Performing Arts
Opera review: Aphrodite, Carriageworks
A collaboration between the Sydney Chamber Opera and Omega Ensemble that favours cerebral engagement over emotional impact.
Theatre review: Blackrock, The MC Showroom
Nick Enright's 'Blackrock' is sadly as relevant today as it was in 1995 when it was first performed.
Theatre review: Happy-Go-Wrong, fortyfivedownstairs
This exploration of chronic illness fuelled existential angst doesn’t make the leap from fringe festival circuit to the fortyfivedownstairs stage.
Cake and Carmen as Canberra Theatre Centre celebrates its 60th anniversary
Canberra Theatre Centre opened in 1965, and more than 10 million people have attended its productions in the six decades…
Theatre review: Coriolanus, The Neilson Nutshell
A lesser-performed Shakespeare play still bears relevance to today.
Performance review: The Offering, Riverside Theatres
A poet and a cellist combine forces for a powerful night out.
Theatre review: The Play That Goes Wrong, Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House
On its 10th anniversary this play is as silly and entertaining as it was a decade ago.
The rise of DIY audio dramas: is podcast fiction the new fringe theatre?
With podcasting on the rise, Australian theatre-makers are turning to audio drama as an accessible, creative and increasingly professional storytelling…
Theatre review: Super, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
A super entertaining experience.
So you want my arts job: MusicNSW CEO
Joe Muller, the Managing Director for NSW's peak body for contemporary music, always finds time to catch some live tunes…