“the first time i jumped out of a plane, something major did go wrong and i thought i was going to die. and after i landed safely, my first thought was that this was exactly the same feeling as doing the tonight show.” – paula poundstone

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The Adelaide Festival of Arts is one of the world’s great arts festivals. It has created a strong tradition of innovation since 1960, inspiring celebration and presenting diverse art from across Australia and around the world. Held in the warm South Australian autumn in every ‘even’ year, this is a large-scale multi-arts event of extraordinary richness and diversity.

Each Festival program includes opera, theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, cabaret, new media events, Adelaide Writers’ Week (the largest literary festival in the world), outdoor entertainment, visual arts exhibitions, master classes, forums, a late night club and much more.

This advertisement highlights three amazing shows:
Sacred Monsters
- At the peak of their powers, this rebel alliance of dance superstars smashes conventions and creates inventions that show us what dance might become.

To Be Straight With You
- DV8 Physical Theatre is renowned for breaking down the barriers between dance and theatre and personal politics, and above all communicating ideas and feelings clearly and unpretentiously.

Persian Garden
- Featuring the masters and mistresses of hip-hop, funk, jazz, dance, global, electronic beats and everything in between. The Persian Garden is your very own oasis during the Festival — an intimate, unique and exotic outdoor club.

The 2008 Festival will be staged from 29 February – 16 March.

Check out http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au

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More than 400 young people will be performing in the largest Catholic event for young people held in Adelaide as part of ongoing World Youth Day celebrations. The “Mission Ignition” celebration, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on July 10, will show-case bands, choirs, ensembles, music and dance groups drawn from across the Archdiocese of Adelaide. There will also be a 200-strong primary school choir and the famous Tutti Ensemble. This exciting event will feature “Cosi” from SAFM and Amanda Blair as MCs who will fire up the crowd throughout the evening. Get your tickets at www.ticketek.com.

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The Adelaide Festival of Arts is one of the world’s great arts festivals. It has created a strong tradition of innovation since 1960, inspiring celebration and presenting diverse art from across Australia and around the world. Held in the warm South Australian autumn in every ‘even’ year, this is a large-scale multi-arts event of extraordinary richness and diversity.

Each Festival program includes opera, theatre, dance, classical and contemporary music, cabaret, new media events, Adelaide Writers’ Week (the largest literary festival in the world), outdoor entertainment, visual arts exhibitions, master classes, forums, a late night club and much more.

This advertisement highlights three amazing shows:
Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears)
- An Opera in Three Images. The Spanish Civil War, 1936: one of the 2,137 civilians in Granada murdered by the Fascists was Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain’s revered poet, musician and playwright who dared to speak of freedom.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- A theatrical event like no other, Tim Supple’s acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an incredible spectacle.

Book of Longing
- A new work by Philip Glass based on the poetry and images of Leonard Cohen, co-commissioned by Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts.

The 2008 Festival will be staged from 29 February – 16 March.

Check out http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au

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Get your tickets at www.ticketek.com.

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