RENT – unique & inspiring
To stage an internationally renowned musical, not as an imitation, but as something unique, takes a special kind of creative vision. Sam About Town was privileged to speak with Co-Producers of RENT, Benjamin Maio Mackay and Matt Ralph about their creative vision for the production and the processes involved. RENT is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera La...
Rock Musical RENT comes to town!
Tickets on Sale Now for the Global Phenomenon RENT! The Tony® and Pulitzer Prize Award winning Broadway smash hit that defined a generation is ready to welcome audiences to a strictly limited Adelaide season. RENT tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in NYC’s East Village in the thriving days of bohemia, Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/ AIDS. RENT is a rock...
Winter warmers of the musical kind
There may be a little winter chill in the air, but don’t let that deter you. Emma Knights Productions has a winter-warming line up of unique, inspiring and fun events coming up. I’ll begin with a personal favourite – CHOCOLATE FOR PIANO LOVERS Emma Knights is combining two of her loves; music and chocolate in this concert series at Red Cacao in the Adelaide Hills on 20 July. Emma says, “Stirling is a lovely...
Someday – A Mindful Cabaret by Jennifer Trijo
19 Feb 2022 at The Mill Review by Emma Knights “Where the mind goes, the body will follow” Mindfulness is described as being present and of being aware of your feelings and thoughts without judgement. Someday – A Mindful Cabaret provides an opportunity for all of this whilst also bringing you a sense of peace and stillness in an overactive world. Set in the intimate space of The Mill, the balance between the band and vocals was...
Studio Synergy
Studio Synergy: A Musical & Art Collaboration by Joel Schroeder & Katie Dridan 12 March 2022 at Carclew Ballroom Review by Emma Knights When I was looking at the Adelaide Fringe guide the artwork for this performance immediately grabbed my attention. Upon reading the description and discovering that it was music inspired by art inspired by music, I could not wait to see it having long enjoyed collaborations between visual arts...
Voices
Presented by Fifth Business Theatre Company 11 March 2022 Tyndale Christian School Review by Emma Knights In the Adelaide Fringe program, my eye was caught by the Ana Dolls graphic design and that Voices was based on a story I love, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Upon entering Tyndale Christian School I was not sure what to expect of Voices but I was excited to see how local South Australian company Fifth Business Theatre Company...