Festivals
Music review: Governor’s Gala: Romance isn’t Dead, Yet…, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music Governor’s Gala offered splendid playing of some of the most romantic music ever written.
Music review: Opening Applause, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Two premieres and two perennial favourites open the 2023 Australian Chamber Music Festival in Townsville with a well-chosen and beautifully…
What happens when a tram line throws a party?
The Eighty-Six is a new festival celebrating the concentrated cluster of live music venues in Melbourne’s inner north.
Festival review: Illuminate Adelaide, from Arborialis to City Lights
Bringing light to Adelaide in the depths of winter, Illuminate is a relatively young festival that’s already making its mark.
At your fingertips: a one-stop shop for arts and culture
Creative Whitehorse brings together a wide range of cultural offerings, from theatre and exhibitions to workshops and heritage spaces in…
A spectacle of immersive and experimental ideas, in HOTA's intimate spaces
HOTA’s Underground 2023 festival will entertain and tantalise, with narratives daring and subversive.
Celebrating the fusion of light art, technology and music
Illuminate Adelaide explores and celebrates the overlap between creativity and technology.
Robert Lepage opera announced for Adelaide Festival 2024
Stravinsky’s ‘The Nightingale and Other Fables’ has been programmed by Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie CBE next year, with more tentpole…
Festival review: A Divine Comedy and more, Dark Mofo 2023
From thrillingly transgressive dance-theatre to the debauchery of Night Mass, Dark Mofo remains an alluring and challenging spectacle.
Celebrating the joy of singing in the heart of winter
From professional singers to passionate amateurs, Tasmania’s Festival of Voices celebrates the human voice in all its forms.