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State Theatre Company's season of The Importance of Being Earnest, which closed last Saturday 16 August, has broken the Company's box office record, taking over $424,000 and becoming the highest grossing production in its history.

The Waltz is being reborn in this year's concert series presented by Adelaide chamber music promoters, The Firm.

Recitals Australia present the dynamic Tedeschi and Hunt playing jazz standards and classical repertoire arranged for two pianos in a concert sure to thrill Adelaide audiences.

Grease, that longest running Broadway show, is here in Adelaide, and Adelaide is loving it.

Daniel Jaber is set to be a great asset to the Leigh Warren Dancers and is establishing himself solidly as an innovative and informed choreographer.

Leading South Australian children's theatre company, Patch Theatre, continue their leadership position in producing inspirational new work for 4-8 year olds with the creation of their latest work Cranky Bear based on the best-selling children's picture book The Very Cranky Bear by Australian author

The State Opera of South Australia are no strangers to ambitious projects and this production is another world first for the company.

The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is a touching coming-of-age tale about friendship, betrayal and overcoming adversity.

With a blood curdling cry in the dark and the discovery of a corpse.

The Theatre Guild is delighted that their August production of No Man's Land by Harold Pinter features both a past and the newly-elected Chair of the Theatre Guild in its small cast of four.

Brink Productions presents a Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre production -- Stories I Want to Tell You in Person by Lally Katz, 29 October - 8 November, 2014 at The Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide.

This performance has Michael Baldwin and John Edge, as Spooner and Hirst, and the two are simply marvellous together,

Following their successful appearance at the University of Adelaide's Elder Hall Lunchtime concert, the highly acclaimed ensemble Guitar Trek are preparing to give guitar students the benefit of their collective experience and knowledge on guitar playing and performing in a Masterclass session on S

Concerts at Kent Town continue this August with three young musicians: Alexander Paine organist, Brooke Window, soprano and piano accompanist Mark Sandon.

University of Adelaide Theatre Guild will present NO MAN'S LAND, running today Sat 2, Tues-Sat 5-9 and 12-16 August 2014 at 7.

Take the family, take friends, but whatever you do, go and see this winning production.

For the Adelaide Festival Centre's 2014 OzAsia Festival, the Samstag Museum premieres two new exhibitions - Mooi Indie - Beautiful Indies, Indonesian Art Now and In-Habit: Project Another Country, opening Thursday 31 July 2014 from 5pm.

Kegelstatt Ensemble is delighted to announce its main independent concert presentation for 2014, and to return to the beautiful warm acoustic of Pilgrim Church for this occasion.

Farewell winter with an afternoon of exceptional classical music guaranteed to put a spring in your step, as AdYO presents its annual Youth Revolution Gala Concert on Sunday August 31 within the glorious surrounds of the Adelaide Town Hall.

THRILLER LIVE, a spectacular theatrical production now in its record breaking 6th year in London's West End, was created to celebrate the career of the world's greatest entertainer, Michael Jackson and the Jackson Five.

The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk is a touching coming-of-age tale about friendship, betrayal and overcoming adversity.

One of South Australia's most talented and loved musicians Niki Vasilakis will engage audiences in a series of relaxed and informal classical concerts over three months, August 21, October 23 and November 20.

At the end of each day of the Festival the Space Theatre, set out in cabaret style, became a nightclub for various styles of guitar music.

In a coup for South Australia, it has been announced that the great British director Peter Brook's production of The Suit will play exclusively in Adelaide for State Theatre Company in October.

Each year the Elder Conservatorium mounts a Schubertiade, with cake, coffee and, most welcome in the depths of winter, mulled wine.