Suzannah Conway

Suzannah Conway is an experienced arts administrator, having been CEO of Opera Queensland, the Brisbane Riverfestival and the Centenary of Federation celebrations for Queensland. She is a freelance arts writer and has been writing reviews and articles for over 20 years, regularly reviewing classical music, opera and musical theatre in particular for The Australian and Limelight magazine as well as other journals. Most recently she was Arts Hub's Brisbane-based Arts Feature Writer.

Suzannah Conway's Latest Articles

Jack Liebeck, Townsville 2023. Photo: Andrew Rankin
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The Australian Festival of Chamber Music offers an impressive 2023 program

Artistic Director Jack Liebeck returns to Townsville/Gurambilbarra with five world premieres and a feast of guilty pleasures!

The Ring Cycle, Opera Australia. Image supplied
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Opera Australia’s Ring Cycle is finally heading to Brisbane

Several years in the making and delayed because of COVID, Wagner’s monumental work comes to Queensland for the first time.

black&write! Fellows Jacob K Gallagher and Dakota Feirer. Image supplied
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Supernatural crime and poetry win Indigenous Fellowships

The State Library of Queensland’s black&write! Fellowships for 2023 have been announced with two diverse works from First Nations writers…

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Performance review: Forty Years on Forty Stages from Coolangatta to Convent Garden, Opera Queensland Studio

Acclaimed operatic bass, Conal Coad presented a highly enjoyable program of musical delights.

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Music review: Garrick Ohlsson, Queensland Conservatorium Theatre

A night of sublime piano playing at its absolute best

'Duck Pond' rehearsal, Yaron Lifschitz and cast. Photo: Jade Ferguson.
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A world premiere from the ever-inventive and imaginative Circa

The leading performance company explores the art of ballet, classical music and fairy tales alongside the physicality of circus in…

I Gut this Feeling Jamaylya Ballangarry-Kearins and Maurice Sailor. Photo: Mimi Tanaka
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Good things happen when the young Dare to Dream

JUTE Theatre Company’s new First Nations residency program, Dare to Dream, hits the road this month in Far North Queensland.

Simon Hewett and the Queensland Youth Symphony Photo: Sarah Marshall
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Concert Review: Earth Fire Water, Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Worthy of a professional orchestra, the Queensland Youth Symphony delivered a polished and professionally mature concert of richly coloured and…

Clay: Collected Ceramics Works by Kenji Uranishi and Steph Woods Photo Claudia Baxter
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Museum of Brisbane celebrates 60 years of clay-making

Brisbane Art Design 2023 showcases an exhibition of curated contemporary ceramics.

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Performance review: The Poison of Polygamy, La Boite Theatre

A rediscovered morality tale highlighting the Chinese diaspora in Australia and offering some fresh perspectives.

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