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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Walter Marsh

Adelaide festival 2024: giant whalebones pierce the sunset for ‘transformative’ opening night

The stage and audience at Baleen Moondjan on Glenelg beach, viewed from above
Baleen Moondjan runs until Saturday at Glenelg beach, which has become an amphitheatre of sand, sea and bone for the Adelaide festival 2024. Photograph: SA-UAVs

“Please stay on the sand – swimming is not permitted” is an unusual PSA to see before an opening night performance at the Adelaide festival.

It’s also kind of novel at Glenelg/Pathawilyangga, Adelaide’s most popular beach, where hundreds of people – from tween girls to 80-somethings – are camped out on towels and folding chairs as the sun inches over the horizon before being swallowed by sea.

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