Current and Upcoming Events

Here you can find all the events the Alliance Française d'Adélaïde and its partners are currently organising for you.

Déjeuner-Conversation

Wednesday 12 February, 12:30pm - 2pm
319 Young St, Wayville

Déjeuner-Conversation recommences in 2020 from Wednesday 12 February. Déjeuner-Conversation gives you the opportunity to talk in French. No registration or fee is required, just a willingness to participate.

Learn more here

Free Screening: Don Giovanni

12 February - University of Adelaide

With 1003 female conquests in Spain alone, Don Juan has been described as everything from a sex addict, to a champion of freedom and “a great Lord turned evil man”. Among all the depictions of this mythic persona, Mozart’s opera has stood the test of time. It interweaves uproarious comedy and abstract fantasy leaving the audience in both a state of delight and fright.

From the opening of this comic opera, where the grandeur of the Commandatore is set against the dishevelled flight of the seducer: contrast reigns supreme. More than two centuries after its creation, this classic opera has remained as powerful as ever. In this new production, the energy of the young cast melds into Jean-François Sivadier’s theatrical mise en scene under the artistic direction of Jérémie Rhorer, in what is a veritable show of seduction, desire and demise.

Don Giovanni – Festival d’Aix en Provence 2017 © Pascal Victor/ArtComPress

Free Screening: Così fan tutte

13 February - University of Adelaide

Ferrando and Guglielmo are engaged to two sisters, Dorabella and Fiordiligi. In order to prove to an old philosopher that their lovers are faithful, they pretend to go off to war, return disguised as foreigners and, under these false identities, try to win over the two young women. Here is where their plan derails… each one finds himself chasing the other’s fiancé… will the original couples come out of this game of love and cruelty unscathed?

Filmmaker and producer Christophe Honoré transplants this question into 1930s Eritrea, skimming off the froth and stirring in the darker themes of power play, violence and abuse. Set to the music of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by Jérémie Rhorer and under the musical direction of Louis Langrée, even if there’s little tenderness on stage, there is ample in the pit.

Cosi Fan Tutte – Festival d’Aix en Provence 2016 © Pascal Victor/ArtComPress

Ciné-Club: Amélie

Friday 14 February, 6pm
319 Young St, Wayville

Ciné-club returns this Valentine's Day with a special screening of the 2001 French romantic comedy film, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, which tells the story of a shy waitress who decides to change the lives of those around her for the better.

Subtitles in English

Club de Lecture

Thursday 20 February, 6:30pm - 8pm
319 Young St, Wayville

Club de lecture is back in session for 2020! This month, the book club will discuss Les hirondelles de Kaboul by Yasmina Khadra, which follows four characters living in Kabul: Atiq, his wife Mussarat, Mohsen Ramat and his wife Zunaira. The book traces how their lives intertwine in a city led by the Taliban and the Mullahs.

A different way to practise your French, club de lecture allows you to develop and improve your reading and comprehension skills!

Atelier Apéro

Friday 28 February, 5pm - 6:30pm
319 Young St, Wayville

Come and discover the art of the Apéro in France. From a simple gathering with mates to a fancy cocktail, learn about what we eat and drink, and the social codes behind this tradition.

A sommelier, as well as a French teacher, will be here to guide you through a tasting of three different wines along with perfectly paired and mouth-watering finger food. Bon appétit!

Prix: $55
Register here

Free Screening: la flûte enchantée

4 March - 5:30pm - Flinders University

The Magic Flute recounts the story of Tamino, a young foreign prince who is ordered by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro. It is also the story of Papageno, a mischevious bird-catcher who can think only about eating, drinking and finding his ideal female companion… Papagena!

La flûte enchantée is the last operatic work by Mozart, and also one of his most surprising with its mix of genres and style, traversing fairy tale, fable, musical and opera.

La Flûte Enchantée – Festival d’Aix en Provence 2014 © Pascal Victor/ArtComPress