New South Wales

Bohemian Adventure
An otherwise engaging evening of Bartok, Mozart and Dvorak was somewhat spoiled by an over-demonstrative pianist.

Barefoot Fiddler
Patricia Kopatchinskaja played a violin made in 1834 in this Australian Chamber Orchestra performance.

Fireface
Fireface explodes onto the atyp stage like a petrol bomb, forcing its audience to confront the most taboo of topics.

Tangents and Cycle~440
This New Music Network event offered updates to the improvised music genre from two contrasting groups.

Wagner Madness
Not the best concert this year by the Sydney Symphony, but with flashes of great things to come, perhaps.

Blog: Splendour in the grass
After a decade-long hiatus, this festival fanatic of yore travels to one of the biggest live music events in the…

Persona
Based on the film by film by legendary auteur Ingmar Bergman, this is dark and sinister theatrical entertainment at its…

Hymn to the Sun
Any opera which tells of changes in leadership, ideology and social policy resonates well in our current Australian climate.

Moving Parts
Short and intense, David Nobay's debut play is explosively powerful and darkly disturbing.

Top Girls
A splendid production of Caryl Churchill’s play, as fresh and powerful as if written yesterday.