Limelight

10 November, 2026

Classical Music, News, Opera, Theatre

Introducing the December 2026 edition of Limelight

From live film scores and provocative theatre to musical discoveries and the stories behind Australia’s great performance spaces, our December issue celebrates the arts in all their variety.

10 November, 2026

News, Theatre

La Boite announces 2027 season

The Brisbane company combines Queensland premieres, returning favourites and ambitious new work as it prepares for a change of artistic leadership.

10 November, 2026

Classical Music

Limelight’s Novel 100: Your top tracks (76-100)

Discover the top tracks that make up our playlist of Australia's favourite art music in 2026.

11 November, 2026

Classical Music, News, Vocal & Choral

Australian Boys Choir announces 2027 season

The choir marks its 88th consecutive year with a landmark Bach collaboration, a return to Leipzig and a new work by Australian composer Mary Finsterer.

4 November, 2026

Classical Music

Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: November 2026 – New & Recent Releases

Cameron Lam showcases the latest Australian releases across Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art in this month’s playlist.

10 November, 2026

News

ASO launches new community chorus

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra is inviting singers from across the community to audition for a new ensemble.

19 October, 2026

Uncategorised

Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Noble by Name

This month, Guy Noble discusses nominative determinism and what might have happened if Donald Trump had a different surname. As for his own name . . .

19 October, 2026

Classical Music

Fasten Your Seatbelts

Dean Bryant was keen to cast Christie Whelan Browne in the stage adaptation of All About Eve. But should she play Margo or Eve? Why not both?

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Live Reviews

Classical Music, Vocal & Choral

Live Review

Review: Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey (Musica Viva Australia)

A soaring musical conversation between birdsong, recorders and choral masterpieces across the centuries.

November 10, 2026

Classical Music

Live Review

Review: Simone Young conducts Mozart & Bach (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Gratitude and grief meet in a daughter’s musical tribute to her mother.

November 9, 2026

Chamber, Classical Music

Live Review

Review: Distracted Minds (Apeiron Baroque)

Musical spirit and technical accomplishment create something much greater than the sum of its parts.

November 9, 2026

Theatre

Live Review

Review: Scenes from a Friendship (Outhouse Theatre Co & Old Fitzroy Theatre)

British writer Jane Upton's roller-coaster portrait of what it is to become adults reminds us what friends are really for.

November 9, 2026

Opera

Live Review

Review: La bohème (Opera Australia)

A memorable new production of Puccini's tragic romance makes its debut with a fine cast in an imperfect venue.

November 9, 2026

Classical Music

Live Review

Review: Mischa Maisky & Lily Maisky in Recital (Arts Centre Melbourne and touring)

Cellist Mischa Maisky could not wish for a better accompanist than his own daughter.

November 7, 2026

The Sound of Dread

How The Necks made minimalism menacing in The Boys, one of the works newly inducted into the National Songbook.

4 November, 2026

Audiovisual, Visual Art

Music from within

Charles Brooks' photographs of the mysterious internal spaces of musical instruments have travelled the world. A new exhibition allows you to feel like you're on the inside.

4 November, 2026

Classical Music

Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: November 2026 – New & Recent Releases

Cameron Lam showcases the latest Australian releases across Classical, Jazz, and Sound Art in this month’s playlist.

4 November, 2026

Chamber, Classical Music

World Premiere: 85 Seconds to Midnight

Melbourne composer Robert McIntyre discusses his new work and finding hope in the stark topic of climate change.

19 October, 2026

Classical Music, Opera

Out with the New, in with the Old

Opera Australia’s new production of La bohème turns its back on our digital world in favour of paint, cloth and handmade theatre.

30 October, 2026

Supported by

Live and loud

The team behind Musica Viva Australia’s education program On the Wireless encourages students to listen deeply – and to get loud!

19 October, 2026

Classical Music

Fasten Your Seatbelts

Dean Bryant was keen to cast Christie Whelan Browne in the stage adaptation of All About Eve. But should she play Margo or Eve? Why not both?

19 October, 2026

Classical Music

Read the November 2026 issue of Limelight

Classical Music

Classical Music, News, Vocal & Choral

news

Australian Boys Choir announces 2027 season

The choir marks its 88th consecutive year with a landmark Bach collaboration, a return to Leipzig and a new work by Australian composer Mary Finsterer.

November 11, 2026

Classical Music, News, Opera, Theatre

news

Introducing the December 2026 edition of Limelight

From live film scores and provocative theatre to musical discoveries and the stories behind Australia’s great performance spaces, our December issue celebrates the arts in all their variety.

November 10, 2026

Classical Music

news

Limelight’s Novel 100: Your top tracks (76-100)

Discover the top tracks that make up our playlist of Australia's favourite art music in 2026.

November 10, 2026

Classical Music, Vocal & Choral

Live Review

Review: Latvian Radio Choir & Genevieve Lacey (Musica Viva Australia)

A soaring musical conversation between birdsong, recorders and choral masterpieces across the centuries.

November 10, 2026

Classical Music

Live Review

Review: Simone Young conducts Mozart & Bach (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Gratitude and grief meet in a daughter’s musical tribute to her mother.

November 9, 2026

Chamber, Classical Music

Live Review

Review: Distracted Minds (Apeiron Baroque)

Musical spirit and technical accomplishment create something much greater than the sum of its parts.

November 9, 2026

Opera

Classical Music, News, Opera, Theatre

news

Introducing the December 2026 edition of Limelight

From live film scores and provocative theatre to musical discoveries and the stories behind Australia’s great performance spaces, our December issue celebrates the arts in all their variety.

November 10, 2026

Opera

Live Review

Review: La bohème (Opera Australia)

A memorable new production of Puccini's tragic romance makes its debut with a fine cast in an imperfect venue.

November 9, 2026

News, Opera

news

Nina Korbe announced as QSO’s Artist-in-Association

The First Nations opera star to feature alongside the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in several concerts in its 2027 season.

November 3, 2026

Opera

Live Review

Review: The Emperor of Atlantis & The Prisoner (The Cooperative)

On a shoestring and with some exceptional musical performances, The Cooperative finds its niche by plunging us into humanity’s dark side.

October 31, 2026

Dance, Festivals, News, Opera, Theatre

news

Perth Festival 2027: Mischief, beauty, intensity

The 74th Perth Festival combines international music names with First Nations commissions, European theatre and dance, and large-scale works across the city, river and coastline.

October 29, 2026

Chamber, Dance, Festivals, Opera, Theatre

news

Adelaide Festival unveils 2027 program

Matthew Lutton looks to the otherworldly, surreal and fantastical in his second year as Artistic Director.

October 27, 2026

Theatre

News, Theatre

news

La Boite announces 2027 season

The Brisbane company combines Queensland premieres, returning favourites and ambitious new work as it prepares for a change of artistic leadership.

November 10, 2026

Classical Music, News, Opera, Theatre

news

Introducing the December 2026 edition of Limelight

From live film scores and provocative theatre to musical discoveries and the stories behind Australia’s great performance spaces, our December issue celebrates the arts in all their variety.

November 10, 2026

Theatre

Live Review

Review: Scenes from a Friendship (Outhouse Theatre Co & Old Fitzroy Theatre)

British writer Jane Upton's roller-coaster portrait of what it is to become adults reminds us what friends are really for.

November 9, 2026

News, Theatre

news

Sport for Jove pauses summer season citing rising costs

"Sustaining ambitious, professional, independent theatre in Australia has become increasingly difficult," says company founder Damien Ryan.

November 6, 2026

Theatre

Live Review

Review: Dracula (Shake & Stir Theatre Co)

Shake & Stir conjure Bram Stoker's count in a gothic world of shadows and smoke.

November 2, 2026

Theatre

Live Review

Review: Jacky (Black Swan State Theatre Company & Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company)

Declan Furber Gillick's biting comic portrait of racial and economic exploitation turns the mirror on the arts industry, too.

November 1, 2026

Dance

Dance, News

news

Queensland Ballet takes 2027 season beyond Brisbane

Australian premiere of Doña Perón, return of Hamlet and a new Nutcracker headline Ivan Gil-Ortega’s second season.

November 9, 2026

Dance

Live Review

Review: Copland Dance Episodes (The Australian Ballet)

In a stroke of genius, Justin Peck allows us to see the music as well as hear it, while the dancers knock it out of the park

November 7, 2026

Dance, Festivals, News, Opera, Theatre

news

Perth Festival 2027: Mischief, beauty, intensity

The 74th Perth Festival combines international music names with First Nations commissions, European theatre and dance, and large-scale works across the city, river and coastline.

October 29, 2026

Chamber, Dance, Festivals, Opera, Theatre

news