My Family is Weirder Than Your Family Review
Do you ever feel like you’re the only normal one in your family? That everyone else that shares a last name or a roof with you is just a little bit crazy? Well rest assured that Josh Earl feels your pain!
Josh Earl, host of ABC1’s Spicks and Specks, […]
Family Gala | Something On Saturday & Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Review by Susannah Marks
The Family Gala is new to Adelaide in 2016 and I’d say if the audience reaction was anything to go by it’ll be a regular part of the Something On Saturday season.
If you were lucky enough to get tickets to the Family Gala […]
[ August 20, 2016; 11:00 am to 11:50 am. 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm. ]
Kids Just Wanna Have Fun – Back to the 80s by The Dress Up Box.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Parents/care-givers: did you wear acid wash denim, ra-ra skirts or legwarmers back in the day? Remember songs like ‘Oh Mickey’, ‘Jessie’s Girl’ or ‘The Final Countdown’?
Then this show is for you (and your kids!). In this fun musical […]
[ July 30, 2016; 11:00 am; 1:00 pm; ]
Spike By Little Wing Puppets.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Combining shadow puppetry and physical comedy, this is the story of a baby echidna named “Spike”, who is stolen from his nest and hatches from his egg far away from home.
A young girl befriends him as she plays alone in the bush, trying to escape bullies. He has […]
[ August 13, 2016; 11:00 am; 1:00 pm; ]
My Family is Weirder Than Your Family by Josh Earl.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre
Do you ever feel like you’re the only normal one in your family? That everyone else that shares a last name or a roof with you is just a little bit crazy? Well rest assured that Josh Earl feels your pain! Award-winning comedian […]
[ August 6, 2016; 1:00 pm; ]
Olé Flamenco Fun for Kids by Studio Flamenco.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Stamp your feet and clap your hands with Farida the Flamenco Fairy and friends!
Join Zoe Velez (flamenco singer and dancer extraordinaire and former Spanish Wiggle) and Studio Flamenco (as seen at WOMADelaide and the Adelaide International Guitar Festival) as they take you on an interactive […]
[ June 25, 2016; 11:00 am; ]
The Doogans by Bamboozled Productions.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Sassy cigar box queen Pandora Pink joins forces with comic juggling genius Mr Spin to make their latest hit show The Doogans. It is a marvellous tribute to the classic vaudevillian greats of the 20th Century.
The show has a dynamic pace, mixed up with quirky improvised chitchat, rock’n’roll dancing and […]
[ July 2, 2016; 11:00 am to 11:50 am. ]
The Good Morning Kids Show: Woody’s World.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Woody’s World: where alley-cats sing and dance, mice invite you in for a cup of tea and farm animals gather for a bush dance.
The Good Morning Kids Show is a musical and theatrical treat not to be missed!
Beloved friends Herc the Alley-Cat and Ralph the Tiger Snake […]
[ July 14, 2016; 11:00 am; ]
Sarah Jones: Catch The Reading Bug by Nexus Arts.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Join Australia’s favourite ventriloquist Sarah Jones and her host of puppet pals in an adventure combining ventriloquism, magic and plenty of audience participation.
Meet Sarah’s funny talking puppet friends Eric the Spelling Bee, Lily the library book eating Lady Bug and Gus the Snail who’s […]
[ June 18, 2016; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]
Ali McGregor’s Jazzamatazz Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
The insanely talented co-artistic director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival (and mother of toddlers) Ali McGregor, returns to Something on Saturday with her popular ARIA-nominated hour of jazzy beats and early 90s references to get your kids singing and prancing, twisting and dancing. Parents and carers can either join […]
[ May 21, 2016; 6:00 pm; ]
The Carpe idiotus Fun Show by Water Closet Production presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Carpe Idiotus brings together a visual feast and heap of fun songs in a zany, crazy production full of visual theatre, crazy songs and sketch comedy that will leave you totally gobsmacked!
Hilarious and bizarre, you’ll see a giant silver slinky monster that is […]
The Moon’s a Balloon | Something on Saturday | 19 to 23 April 2016
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre
A truly transcendent experience. The Moon’s a Balloon is uplifting and achingly beautiful. A rising moon floats above a stage. Two performers move in time. Playful and cheeky, they encounter many adventures – and many balloons.
Extraordinary moving images […]
[ June 11, 2016; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ]
The Composer is Dead.
Starring Frank Woodley with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.
By Nathaniel Stookey with text by Lemony Snicket
Uh oh, there’s dreadful news from the concert hall: the composer is dead!
Meet the orchestra, solve the mystery and have a good laugh in this engaging introduction to classical music.
Our […]
[ June 12, 2016; 1:30 pm; ]
Family Gala
Hosted by Ali McGregor & Eddie Perfect, presented by Adelaide Festival Centre
Adelaide Cabaret Festival Artistic Directors Ali McGregor (Jazzamatazz!) and Eddie Perfect (Playschool) cordially invite your whole family to dress up and walk the red carpet! It’s the first ever Adelaide Cabaret Festival Family Gala in our first ever Something on Sunday performance.
The kids will love […]
[ June 4, 2016; 1:00 pm; ]
A Frozen Tale – The Ballet, by South Australian Children’s Ballet Company
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre
Internationally renowned choreographer Paul Boyd has given new life to this timeless story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen.
“Time”, the Narrator, will take you on a magical journey as you follow the story of two little princesses, Elsa and […]
Something on Saturday 2016 – Program Guide
Adelaide Festival Centre’s Something on Saturday program continues to delight and entertain thousands of people every year, providing an opportunity to beat the winter blues with many South Australian children enjoying their first theatrical experience through the program.
The 2016 program has something that appeals to all tastes and covers […]
[ May 14, 2016; 1:00 pm; ]
Mary Poppins by The Australian Classical Youth Ballet.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Enjoy the timeless tale of Mary Poppins with this ballet comprising some of Adelaide’s best young ballet dancers and a wonderful music score.
Finding the perfect nanny for Jane and Michael is proving a difficult task for their parents. A change in the wind not only brings […]
[ May 7, 2016; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ]
The Funny Farmers Show by Funny Farmers Entertainment.
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
Adapted from the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
The Funny Farmers Show follows the mishaps of three crazy, colourful farmers. It’s Farmagedden as Georgia, Pete and Matt work to get their farm in order with live music, songs and three part vocal Farmonies and frenetic comedy all […]
[ April 30, 2016; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ]
Spectacular Science Show by SciWorld
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre.
This is a one-stop show that celebrates everything science!
Catch smoke rings, see fire balls, marvel at the awesomeness of science and learn about chemistry, energy, forces and so much more. You’ll see rockets, explosions and some really cool tricks that you can try at home.
Go along and be a […]
