Melbourne
ANAM 2013 Opening Performance
Apart from excellent music making, the emphasis of the Australian National Academy of Music’s 2013 Opening Performance was on youth.
Blue/Orange
Independent theatre company Mockingbird start their debut season with Joe Penhall’s play about mental illness, over-medicalisation, race and the politics…
Hate
Written for the 1988 Australian Bicentenary, Stephen Sewell’s play about a wealthy political family and their monstrous and manipulative patriarch…
Trevor Ashley’s I’m Every Woman
With 27 dresses, 14 wigs and a powerful, versatile voice, 'Trashley' transforms into the world’s legendary divas with the help…
Nigel Westlake’s The Glass Soldier
The future of classical music in Australia is in good hands with performers of this calibre.
Opera on a White Night
Victorian Opera celebrated the arrival of its new Artistic Director Richard Mills with a glorious tribute to the operatic voice,…
At Last, The Etta James Story
This narrative concert about the famous American singer features riveting performances from Vika Bull and band, but is let down…
I’ll Be Your Mirror
Four years after the first Australian leg of All Tomorrow’s Parties, the boutique festival returned with two carefully curated days…
Alexander Gavrylyuk
What can be written about pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk than has not already been canvassed by an adoring press, here and…
Kiss Me Like You Mean It
Chris Chibnall’s delightful play about the eternal truths that govern relationships features witty, natural-sounding dialogue and appealing, well-crafted characters.