UNDERSCORE

Next date: Friday, 15 May 2026 | 07:30 PM to 09:00 PM

UNDERSCORE blurs the line between music, storytelling, song and recitation as acclaimed writers perform excerpts of their work over a lush electro-acoustic soundscape provided by Sally Ford and the Idiomatics.

The live readings by writers Maxine Beneba Clarke, Brian Nankervis and Sean O'Beirne are bookmarked by songs and stories from the band, featuring Sally Ford's wryly-observed lyrics of life, love and lived experience.

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Reviews

'There's a special kind of intimacy here. A superbly focused and talented band with the unique combination of traditional and modern instruments (and musical styles) cradling each piece and giving it different shapes and textures.' Stage Whispers.

'Sally Ford & The Idiomatics bring a strong and enduring - and ultimately eclectic - musicianship to the stage. Musicianship and experimentation of form is at the heart of Underscore. These musicians certainly don't play it safe. Genre-blending and genre-bending, there is both moodiness and familiarity in their songs, a presence of nostalgia complete with Cronin's forefront whistling like an echo of a memory.' GLAM Adelaide.

Credits

Sally Ford vocals, flutes, alto sax.
Patrick Cronin sequences, samples, synth, valve trombone, whistling.
Michael Havir keyboard, electronic FX.
Alice Garner cello.