Wolfgang von Flugelhorn

Wolfgang von Flügelhorn is a writer and critic based in Perth. An extended version of this and other reviews by Wolfgang can be found on https://wolfgangvonflugelhorn.substack.com/publish/posts

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A man is walking towards a woman. He's dressed in a black suit with a white shirt. She has her eyes closed and is wearing a cream dress.
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Performance reviews: Café Müller and Club Amour, Adelaide Festival

A triple bill dance performance that dealt with memory and repetition.

Trio Da Kali played as part of Chamber Landscapes 2025 'Horizon' and 'Dialogue in Sound' at Adelaide Festival 2025.
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Music reviews: Horizons Chamber Landscapes 2025 and Dialogues in Sound, Adelaide Festival 2025

A concert that offered hope for the world and a rousing musical statement in a gilded Victorian concert hall.

L-R: Soprano Claire de Sévigné and clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff made beautiful music together at Adelaide Festival 2025.
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Music review: Daylight Express, Elder Hall, Adelaide Festival 2025

Six exquisitely fashioned gems as part of a two-week series of lunchtime recitals at Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide.

A man in drag on stage. There is a band behind him.
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Performance reviews: Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Camille O’Sullivan: Loveletter, Adelaide Festival

Two Adelaide Festival shows look to the past, but with varying degrees of success.

A two-storey structure, with separate rooms. There is a conductor at the front.
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Opera review: Innocence, Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival

A complex and multilayered production about collective guilt and trauma that deployed different languages and singing styles.

Rocío Molina, a dancing wearing a big ruffly pale blue dress. She is lying on the grown with her legs in the air that are covered by the flounces of the dress.
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Dance review: Caída del Cielo (Fallen from Heaven), Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide Festival

Flamenco dance and theatre about the agony and ecstasy of womanhood.

A woman in a blue jumpsuit and yellow beanie facing a video camera. The background is of snowy mountains.
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Performance review: Night Night, State Theatre Centre WA, Perth Festival

A magical-realist show about the origins of life on earth.

A large screen depicting a black and white screen showing a group of people in a field. There are musicians playing in the foreground.
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Performance reviews: Samsara: A Cine-Concert, Ultimate Safari, LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches) Perth Festival

Three short-run shows at Perth Festival explore a range of topics and mediums.

A crowd of people are seated around a central area. In the middle of which is a screen that says "191. How do you know?"
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Performance review: 12 Last Songs, WA State Theatre Centre, Perth Festival

Experimental and unscripted, this interactive, community-driven performance lasted for 12 hours.

Two men, one with a FBI vest, are on the left, with their arms pointing to a woman on the right.
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Theatre review: Is This A Room, State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth Festival

A real-life interrogation about Russian interference in the 2016 US election is recreated onstage.

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