Music
Music review: Orchestra Unwrapped – Magic, Festival Theatre
Family-friendly and bite-sized musical offerings from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was broad enough a selection to please all.
Music review: Brisbane Tango Orchestra, The Old Museum
The Brisbane Tango Orchestra presents new music composed by bandoneón soloist Owen Salomé in an exciting and stimulating concert program.
Performance review: JUDY • AUSTRALIA • 1964, National Theatre
The story of Judy Garland’s dramatic concert tour of Australia in 1964 has everything you want in a musical performance.
How international festivals enrich their local arts ecologies
Four artists and four festival directors discuss the many ways major festivals support and nurture the national arts ecology.
Performance review: Devastating Beauty, Motley Bauhaus
Christopher Fieldus performs a one-person cabaret show, telling stories about their personal life punctuated with interpretations of modern songs.
Concert review: If It Be Your Will: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, Jonesway Theatre
A tribute to the singer-songwriter through poetry and song.
Performance review: House of the Heart, Melbourne Chinese Museum
The spectacular Dragon Gallery at Melbourne’s Chinese Museum provides a lush background for a cabaret show about home, love and…
Performance review: Tale of the Fire Phoenix, Adelaide Festival Centre
An ancient tale of rebirth and transformation.
Theatre review: La Vie En Rouge, The Speakeasy Theatre
A succinct and sensitive cabaret explores sex work during La Belle Époque.
Million-dollar music program to aid flood-affected Vic regions
Music Victoria will deliver a $1 million program to support local businesses and provide job opportunities for local musicians as…