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Finissage: Closer Horizons II, You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Tony Busch, Sandstone arch, Sellicks, 2026, hand dyed jute, hand dyed cotton warp, 46 x 68 cm, Photo: Sam Roberts.

July 17, 2026

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Finissage: Friday, July 17, 4:30-6:30pm

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Galleries, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Tony’s exhibition in The Mill’s Gallery I, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Gallery I is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.

    During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We invite you to join us for the closing event for Closer Horizons II and You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior.

Closer Horizons II is an exhibition of woven textiles by Tony Busch. In this exhibition Tony brings audiences into a sense of place, exploring local landscapes; Warripari Sturt Gorge, Aldinga and Sellicks beach. Through the act of walking, Tony has gathered inspiration from the uniquely South Australian landscape- texture, colour, shape are translated through Tony’s chosen material.

You Ask Me to Talk About the Interior is an exhibition featuring work by Kathrine Hoffman and Anna Goodhind. This exhibition explores colour, repetition and form through ceramics and collage, looking at how artists build meaning through layering, repetition and pattern. Both Anna and Kathy are current studio artists at The Mill.

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Exhibition: Joeulla Coulthard, Juanella Donovan and Lisa Khan, Held

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Lisa Khan, Intergenerational Wealth of Knowledge (detail) Photo: courtesy of the artist

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July 27 - September 4, 2026

Opening night, Wednesday, July 29, 5:00- 7:30pm

list of works

Gallery I, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Held in The Mill’s Foyer Gallery, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    The Mill’s galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.

    During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

For SALA 2026 we are excited to present Held, a new group exhibition featuring new work by First Nations artists Joeulla Coulthard (Adnyamathna, Kuyani), Juanella Donovan (Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Arrernte), and Lisa Khan (Yankunytjatjara/ Antakirinja/ Pitjantjatjara). This exhibition explores the artists practices across painting, weaving, sculpture and ceramics. As mothers, each of these artist’s plays a vital role in caring for family and caring for Country. We know that mothers hold so much strength and tenderness, veracity and knowledge. These qualities are passed down through generations from mother to child, and for these women, their art practices reflect the ongoing practice of holding and sharing knowledge and stories.

This exhibition is presented with support from Ku Arts and the City of Adelaide’s Arts and Community Arts and Cultural grants.

  • Joeulla Coulthard is an Adnyamathna, Kuyani artist who grew up on Country in the northern Flinders Ranges. Her work includes painting and ceramics which speak about the landforms where she grew up, the seasons, and the cultural stories of Yarta. For Joeulla, artwork is a conversation piece, talking about the meaning and why it was made keeps her art and culture alive. Joeulla has exhibited in Blinman Art, Tarnanthi, and Wilpena Art.

  • Juanella Donovan nee McKenzie, is an Adnyamathanha, Luritja and Arrernte woman of South Australia living and working on Barngarla land, Port Augusta. Juanella is a multi-disciplinary artist, best known for her unique ability to make intricate works with woven emu feathers. She has been in countless exhibitions since childhood and, in recent years, won Malka aboriginal Art Prize 2020, won the breaking Ground award 2021, Ramsay Art Prize Finalist 2021, Pt Augusta NAIDOC Artist of the year 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2022, NATSIAA finalist and people’s choice winner 2025. Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award finalist 2025 and Wollongong Art Prize finalist 2025. She is currently developing work for The National Textile Triennial which will open in September 2026 in Tamworth NSW and later tour nationally.

  • Lisa Khan is a Yankunytjatjara/ Antakirinja/ Pitjantjatjara artist from Coober Pedy. Lisa paints her Grandmother's ngura (my home, the land and rockholes) as well as her Grandfather’s country, he was born at Wallitina Station. She says ‘when I paint, I feel connected to my country and my grandparents who aren't here anymore, It is my job to look after the country and the stories from my grandmothers.’

 
 
 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

 
 
 

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Exhibition: Jen Trantor, CONGRATULATIONS

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Jen Trantor, CONGRATULATIONS, on not shooting anyone today, CONGRATULATIONS, you didn’t poison anyone today, CONGRATULATIONS, on taking a great shot, photo: Russell Millard

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July 27 - September 4, 2026

Opening: Wednesday, July 29, 5-7:30pm

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Foyer Gallery, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Jen’ exhibition in The Mill’s Foyer Gallery, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    The Mill’s galleries is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.

    During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present CONGRATULATIONS, a new exhibition by Jen Trantor. With cheeky humour and more than a touch of sarcasm, Jen offers the least of us an opportunity to be celebrated. Her delightful series of medals commemorate mundane and everyday achievements - CONGRATULATIONS, you made it out of bed!!! We all get a chance to be decorated with rich velvet ribbons, embellished beading and gold work.

For Jen this is an opportunity to share about her own small wins. Each of these daily achievements are what add value, enjoyment and creative fulfilment to our lives. Sure, you could go run a sub-two-hour marathon, or, you could celebrate yourself for living your life in line with your values, knowing yourself deeply, and cherishing your friends. Don’t get too mushy about it though, this is all meant to be a bit tongue in cheek!

  • Jen Trantor is an installation artist using beads, embellishments, fabric and wire. Her work is a playful  commentary, combining traditional craft methods with a contemporary twist and a touch of humour.

  • Jen Trantor is a petty and slightly ironic artist.

    This body of work is based on the jealousy of her very athletic partner who has so many medals……..it’s ridiculous!

    So she has created an exhibition around the medals that she should have been awarded.

    She hopes that others can relate.

 
 
 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

 
 
 

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Exhibition: Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo, A scratch to a whisper

Adele Sliuzas ·

Image: Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo, Untitled, 2026, coloured pencil on found wood and masonite box, 50cm x 91.9cm x 6.5cm, image courtesy of the artist.

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July 27 - September 4, 2026

Opening night, Wednesday, July 29, 5:30- 7:30pm

list of works

Gallery II, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Free entry, all welcome

  • You can find Nicolas’ exhibition in The Mill’s Gallery II, located at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).

    Gallery II is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

    Accessibility

    The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please ring the doorbell and our friendly team will assist you.

    During gallery hours, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

We are excited to present A scratch to a whisper, a new exhibition by Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo. In this exhibition Nicolas explores materiality, mark-making and trace through a series of works on found surfaces. Using previously discarded panels, boards and pages, Nicolas examines the relationship between surfaces and the body, both as the material of our human ecology and as artefacts of our culture.

Through this body of work Nicolas draws our attention to mark making, honouring found marks- carpenters measurements once hidden on the inside of cabinets, scuffs from use, the wearing away of surface through repetitive touch. Through studio practice, he adds layers of text like marks, sometimes referencing writing, scribbles, shopping lists, diary entries, and sometimes gestural, abstract marks across the surface.

  • Nicolas Ottavio Saccardo (he/they) is an emerging visual artist living and practicing on Kaurna land. Utilising primarily drawing and sculpture, their work revolves around an interest in human-object dynamics and finding unexpected ways of viewing often mundane, found materials. Through material-led experimentation, they attempt to intervene with objects as a way to dislodge them from familiar day-to-day contexts and blur the lines between material, place, self, and others, all in a world that grows increasingly dense and chaotic.

    Nicolas is a recent graduate from The Adelaide Central School of Art (2024) and is also an active member of Highhorse Collective, a multidisciplinary artist-run group active in the SA arts scene.

  • A scratch to a whisper is a collection of artworks that explore the concept of the trace, and how mundane human rituals render themselves into physical memory. Sparked from a wider interest in material histories, this body of work makes use of drawing and mark-making as tools to document narratives of who, how, where, and what. Each piece carries with it an abstract record of a particular moment in time, as passing interactions, thoughts, gestures, and routines are archived onto the object’s surfaces - mindlessly, compulsively, curiously. 

    The work examines the crossovers between humans and objects, and how the spaces we inhabit and the materials we use remember us. Routine registers itself a physical existence through our collisions with the material world – a door, opened daily, leaves a reminder of itself through scuff marks on the floor. Notations are inscribed on whatever materials are on hand – phone numbers copied on receipts, to-do lists scribbled in the margins. Mundane traces of our actions become preserved as anthropological artefacts. In much the same way, I myself have become frozen into the spatial and temporal record, whispering out upon the surfaces of these objects and calling to the viewer and others beyond.

 
 
 

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body

 
 
 

centre stage residency

Adelaide Fringe 2026: Yoz Mensch, 'My Grandpa Doesn't Follow Me On Instagram'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Daniel Marks.

Adelaide Fringe 2026

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When: February 19 - March 7

Where: The Breakout, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: From $30-35

Duration: 60 minutes

  • My Grandpa Doesn’t Follow Me On Instagram will be held in The Breakoutwill be held in The Breakout at The Mill. Please come to the foyer at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

They drove from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands – one grandparent, one grandchild, one unspoken truth.

Multi-award-winning storyteller, Yoz Mensch, weaves a darkly funny and haunting solo show about dingy hotel rooms, dog-eared maps, and the strained intimacy of travel.

Drawn from hundreds of real Instagram Stories posted during the trip, Yoz revisits what they shared with their grandpa – and the secrets they didn’t. 

Blending clowning, found footage, and intimate confession, 'My Grandpa Doesn’t Follow Me On Instagram' unravels what it means to hide yourself from the people you love.

★★★★★ “Mesmerising” Mindshare

★★★★★ “Utterly genius” Binge Fringe

★★★★★ “Masterful” The List

  • Yoz Mensch (they/she) is a multi-award-winning clown, comedian, writer, and performer living and working on Kaurna Yerta. Their primary arts focus is storytelling that engages through humour and offers thoughtful catharsis.

    In 2024 they trained in Clowning, Le Jeu and Buffon at L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier 2024, toured No Babies In The Sauna to Perth, Adelaide, Prague, and Edinburgh Fringes, and Melbourne International Comedy Festival, picking up the Best Comedy Award at Prague Fringe, and the House of Oz Purse Prize at Adelaide Fringe.

    YOU’RE ALL INVITED TO MY SON SAMUELS FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY received the Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award at Adelaide Fringe 2022, and picked up the Spirit of The Fringe Award at Melbourne Fringe 2022. They co-wrote, directed and performed in the ambitious sketch-sci-fi ensemble The End is High-Concept - which garnered positive reviews and pioneered live motion-capture for animated on-stage characters. They also co-produced, co-wrote and co-presented HUGE NEWS for Radio Adelaide, a satirical news sketch programme turned live podcast for Edinburgh Fringe 2018.

 
 

centre stage residency

Adelaide Fringe 2026: The CRAM Collective, 'Meteors'

chloe metcalfe ·

Photo: Daniel Marks.

Adelaide Fringe 2026

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When: February 19 - March 7

Where: The Breakout at The Mill, 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta

Cost: From $18-28

Duration: 60 minutes

  • Meteors will be held in The Breakout at The Mill. Please come to the foyer at 154 Angas Street, the bar will be open to grab a drink before we take you through to The Breakout.

    Accessibility

    Disability access is available via our Angas St entrance, access the pedestrian ramp on the corner of Gunson St to get to our front door, which will be open.

    The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.

    Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.

    If you have questions or would like to talk to one of The Mill team contact info@themilladelaide.com

Grief isn’t part of the conversation. Especially not as a young person. No one knows what to say, so it’s simply left unsaid.

This premiere work from The CRAM Collective explores the complex impact of the immediate and lingering effects of grief on young people. Melissa tells the story of the death of her mother, too many lasagnes brought over by neighbours and the continual search for something or someone out in the sky.

This show was developed through our Centre Stage Residency, in partnership with Adelaide Fringe.

  • Melissa Pullinger is an Australian/ English theatre and film actor and is a 2020 Honours graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre. Growing up in England, Melissa appeared in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of The Sound of Music (2008) at the London Palladium, where she played Brigitta Von Trapp for six months. Upon emigrating to Adelaide, Melissa performed in Border Project’s Disappearance (2008) and then Windmill Theatre and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s Granpa (2008).

    Along with specialising in devising and physical theatre, Melissa is a co-founder of independent theatre collective, The CRAM Collective.Since graduating, Melissa has toured with Perform! Education in their Book Week Tour, Bigger, Better, Brighter! (2021) and Story Quest (2022). Since co-founding CRAM, Melissa has produced and starred in the sold-out world premieres of New World Coming, Something Big, The Future is You and EDGE. In 2022, Melissa travelled to England after being selected to train at Frantic Assembly’s International Summer School.

    Melissa began working as a puppeteer for Slingsby’s collaboration with A Blanck Canvas, for Illuminate Adelaide. She then joined the USA & Canada tour of Bluey’s Big Play puppeteering both Bluey and Bingo and touring through 2023 & 2024. She then joined the UK & Northern Ireland tour of Bluey’s Big Play, puppeteering Bingo. In April, Melissa toured across New Zealand with Bluey’s Big Play, puppeteering Bluey.

    Connor Reidy is a South Australian director and theatre maker. He graduated with first class Honours in Directing at the Flinders University Drama Centre. His directing credits include pool (no water), BC, Control, Iphigenia in Orem, The Seagull, and Lungs (Flinders DC).

    In 2021, Connor co-founded The CRAM Collective, a South Australian independent theatre company. His credits for CRAM include NEW WORLD COMING, Anna Barnes’ Something Big and THE FUTURE IS YOU. CRAM is the proud recipient of the 2022 Helpmann Academy Creative Innovator seed funding. 

    Connor’s professional assistant directing credits include Circle Mirror Transformation (Sydney Theatre Company), Lines and The Bleeding Tree (Theatre Republic), Oleanna (Flying Penguin Productions), and The Normal Heart and Hibernation (STCSA). Connor recently directed Emily Steel’s The Worst (Theatre Republic) AND Proud (Famous Last Words).

    Ren Williams is an Australian film & theatre actor, having trained with Honours at the Flinders University Drama Centre. Also specialising in directing and writing, Ren is a co-founder of independent theatre company CRAM Collective. After graduating in 2020, Ren has performed in theatre shows such as Kinetik Collective's STCSA StateSide show Kill Climate Deniers (Dir. Clara Solly-Slade), the North American Tour of Bluey’s Big Play as Bluey (Dir. Rosemary Myers), the one-woman show at DreamBIG Guthrak (Dir. Matthew Briggs), Hits at the AFC (Dir. Rebecca Meston), CRAM Collective's world premiere Something Big (Dir. Connor Reidy) and Slingsby Theatre Company’s trilogy A Concise Compendium of Wonder (Dir. Andy Packer) premiering in the 2026 Adelaide Festival. With a screen-acting diploma from Actors Studio UK at the prestigious Pinewood Studios, Ren has appeared in a number of short films such as The Hitcher which premiered at the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival (Dir. Henry Reimer-Meaney, With Love, Lottie premiering at the 2025 Sydney Film Festival (Dir. Lily Drummond), and ABC’s Beep & Mort Season 2 as an additional puppeteer. Ren’s latest directorial short This is Fine. won Best Directing and Best Film at the 2024 Adelaide 48HFP, sending it to the Filmapalooza Seattle wining 3rd Best Film; where it will now go to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner

    Connor Pullinger graduated Flinders Drama Centre with a First Class Honours degree in Acting.

    Key roles include the AACTA award winning SBS mini-series The Hunting as OLIVER. In 2024 he starred in SAPOL’s Stop Flirting With Death TVC State-Wide campaign. Connor led BULLDOG, which was officially selected at 5 Film Festivals across Australia. Connor plays the titular role in The Hitcher, which premiered at AFF2024. Connor has seven shorts and one indie feature awaiting release/festivals this year. 

    These projects collaborated with Closer Productions, Heesom Casting, Proetic Productions, Stepney Studios & Showpony Advertising. 

    Extending beyond screens, Connor starred in The CRAM Collective’s sold out 5-Star theatre production FAG/STAG, as well as the encore season -  continuing the critical and commercial success. In 2024 he led Deus Ex Femina’s 5-Star award-winning Fringe show Dirty Energy and WHORE for Flinders University. 

    This year he was chosen to be an actor for the BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated Sophie Hyde in her LAUNCH LAB Directors Workshop.