Reviews
Morning Melodies: View from the Wings
A delightful tribute to two of Australia's best loved and most respected music theatre stars, Jill Perryman and Kevan Johnston.
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…
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.
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…
After Boom Boom
Brisbane’s newest independent theatre company unveiled their premiere production this week; any deficiencies it had were compensated for by plenty…