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July 04, 2008

Where You From?

Filed under: Archive,International,Theatre

2008

Where You From?
Lenny Henry
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide,
July 2, 2008

Back in Australia for a fifth time round, UK comic Lenny Henry (CBE) is asking audiences where they’re from. And as he mellows towards his fiftieth birthday next month, he is also telling us where he has been. He makes a droll tale of his family migrating from Jamaica to Dudley in the Midlands. Adding a little power point he shows us the Dudley sights from the …

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July 01, 2008

Cabhooray

Filed under: Archive,Cabaret

Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Adelaide Festival Centre. June 6 – 14.

Reviewed by Murray Bramwell

Trimmed from twelve working days to seven, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival this year has been a bonsai affair but it has packed in plenty of events of interest and quality all the same. The fretful fortunes of last year’s International Guitar Festival have forced economies in many areas of the Centre’s operations. Nevertheless, it seems tough that the Cabaret Festival, which over its short eight years …

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