Don't mind the helicopter flying overhead at the beginning of our interview with the exceptionally talented Nicole Henriksen, whose show Honey Badgers on Acid, is about to descend on Adelaide for the 2015 Fringe Festival. You can also find our first interview with Nicole on the Podcast from our Crack Theatre Festival series in 2012.
Ivan Rehorek is bringing Robotworld and Jack and the Beanstalk to the Adelaide Fringe - two childrens' shows based in puppetry with a big creation element to them - to the Adelaide Fringe in 2015.
Originating in WA, the Over The Fence Film Festival now tours its annual selection of comedic shorts around the world, and in 2015, the Festival comes to the Nova Cinema in Adelaide for the very first time. In this chat, director Greg Coffey talks all about the festival, and the difficult process of film selection and curation.
Darcy O'Shea has been a lawyer, stand up comic and part-time historian; and in his new one-man theatrical piece Mr Stuart's Distant Range, O'Shea brings all this together as he tells the story of colonial explorer John McDougall Stuart's explorations and contact with the first Australians.
As the star of a series of commercials for the RAA, George Kapiniaris - already a household name from years of stand up, theatrical performances and TV - became a local legend. Not anymore. In End of Dark Days Trev for the Adelaide Fringe, George farewells an Adelaide icon.
Welcome to the LinkAdelaide podcast. Visual Artist Jaan Andres is a master of glass. In his visual arts exhibition Lumen, Andres' skill at blowing, shaping and forming spectacular, light-filled designs is brought to the fore.
Welcome to the LinkAdelaide podcast. In this interview, local professional musician Sophia Macrae showcases her diverse musical talents with two shows in the Fringe: The Russians of Barcelona is a four-hander cabaret featuring the incredibly varied musical styles of Spain, whilst Sounds Like A Story features the recent original music of Sophia and John Bienvenue.
Welcome to the LinkAdelaide podcast. In this interview, Rose Le, from the Unley Road Association, talks about an Evening Under The Stars, a free night of musical entertainment on Feb 14, one of the most romantic nights of the year..
Welcome to the LinkAdelaide podcast. Matthew Dames, originally from Cambridge and with a wealth of artistic experience behind him, is following in the footsteps of artists like Passenger, bringing his intricate and wonderful musical talent to Adelaide for performances during Fringe 2015. Catch him in various venues around Adelaide, and busking around town, on his Cold Stars Album tour.
Welcome to the LinkAdelaide podcast. A quick one today as Adelaide celebrates Australia Day, winds down from an epic Tour Down Under, and begins to gear up for the Mad Feb/Mad March ahead. This is just the beginning.. more podcasts to come..
AARRGGGHH!! It's the last day to register and be part of the 2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival. Come have some fun, develop your show in front of an eager Adelaide crowd, and network with the biggest and best in the business at this city's biggest party - PLUS you get to be in town at the same time as the world renowned Adelaide Festival of Arts and hear Adelaide alive with the roar of V8s at the Clipsal 500. What could be better?? Registrations close TODAY at 5pm. Full details and access to the FER...
This week, October 5-12 is Mental Health awareness week, and we thought it would be a good idea to help raise awareness of what I've done to help myself through my issues around mental health, and detail some of the places you can turn to for help if you - or someone you know - suffers from this kind of illness. Links include BeyondBlue.com.au loveyourselfwell.com.au and the ABC's brilliant Mental As mini site for the week abc.net.au/mentalas
This October is Frocktober, raising money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. After enjoying the play on words when we discovered the event online last year, we spoke to Kathryn Kelly, one of the originators of Frocktober, about the event. Here, just in time for the 2014 event, is that previously unreleased interview.
Revisiting Kat Coppock to talk Male Real:Ideal. The original interview - a full half hour - is still available. Check out our podcast page and scroll down to the interview which was released on August 29, 2013. Male Real:Ideal is on now until September 29 at Gemtree Wines, 167 Elliot Road, McLaren Flat. Exhibition contains nudity. Details of work Kat curates is available at SoundPond.net. Plus, if you were looking to help the performers from Urban Myth, the Save Warren campaign has just one week...
Following our work (away from LinkAdelaide) on the Glass Trilogy with State Opera, a quick hello as obvious signs of Adelaide beginning to turn the wheels which spin at light speed during Mad March start to take place across the city. Oh, and a podcast in which the speaker is not in great voice. At all.
A brief talking only podcast where we chat about a few upcoming events, what we've been up to lately, and give a plug to a heap of hotels and the great events they've got going on each and every week.
In the first podcast for a long while we debut a new intro and outro (I'm not sold on my production yet), celebrate the 4th birthday of LinkAdelaide, and begin our fifth year with the launch of Links2Adelaide. Now to find some willing interviewees..! More soon. :)
Today, we had a lot of fun remembering how to interview when we caught up with Kat Coppock to talk about the exhibition she's curating with presenter Brodie Paparella, Male;Real/Ideal. We spoke at length about body image, men, art, and more. If you too want to talk about an event you're running, or something you're doing in Adelaide, please get in touch, I'd love to do more interviews..!
Today, something a little smaller, as we speak to theatre maker Kate Engelfield about Smashed, by Lally Katz. If you want to be on a future podcast, email fringe@linkadelaide.com.au or give us a call on 0406 226 177.
In a compendious debut for our 2013 Mad March coverage, we speak to Hannah Norris about One For The Ugly Girls, Luke Escombe about Chronical, hear from Rich Batsford about Mindfulmess, and chat Variety with the effervescent Jenny Wynter. Welcome back!! And if you want to be on a future podcast as we head into the fringe, email fringe@linkadelaide.com.au or give us a call on 0406 226 177.
Before we get into the swing of Mad March with Fringe and Festival festivities, there's some great TV to watch. A New sketch comedy series begins on Channel 44 on Wednesday Jan 9. We spoke to Marcus Doherty about A Laughing Matter.
As part of our coverage of the 2012 Adelaide Feast Festival, we caught up with member of the Feast Youth Committee Jennifer Soggee to talk about the FYC's events, including The Deb Ball, at Feast 2012.
Our Shop at Newcastle's Crack Theatre Festival will be a great place for a cuppa and some art. We spoke to Karena Thomas and Karli Gilchrist about the work ahead of the Crack Festival.
Tod Patrick is a local Adelaide boy who, along with drag performer Paris, has created one of the hottest shows of this year's Feast Festival. After amazing shows during this year's Cabaret Festival, the troupe is back to perform in the Ballroom. We spoke to Tod between rehearsals.
One of Adelaide's biggest ever musical exports, and one I - to my shame - was only aware of in passing until recently, Fruit is back together to perform two shows only in Adelaide for Feast 2012. We were lucky enough to have a chat to Susie Keynes about getting the band back together, and relearning how to play.
Ever seen something written on a toilet wall? Ever thought to turn such writings into a work of theatre? Eloise Marie has. The result, Toilet Show, is coming to Newcastle for Crack 2012. We spoke to her about toilets and theatre.
Away from LinkAdelaide, we have a friendship and working relationship with writer and dramaturge Van Badham. Travelling to Newcastle to run a workshop on writing for theatre at the Crack Theatre Festival, she agreed to an interview and shared just some of her wisdom. Compulsory listening for artists.
The 2012 Adelaide Feast Festival is one of the biggest we can remember. With the program still wet from the printers, we spoke to Feast's amazing Creative Producer Kerry Ireland about this year's highlights on the eve of her final festival in the role.
Always a fan of immersive theatre experiences in non-traditional spaces, we love the sound of creator Sandra Carluccio's This Is Kansas City. In it, audience will wear headphones and be guided through the streets of Newcastle. Ahead of its run at the Crack Theatre Festival, she talks about it here much better than I just did.
Currently based in Bathurst, Nicole Henriksen is terribly hard to pigeonhole. From comedy to cabaret, music and satire, Nicole has performance covered in her funny, stand-up cabaret(ish) show for the Crack Theatre Festival, Technicolour Sarcasm. We spoke.
