Adelaide Festival, March 2 - 18, Adelaide, Australia
The acclaimed Adelaide Festival features opera, theatre, dance, music, cabaret and the visual arts, as well as new media events, literature, master classes and forums.
The programme includes the Australian premiere of the sublime Water Stains on the Wall from the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan (pictured).
Other renowned artists to make their Australian debut are Italian film composer Ennio Morricone, who will share scores from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Cinema Paradiso; actor Jonathan Pryce brings his talents to Harold Pinter's play The Caretaker, and French actress Isabelle Huppert puts a controversial twist on a Tennessee Williams classic in A Streetcar.
The atmospheric outdoor club Barrio will host late-night entertainment from international performers and DJs.