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What controversy? Festival boss Peter Sellars is back

More than two decades since Peter Sellars parted ways with the Adelaide Festival, the lauded director is back - with some thoughts on saying the unsayable.

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Pulp U-turn on festival boycott as it apologises for dropping Palestinian writer

The Sheffield band will now take part in the Adelaide Festival.

Evening Standard

Major arts festival in doubt after Jacinda Ardern joins mass boycott over axing of Palestinian writer

More than 70 prominent figures are boycotting the Adelaide Festival for dropping Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah in the wake of the Bondi attack

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Fourth Adelaide Festival Board Member Resigns Over Randa Abdel-Fattah Backlash

Almost 50 authors have pulled out of the festival program over its decision to remove Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah from the line-up.

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Festival dumping calculated, says Palestinian author

Dumped author Randa Abdel-Fattah says attempts to police speech will backfire as more than 100 writers quit a besieged literary festival in solidarity.

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Three board members and board chair resign from Adelaide festival as Randa Abdel-Fattah sends legal notice

Resignations follow withdrawal of more than 70 participants in Adelaide writers’ week after Palestinian Australian author disinvited

The Guardian - AU

Isabelle Huppert to headline 2026 Adelaide festival in ‘astounding’ role as Mary, Queen of Scots

The French screen and stage legend will star in Mary Said What She Said, a one-woman show created by late theatre luminary Robert Wilson, in March

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Adelaide Festival gives a hopeful vision for the future of Australian contemporary dance

I arrived at Stephanie Lake’s premiere of Mass Movement a little late on my first day at Adelaide Festival.

The Conversation

Heartbreaking loss of global artistry at Aust festivals

Back at the helm of the Adelaide Festival, Brett Sheehy is heartbroken by the loss of international artistry at Australia's big city arts festivals.

AAP

Moving opera Innocence to headline Adelaide Festival

The contemporary opera Innocence, directed by Australian Simon Stone, will headline the 2025 Adelaide Festival.

AAP

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

The ambitious opening statement is taking over the city’s most popular beach, ahead of a festival that marries big names with moving stories of Country

The Guardian - AU

Global artists feature on 2024 Adelaide Festival bill

The first Adelaide Festival with new artistic director Ruth Mackenzie brings work from big name global artists to the city.

AAP

At the 2023 Adelaide Festival, the best works shimmer with a brutal honesty on incarceration, exile – and Nikolai Gogol

Few Adelaideans remember a time before the Adelaide Festival. Formed in 1960 as a civic enterprise and financed against loss by prominent Adelaide businessmen, the festival today remains arguably the most robust international arts festival in our region.

The Conversation

Wandana Primary School given discounted tickets to Adelaide Festival show Air Play

Some students from an Adelaide primary school will experience the theatre for the first time at the Adelaide Festival thanks to a philanthropic organisation.

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Adelaide Festival approaches record box office thanks to international blockbusters, but Australian artists shine

After a bumpy start, the festival is on track to its biggest year yet thanks to blockbuster international shows — but Australian artists and quieter moments shone through in opening week.

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Adelaide Festival actor Aleh Sidorchyk apologises for indecently touching passenger on flight to Australia

Belarusian actor Aleh Sidorchyk has apologised to a woman he indecently touched during his flight to Australia to perform in the Adelaide Festival, claiming he has no memory of his crime.

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Aleh Sidorchyk cut from Adelaide Festival production over indecent act charge

Belarusian actor Aleh Sidorchyk has been pulled from an Adelaide Festival production after he was charged with committing an act of indecency on his flight to Australia.

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International artist Aleh Sidorchyk charged with act of indecency ahead of Adelaide Festival

An Adelaide Festival performer has been charged over an "indecent act" on an international flight to Australia where he was due to perform, a court has heard.

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Adelaide Festival sponsor pulls support over Palestinian authors at Writers' Week

A row over the scheduled appearance of authors at Adelaide Writers' Week has deepened, with a major sponsor withdrawing its public support for this year's event.

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‘Mad March’ beckons: Adelaide festival season picks for 2023

As the 2023 ‘Mad March’ season kicks off, we share the must-see events across Adelaide Festival, Fringe, WOMADelaide and Writers’ Week.

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Diverse showcase at 2023 Adelaide Festival

The program for the 2023 Adelaide Festival has something for everyone - but some shows may prove more challenging than others.

The Guardian - AU

Adelaide festival to stage Verdi’s Requiem with a cast of hundreds – and a star choreographer

After Covid thwarted two attempts to bring out Christian Spuck’s acclaimed Messa da Requiem, the festival has finally announced it as next year’s centrepiece

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George Duncan's death remembered as gay law reform milestone 50 years after his drowning

The Scott Johnson case has prompted renewed national focus on gay-hate killings in Australia. But, before that crime, was another: the death of George Duncan, which had certain "parallels", and remains both shocking and unsolved.

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Adelaide Festival appoints Ruth Mackenzie as artistic director to succeed Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield

After more than half a decade at the helm, Adelaide Festival co-artistic directors Rachel Healy and Neil Armfield are passing on the baton to UK-based arts "powerhouse" Ruth Mackenzie.

The Conversation

An 'extraordinary collaboration' – Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan is a sensational and important work

Review: Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan, directed by Neil Armfield for the Adelaide Festival.

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