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‘Big Name, No Blankets’ premiered at Sydney Festival 2024. Photo: Brett Boardman. Close up of some of the cast of Big Name No Blankets, a man in front has his arms up holding clapsticks, bright stage lights in the background give the feeling of an epic rock show.
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Performance review: Big Name, No Blankets, Sydney Festival

Sydney Festival’s electrifying show about the Warumpi Band whose music changed lives, is one that truly rocks.

Anoushka Shankar. Woman sitting playing sitar against a black background.
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Music review: Anoushka Shankar, Sydney Festival

Anoushka Shankar and her band delighted in reworking Hindustani music for an appreciative crowd.

Orpheus & Eurydice. Minimal white stage set featuring a cage, with acrobats and opera singers.
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Opera review: Orpheus & Eurydice, Sydney Festival

Far from detracting from the enjoyment, acrobats add to the complexities of this classic opera.

Il Tabarro. Four opera singers dressed in period nautical gear sing from the prow of a ship.
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Opera review: Il Tabarro, Sydney Festival

Ambitiously staged aboard a lightship, this production struggled to stay afloat.

Grease. A group of musical theatre performers dressed in 50s clothes sit and stand on the stage facing forward.
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Musical review: Grease: The Musical, Her Majesty's Theatre

It's colourful and energetic certainly, but this production does not do anything to update the original flavour.

Queensland Music Festival Music Trails Program
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Queensland Music Festival expanding, recommiting to regional engagement

With new funding and programming, the festival dramatically reinvented itself during COVID.

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Musical Theatre review: The Choir of Man, Arts Centre Melbourne

Singing and dancing in a pub setting brings frothy joy to all.

Publicity image for Future D. Fidel's 'La Belle Epoque' at Theatre Works. Photo: Morgan Roberts. A black man is seen emerging from the shadows with a large chain necklace and what appears to be a floating crown above his head.
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What’s in store in 2024 for the performing arts (part five)

From indie theatre to choral masterpieces, 2024 has much to offer in the performing arts.

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Concert review: Spirit of Christmas, QPAC

The Christmas spirit was well and truly alive at QPAC.

A male aerialist has suspended under a white spotlight.
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Performance review: Gatsby at the Green Light, The Studio, Sydney Opera House

Craig Ilott and Stuart Couzens have adapted 'The Great Gatsby' into an exhilarating performance set in a 1920s bar.  

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