Music
Musical Review: West Side Story, QPAC
Touches of brilliance in this staging of a classic but lacks menace and urgency.
‘Tell me how it ends’: 2021 Melbourne Writers Festival program revealed
At a time of uncertainty, does the end signal hope, despair, or simply a new beginning? This is the challenge…
Event streaming: Pros and cons from the armchair viewer
As the nation continues to adjust to the new reality of life with COVID-19, artists are turning to event streaming…
Opera Australia postpones Phantom of the Opera until 2022
Advance ticket sales of $20M could not save the blockbuster musical from the real phantom stalking our arts centres: COVID-19.
COVID-chaos disrupts July, hopes for August
SA’s snap lockdown halts Illuminate Adelaide; Australian Festival of Chamber Music cancels 30th anniversary; Winter Jazz Fest hopes for August.
Live music receives targeted support as pandemic continues
New funding support for the COVID-impacted live music sector is available in QLD and NSW.
Opera Review: The Marriage of Figaro, Opera Queensland
Froth and scandal: a classic that bears modern resonance.
Artist-driven vaccination campaign urges audiences to play a part in pandemic recovery
Victorian audiences are being urged to give the ‘performance of a lifetime’ by getting vaccinated.
Theatre Review: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Adelaide Guitar Festival
Stories of love and loss at the fall of a bridge.
$75M in lockdown relief for NSW performing arts orgs
The NSW Government has announced a quick turn-around support package for performing arts organisations and music venues, impacted by the…