5 minutes with…Emma Knights
We’re kicking off our new snapshot ‘5 minutes with…’ series by chatting to Adelaide musician, producer and creative whizz, Emma Knights. Emma is celebrating 10 years this year of Emma Knights Productions. We asked Emma how it began. “On June 19 in 2013, I ran my first ever Floating Melodies concert. This came about after having a spark of an idea whilst touring with Opera Queensland. I purchased the sets...
Tick, tick…. BOOM!
tick, tick…BOOM!, the acclaimed off-Broadway smash hit musical that inspired the Andrew Garfield Netflix film, opens tonight in Adelaide. Set against the backdrop of 90s New York, tick, tick…BOOM! tells the story of an aspiring composer named Jonathan Larson. Jon is struggling with his career as a composer, his relationships, turning 30 and his sense of impending mortality. Written by the composer of RENT, Jonathan Larson, and refined...
RENT – raw and gritty with passion and vitality
The Queens Theatre was a perfect venue choice for Adelaide’s production of the The Tony® and Pulitzer Prize Award winning Broadway smash hit. RENT tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in NYC’s East Village in the thriving days of Bohemia, Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/ AIDS. Director Benjamin Maio Mackay and designer Matt Ralph, along with their creative team,...
RENT – “No day but today”
RENT the rock musical is coming to Adelaide in October and tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in NYC’s East Village in the thriving days of bohemia, Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/ AIDS. The Tony® and Pulitzer Prize Award winning Broadway smash hit is being brought to Adelaide and co-produced by Benjamin Maio Mackay and Matt Ralph. “RENT is a show that holds such a...
RENT – unique & inspiring
To stage an internationally renowned musical, not as an imitation, but as something unique, takes a special kind of creative vision. Sam About Town was privileged to speak with Co-Producers of RENT, Benjamin Maio Mackay and Matt Ralph about their creative vision for the production and the processes involved. RENT is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera La...
Rock Musical RENT comes to town!
Tickets on Sale Now for the Global Phenomenon RENT! The Tony® and Pulitzer Prize Award winning Broadway smash hit that defined a generation is ready to welcome audiences to a strictly limited Adelaide season. RENT tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in NYC’s East Village in the thriving days of bohemia, Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/ AIDS. RENT is a rock...