The Accompanists’ Guild of S.A (AGSA) provides the opportunity for 6 to 8 secondary school pianists to gain experience in the art of accompanying and collaborative performance. In the Young Accompanists’ Showcase (YAS) the piano student is paired with a professional soloist with whom they rehearse and perform. 

Following a highly successful public reading in July 2016, and due to public demand, playwright Rob George and composer Dale Ringland’s musical play, In the Dome Room at Two O’clock will receive two staged performances. Based on a true story, the work centres around larger than life Australian entrepreneur Oscar Asche and his creation, with composer Frederick Norton, of the ‘musical than won World War One’, namely Chu Chin Chow. It’s a story of brilliance, egomania, excess, dignity and failure. Asche, along with his long-time partner Lily Brayton transformed the British stage, but ambition and arrogance can break the strongest bonds. With new music by Dale Ringland, interspersed with excerpts from the original Chu Chin Chow score, In the Dome Room at Two O’clock will transport you back to the forgotten, extravagant world of Edwardian theatre!

State Opera of SA

Freemason's Great Hall, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA.

Mozart’s classic Masonic story is brought to life in a new production created especially for staging in the Freemasons Great Hall. As the Earth falls beneath the shadow of a total solar eclipse, Tamino finds himself in a mysterious new world where surreal is his new reality. Pushed and pulled by opposing forces, he encounters strange creatures, true love and a series of epic, transformative trials. Director and designer David Lampard’s new vision for this popular opera draws inspiration from the elegance of masonic symbolism, focused through a 1950’s lens to create a vintage fantasy that explores social issues both timeless and contemporary.

The production will feature a who’s who of established and emerging South Australian operatic talent including Joanna McWaters as Queen of the Night and Robert England as Sarastro, with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra conducted by Luke Dollman. The Magic Flute will be sung in English, in an intimate setting that will truly transport you to another era. This was one of Mozart’s last and undeniably lasting works, and has been a favourite with adults and children alike for more than two centuries. It’s a wonderful opportunity to experience the beauty of Mozart’s music but you’ll need to book early. Seats are genuinely limited.