Inside the mirrored intimacy of the Aurora Spiegeltent at the Garden of Unearthly Delights, Michael Paynter presented The Great Australian Songbook Live, a rare and disarmingly personal performance that examined the emotional terrain of Australian music through the voice of one of its most versatile interpreters. The Adelaide Fringe show was staged as a one-night-only event, and yet just a few songs in, the response in the room suggested the audience knew they were witnessing something that would reach far beyond this night alone.