Adelaide Festival wraps up 2010
March 14th 2010 23:27
Paul Grabowsky delivered a fine Adelaide Festival, and now the mops, brooms and buckets are out cleaning up after. It was a fantastic festival, despite some of the more dodgey OHS issues I spied along the way.
Artistic Director Grabowsky was on the local television news saying he didn't care what critics said, calling them background noise. Well, fair enough Mr G. One thing to keep in mind is that while he may not care, it is one of the only ways people wanting to have some sense of trying before buying like to read a review or two before slapping their money on the table.
There are some things I will not fork out for until I've had some feedback on, be it a word of mouth mention or a review by a critic I trust, or feel I'm usually in opposition to, and so if they didn't like it I most likely would.
It's a little dangerous to hear a festival director say such a thing, but I guess he is still riding high on the greatness of the whole thing.
I'll be back to expand and improve on the overall wrap up a little later. I've seen several shows and will list the ones I thought were great.
The thing is, there were quite a few things where a little improvement could go a long way. I've been a part of the Sydney Festival and the Adelaide Festival in the past - and I think there are a few things that could lift the game of this local festival; lift it from really good to fantastic. So stay tuned.
Artistic Director Grabowsky was on the local television news saying he didn't care what critics said, calling them background noise. Well, fair enough Mr G. One thing to keep in mind is that while he may not care, it is one of the only ways people wanting to have some sense of trying before buying like to read a review or two before slapping their money on the table.
There are some things I will not fork out for until I've had some feedback on, be it a word of mouth mention or a review by a critic I trust, or feel I'm usually in opposition to, and so if they didn't like it I most likely would.
It's a little dangerous to hear a festival director say such a thing, but I guess he is still riding high on the greatness of the whole thing.
I'll be back to expand and improve on the overall wrap up a little later. I've seen several shows and will list the ones I thought were great.
The thing is, there were quite a few things where a little improvement could go a long way. I've been a part of the Sydney Festival and the Adelaide Festival in the past - and I think there are a few things that could lift the game of this local festival; lift it from really good to fantastic. So stay tuned.
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