From the power of choirs to the power of young people, the Adelaide Festival’s new Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie shares her thoughts on next year’s program, and the future.
November 11, 2022
Christian Spuck's staging of Verdi's Messa da Requiem, featuring Ballett Zürich and Australian performers, will have an exclusive season in Adelaide.
August 17, 2022
The latest arts appointments and departures.
April 26, 2022
As experienced English festival director Ruth Mackenzie is announced as the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival, Rachel Healy looks back on her tenure with Neil Armfield.
March 25, 2022
Speakers from around the world swapped despair for realistic and practical ideas about how the arts industry could help trigger a series of seismic ecological shifts.
March 15, 2022
As nations around the world enact economic sanctions, cultural organisations are taking action against supporters of Vladimir Putin.
February 28, 2022
The 2022 Adelaide Festival program from Joint Artistic Directors Neil Armfield and Rachel Healy features 71 events including nine world premieres and six Australian premieres.
October 26, 2021
Barrie Kosky returns to the Adelaide Festival with his third operatic production, Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel.
September 7, 2021
"It's been a journey," says Co-Artistic Director Rachel Healy as the Adelaide Festival announces a program featuring 10 world premieres, 14 Australian premieres, and 18 events exclusive to the festival.
December 3, 2020
Adelaide Festival Co-Artistic Directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield have been honoured with the Arts Leadership Award.
November 23, 2020
From flygskam to hazardous air quality, the changing climate is increasingly having an impact on classical music and the arts. Angus McPherson considers how artists and organisations are rising to meet these challenges, and asks what role the arts can play in the face of a climate crisis.
March 10, 2020
It was all go as this year’s 60th anniversary festival got underway with a series of compelling, contentious, provocative and exciting productions.
March 4, 2020