Australia
Death in Brunswick
Though 25 years old, this recent addition to the Text Classics range is still startlingly fresh.
Kiddies Cushion Concerts: Carols with Cushions
Young children can and often do respond enthusiastically to concerts, as this Queensland Symphony Orchestra performance adroitly demonstrated.
Messiah
‘Tis the season for Messiahs, Hallelujah, Hall-e-lu-jah!
Noa
Karen Sibbing and Joshua Ferenbach, together with Betsy the Rubber Chicken, acquit themselves excellently in this new work by writer/director…
Green light for Tasmanian arts precinct
A $75 million arts precinct to be constructed in Hobart.
The 2013 Voiceless Anthology
A new collection of Australian short fiction and non-fiction exploring the place of animals in the world we have made.
The Pitchfork Disney
First staged in 1991, Philip Ridley’s dark dream of a play is unfortunately showing its age.
Totally Tchaikovksy
A stunning performance from the Sydney Symphony, with guest pianist Garrick Ohlsson.
What’s on your art bucket list?
Assuming just for a moment that the Mayan prophesy about the end of the world is true, what great art…
An English Christmas
Perhaps this critic is a bit of a Scrooge, but the Sydney Philharmonia Choir’s latest concert wasn’t anywhere near as…