T-birds' win honours departing stars and other top stories.

• T-birds' win honours departing stars

  

  Thunderbirds wing attack Khao Watts grabs the ball in front of Erin Bell. Picture: Tom HuntleyTHE Adelaide Thunderbirds had a theme as they prepared to take the court against the Mainland Tactix at Mile End on Sunday — how best could they honour the illustrious careers of Carla Borrego and Emily Beaton?Key components in the club’s two premierships, the two stars were making their final appearance in front of the home fans after announcing their retirements last week.The answer was obvious to all..

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• Port's actions to speak louder than words

  

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• Lightning chases Hodges and local elite

  

  Laura Hodges in action for the Lightning in 2014. The new coach wants her back. Picture: Sarah Reed.TRIPLE-Olympian Laura Hodges and South Australians devoted to wearing the Lightning colours are top priorities for Chris Lucas’ WNBL return with Adelaide.The reigning dual-WNBL championship-winning coach with Townsville Fire is home after concluding his duties with New Zealand’s Tall Ferns in Europe and keen to put together a competitive team for Adelaide.Unlikely to hold trials, Lucas instead pla..

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• The Royal Shakespeare Company's Production of MATILDA THE ...

  

  Following the announcement of the 2016 Helpmann Award Nominations and news that the Royal Shakespeare Company's Australian Production of Matilda The Musical has received a record thirteen nominations, it was announced last night that the production will play a season in Adelaide from May 20 2017, following seasons in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne, where Matilda is currently playing to packed houses. Matilda The Musical will be the jewel in the crown as part of the 2017 Adelaide Cabaret Festiva..

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• Murdered Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh's house goes on sale ...

  

  The family home where murdered Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh was stabbed to death has gone on the market for $1.25million.The property in Adelaide's Somerton Park is where he was allegedly killed by his son, Cy, in July last year. While the younger Walsh waits in a psychiatric facility charged with his father's murder, the four-bedroom home was listed by estate agents who gave it the eerie description of 'family living at its best'.The 27-year-old is waiting to be told whether prosecutors have..

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• Tom Burlinson performs Sinatra at the Sands

  

  Tom Burlinson performs Sinatra at the Sands. Picture: Stuart Spence, suppliedA SPECIALIST in Sinatra’s songs, Sydney vocalist Tom Burlinson fronted a 16 piece big band – 14 of whom were Adelaide musicians – to sing original arrangements from the 1966 double album Frank Sinatra Live At The Sands.Wisely, Burlinson does not try to copy Sinatra identically, but he does use the master’s phrasing and achieves a similar vocal range and quality, notable features from the opener, Come Fly With Me.This wa..

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• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Adelaide Repertory Theatre

  Adelaide Rep’s version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a delight. Director Barry Hill has delivered up a gratifyingly insinuating and refined production of the Tennessee Williams classic with, at its hub, two truly exceptional performances from Anita Pipprell (Maggie “the Cat”) and from Russell Starke (Big Daddy). Hill’s set, moreover, admirably brings a fifties Mississippi plantation – sun-touched walls, chaise lounge, hints of opulence, and touches of period – to a..

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• Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky — Love Songs

  

  Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky — Love Songs.THE first point that leapt out from their performance was how perfectly this duo of well-established voice and piano, work together. Unlike many accompanists who stay in the background, Paul Grabowsky’s masterful pianistics are an essential part of the performance.Right from the opener, Leonard Cohen’s Suzanne, Grabowsky weaved a brilliant improvised melody around the original as Kate Ceberano’s perfectly pitched vocal carr..

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• Swifts survive thriller against Mystics

  

  The Swifts are hoping to live up to their favouritism tag in the 2016 competitionA FABULOUS final five minutes against New Zealand rival Mystics saw the NSW Swifts just escape making headlines as victims of the biggest upset in the ANZ championship this season in Auckland on Sunday.With their shooters uncharacteristically out-of-sorts in parts of the match, the NSW Swifts had to dig deep in the final period to protect their position at the top of the ANZ championship Australian ladder with their..

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• Full-blooded performance with plenty of energy

  

  STYLE AND SUBSTANCE... Nicholas Carter with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Picture: SHANE REIDMODERNIST musical favorites don’t grow on trees but Prokofiev’s 3rd Piano Concerto and Stravinsky’s Petrushka ballet music are among the select few regularly played worldwide. Having both on the same program allowed listeners to appreciate what a towering genius Stravinsky is as his 1911 masterwork ran rings around Prokofiev’s wonderfully entertaining but comparatively empty posturing. As the program’..

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