from fashion, jewellery, artwork and homewares. Keen cooks will sooth your tummies with local produce, fresh meals and preserves available for purchase. All set along the delightful banks of the river, Goodwood Arthouse Marketplace will continue every Thu, Fri and Sat until Mar 15, from 4pm – 10pm.
The Grace Emily is hosting a party this Friday, featuring three of Adelaide’s favourite bands. The Cities Alight will get the ball rolling at 9.30pm, followed by Imogen Brave, one of our city’s most promising local acts, at 10.30pm. Rounding out the evening’s entertainment will be Aphelion, the mysterious arty crew who dabble in everything acoustic, metal, grunge and rock – just to keep you guessing.
To apply to become a stall holder please email goodwoodarthouse@gmail.com .
CD Review
Dead End Friends All The Same EP (Independent)
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The All The Same EP is a solid effort that could hopefully open a few more doors for this Adelaidebased four-piece. The opening track Blew sets the scene for the rest of the collection, which is clearly influenced by hard rock from the mid-to-late 90s. Blew and Far Away are the two standout tracks, simply because they reveal the originality of the band while paying homage to the bands that influenced Dead End Friends to create music for themselves. Tracks like Unlucky and the title track almost sound like a Nirvana or an
early Smashing Pumpkins cover, and this is not a bad thing. Kill The Lights! would not sound out of place on one of Velvet Revolver’s efforts, which proves that Dead End Friends are not trying to replicate a sound which has all but faded from modern heavy rock music. All The Same is a strong effort which reveals that there may be good things to come from this outfit. A highly recommended local release for fans of the genre and artists mentioned herein. by Nick Grimm
Sat Mar 8 It’s the last weekend of the Royal Croquet Club, and Victoria Square is getting the local treatment with R&B/soul brilliance Selah. This lady-led vocal crew, with backing instrumentals, will be bringing big harmonies, original tracks and stunning covers – hinting at Beyoncé, TLC, M83 and Pharrell. The Club opens at 4pm and Selah will take the stage at 10.30pm.