April – June 2008
Events at the Adelaide Festival Centre

All works are performed by a lineup of talented classical musicians including the Festival’s Artistic Director Gabriella Smart (piano), the Trio d’anche Suave (oboe, clarinet and bassoon), and the Grainger Quartet (violin, viola and cello).

Featured composers include Constantine Koukias, Tristram Cary, Roger Smalley, Andrew Ford, Sofia Gubaidalina, Willem Jeth, Henk Badings, Anne Cawrse, Isang Yun, Julian Yu, Xiaoyong Chen, In-Sun Cho and Mayke Nas.

deep blue 
18 & 19 April
Festival Theatre

Deep Blue reinvents the orchestra, as Cirque du Soleil did for circus and The Ten Tenors did for opera. It is interactive and audience driven, with no conductor, no music stands and no rules. The repertoire ranges from Mahler to the Beatles and contemporary composers from all around the world. It combines the social occasion of a club with orchestral sound and the stage presentation of a rock concert.

PILOBOLUS  
6 – 10 May
Her Majesty’s Theatre

Pilobolus (pil-ob-o-lus) is a 36-year old major American dance company of international influence and renown. The company's innovative exploration of modern dance has given rise to a unique style where dancers transform their bodies into wondrous shapes. You may have seen their work at the Academy Awards or on Oprah. Don’t miss this incredible series of dance works during the company's first visit to Australia. 

8TH ANNUAL ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL
6 – 14 June 
Adelaide Festival Centre – various venues

The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is held every year in June, incorporating the Queen's Birthday long weekend, and features a great programme of music, satire, comedy, performance art and dancing the night away. People come from across Australia and, increasingly, from overseas to join over 45,000 South Australians in kicking up their heels.

Cabaret as a performance style is personal, funny, sad and close to the bone, evolving through many years and many different cultures. It is opinionated, political, personal and essentially human storytelling - the electric connection between the performer and the audience.

Each evening there is plenty of late night action in the Kool Kat Festival Club, where the drinks flow, the music is engaging, the dance floor is packed and many an artist can be glimpsed amongst the crowd letting their hair down.

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR
21 & 22 June 
Festival Theatre

Following their sell out performances in March 2007, Adelaide Festival Centre once again presents the Soweto Gospel Choir with their new show African Spirit for two performances only. The Soweto Gospel Choir was formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African Gospel music.

The 26-strong choir, under the direction of David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer, draws on the best talent from the many churches in and around Soweto, and is dedicated to sharing the joy of faith through music with audiences around the world.

Part of Adelaide Festival Centre’s trans:mission programme.

TANGO FIRE
29 June 
Festival Theatre

Direct from Buenos Aires, Argentina's hottest dance show, Tango Fire features 10 sensational dancers, one of Argentina's finest singers and a quartet of brilliant young musicians, Quatrotango.

The show takes you on an irresistible journey through the history of this most seductive of dance forms. Period duets evoke the glitter and danger of the barrios where the dance was born and the heady nostalgia of the early dance halls where it was popularised, while the group's modern choreography is edged with the sharpness and sophistication, sexy yet sensual side of Tango, in a true dance spectacular.

Part of Adelaide Festival Centre’s Pivot(al) programme.