Music
How are commercial shows faring post-COVID?
While stadium gigs and major musicals have returned, show business must jump hurdles to bring us the biggest names in…
Concert review: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble, Adelaide Festival
A superb display of the immense appeal of chamber music from a unique British ensemble.
Theatre review: An American in Paris, Arts Centre Melbourne
Old fashioned charms set to Gershwin tunes. Who could ask for anything more?
Performance review: Thunderhead
An audio-visual experience that mapped the forces of nature.
Pandemic pushback by programming bold and big
Chatswood Culture Bites is a new festival-come-season that has programmed over 300 artists to help audiences re-emerge with vigour.
Opera Review: La Juive, Opera Australia
There are few entry points for new audiences to this opera, which is unfortunately bleak for our times.
Awards offer musical community a chance to shine
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) are calling on members to support their community by making a nomination…
Concert review: Watershed, Adelaide Festival
This compelling and deeply moving act of communal remembrance features a libretto co-written by Christos Tsiolkas and Alana Valentine.
A new chapter unites physical theatre and orchestra
Aerial extraordinaire Legs On The Wall and Willoughby Symphony Orchestra will present another iteration of orchestral delight in Chatswood.
New youth orchestra founded in Western Sydney
A new youth orchestra recently launched in Western Sydney is the first step in establishing a professional orchestra for the…