First Fridays – Art Gallery of SA

Tonight’s First Fridays after-hours event at the gallery will include tours of the Robert Hannaford exhibition (which finishes on Sunday), a Penny’s Hill masterclass wine tasting, live music by Adelaide singer Abbey Howlett, and a talk by filmmakers Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason about their moving-image artist portraits. From 6-8pm, the gallery will also host a Neo event for teens exploring the work of Japanese collective teamLab.

Collisions – Art Gallery of SA

Artist Lynette Wallworth’s new virtual-reality screen project Collisions is being presented by the Adelaide Film Festival and Art Gallery of SA at the gallery until the end of October. VR technology used in the work enables viewers to go on a personal journey with Martu elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, of the Pilbara in Western Australia, whose first contact with Western culture came in the 1950s when he witnessed an atomic test.

Good Fortune Market – Elder Park

Stormy weather forced the closure of the Good Fortune Market over several nights during the OzAsia Festival, but the good news is that organisers have added an extra weekend. Head to Elder Park for Asian street food and entertainment, including The Aston Shuffle on Saturday night. The market is open from midday until midnight tonight (Friday) and Sunday, and until 2am Saturday night.

ADT’s Objekt – AC Arts

A scene from ADT’s Objekt. Photo: Chris Herzfeld / Camlight Productions

Created in collaboration with Germany’s Tanzmainz contemporary dance company, this latest work choreographed by Australian Dance Theatre’s Garry Stewart explores the objectification of humans. Objekt is being presented in the Main Theatre, Adelaide College of the Arts, until October 8. Read InDaily’s interview with Stewart here and our review here.

ASO’s Tate and Little – Town Hall

The latest Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Master Series features English violinist Tasmin Little and conductor Jeffrey Tate, with a program comprising Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, Delius’s Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Symphony No 3. Performances are in the Town Hall tonight (Friday) and Saturday.

Die Fledermaus – Opera Studio

This fully-staged opera is State Opera’s first major co-production with the Elder Conservatorium, involving its own young and emerging artists and conservatorium vocal students. Die Fledermaus is being presented at the Opera Studio in Netley Road until October 8.

Dido & Aeneas – Queen’s Theatre

An in-the-round staging of English composer Henry Purcell’s baroque opera of love and abandonment Dido & Aeneas is being presented by Ensemble Galante and Mo-Poke Productions at Adelaide historic Queen’s Theatre for three nights from October 7-9. Described as a unique and gritty production, it will marry a contemporary setting and costuming with period instrumentation, including a theorbo (17^th-century lute). Details here.

Out of the Ordinary – Bakehouse Theatre

A tale of three generations navigating the modern world, Out of the Ordinary features a family in which the father is chasing fame as a rock star while his daughter rages against the age of unearned celebrity and her boyfriend embraces notoriety as an internet troll. It’s being presented by Accidental Productions at the Bakehouse Theatre until October 15.

Italian Film Festival – Palace Nova Eastend

This cinematic celebration of Italian culture promises some of the best films to have come out of Italy in the last 12 months, encompassing genres ranging from comedy and drama to crime and romance. The festival runs until October 12, with the full program available here.

Kinky Friedman – The Gov

Kinky Friedman – the “black-hat-wearing Texas Jewboy singer, storyteller, tequila purveyor, animal rescuer and full-time iconoclast” (we quote from his own publicity) – is back Down Under for a tour supporting his new album The Loneliest Man I Ever Met, with a gig at the Governor Hindmarsh on Sunday night. Here’s a taste of what to expect.

Thoroughly Modern Millie – The Arts Theatre

The Gilbert and Sullivan Society of SA is bringing bring the glitz and glamour of the comedy musical Thoroughly Modern Millie to Adelaide’s Art Theatre, with performances continuing until October 8.

Circus of Illusion – Bonython Park, Port Road

Illusionist Michael Boyd (Cabaret de Paris, The Ultimate Vegas Show) is presenting his new show, Circus of Illusion, under the big top in Bonython Park from until October 23. It includes clowns, magicians, mime artists, aerialists, jugglers and more.

Nuclear – Tandanya

The Ngurini (Searching) projection tells the story of the forced migration of the Anangu when atomic tests began at Maralinga. Photo: Jessie Boylan

This exhibition at Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute is the result of a project involving more than 50 artists and incorporates video, sculpture, paintings, photography and sound. Nuclear artworks share the stories of those directly affected by the atomic age, including members of Indigenous communities forced to move during British atomic bomb tests at Maralinga. It’s showing until November 12.

The Dressmaker Costume Exhibition – Ayers House

More than 50 costumes worn by actors including Kate Winslet and Sarah Snook in Australian film The Dressmaker are on display in this exhibition at Ayers House Museum until December 11. The display, developed for the National Trust by award-winning designer Marion Boyce, offers a taste of 1950s Parisian couture. Details here.

On screen

See InDaily’s reviews of the latest films screening in Adelaide:

Deepwater Horizon
The Magnificent Seven
Snowdon
Perfect Strangers (Italian Film Festival)
The Beatles – Eight Days a Week
Pete’s Dragon
Captain Fantastic