Talks
AF Talks: FC Bergman
Hosted by Tom Wright
Want to dig deeper?
Intrigued to hear from the people who made the work you have seen? Keen to learn about what you’re about to see? Just interested in conversation that a great Festival generates.
AF Talks are a chance to hear the story behind the stories, and some reflections on the fascinating ways the shows, exhibitions and events speak to each other.
Peter Sellars
Sat 28 Feb, 6pm
Join Tom as he talks to Peter Sellers, lauded Opera Director and former Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival, director of Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphinein the 2026 program.
Matthew Lutton OAM
Sun 1 Mar, 4pm
Join Tom as he talks to Matthew Lutton, Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival about the program and his personal highlights.
Stef Aerts and Marie Vinck
Sat 7 Mar, 6:45pm
Join Tom talking to Stef Aerts, performer, director, founder and member of FC Bergman and performer Marie Vinck from the production Works and Days.
Isabelle Huppert
Sun 8 Mar, 4:30pm
Join Tom in conversation with of the greatest stage and screen actors of our time, Isabelle Huppert and her role as Mary Queen of Scots in Mary Said What She Said.
Matthew Lutton OAM
Fri 13 Mar, 1:30pm
Matthew Lutton, Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival will share with Tom Wright the overall impact of the 2026 Festival so far and highlights for the final weekend.
Amy Sole and Tracey Rigney
Sat 14 Mar, 3pm
Tom will talk to Amy Sole, a prominent Wiradjuri/Worimi director, playwright, actor and co-director of Whitefella Yella Tree and Tracey Rigney, award-winning playwright and filmmaker and proud Wotjobaluk and Ngarrindjer woman and her role in writing the theatre work Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) based on the true story of the Ngarrindjeri women who resisted the construction of the Hindmarsh Island bridge in Goolwa. This is part of a set of works, starting with the Kumarangk exhibition at ACE Gallery in 2026, followed by the theatre performance on Country and a documentary film.
Stephanie Lake
Sun 15 Mar, 4pm
Stephanie Lake, one of Australia’s most significant choreographers will talk to Tom about her latest dance creation, The Chronicles.
Tom Wright
Tom is a writer for the stage, literary critic and broadcaster. He has been writing for the stage since the 1990s, mainly adaptations and translations. His scripts have been produced in twenty countries, from monologues to libretti for opera.
He was Associate Artist at Sydney Theatre Company for ten years and is currently Artistic Associate at Belvoir.
He reviews for ABC radio's The Bookshelf and has hosted Adelaide Festival Writer's Week panels over the last twenty years such as Adelaide's Breakfast with Papers and Sorrento's The Morning Feed.
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AF Talks: Whitefella Yella Tree
Hosted by Tom Wright
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AF Talks: Stephanie Lake
Hosted by Tom Wright
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AF Talks: Isabelle Huppert
Hosted by Tom Wright
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AF Talks: Peter Sellars
Hosted by Tom Wright
