Victoria's Kingussie Trio make a triumphant return to the 2026 competition, securing the First Prize.
Four performers and two composers join Dots+Loops for residencies and mentorship, with new works to be premiered at NONSTOP in December.
In The Enormous Radio, Roslyn Oades and Bob Scott turn a circle of vintage radios into a listening station for the animal world.
Active in Western Australia’s classical music community for more than four decades, Bonds was a skilled performer, educator, arranger and composer.
Meow Meow the first to play an intimate new performance and events venue overlooking Melbourne’s Arts Precinct.
In a career spanning Australian television and British and American theatre, Ted Craig combined a director’s versatility with an actor’s understanding of performance.
Victorian Opera takes us inside its new adaptation of Helen Garner’s award-winning novel The Spare Room.
Going solo in 2024, Joshua Batty talks about how he is expanding the flute repertoire.
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A program of Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky showcases these very special sibling talents.
A big warm hug of a show, full of deft theatrical touches and calculated mischief.
An uneasy meditation on the stories we tell ourselves and others.
Gamba duo Byrne and Vaughan traverse the centuries with delicate ease.
Splendid singing by Helena Dix, Rosario La Spina and Christopher Hillier compensates for a potboiler plot.
The Egyptian queen takes centre stage in this trimmed down version of The Bard’s historical tragedy.
Dominic Flynn's new work draws sonic material from a 1830s transcription that "fails to preserve" a traditional Palawa song.
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A new Melbourne Conservatorium of Music production brings Handel’s opera to life with period practice, fluid casting and youthful energy.
Twenty-five years after founding her innovative contemporary dance company, Lucy Guerin is ready to embrace the next chapter in her career.
Victorian Opera takes us inside its new adaptation of Helen Garner’s award-winning novel The Spare Room.
As he prepares to tour Australia with a multi-sensory, all-Australian program, the harpist-composer chats about what's in store.
Ahead of his Sibelius cycle with the ASO, Mark Wigglesworth talks about the composer’s radical reinvention of the symphony.
By the end of his epic Brisbane Festival concert, Bowman will have explored virtually every corner of Bach's musical imagination.
Victoria's Kingussie Trio make a triumphant return to the 2026 competition, securing the First Prize.
Active in Western Australia’s classical music community for more than four decades, Bonds was a skilled performer, educator, arranger and composer.
A program of Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn and Stravinsky showcases these very special sibling talents.
An arts lawyer and major contributor to the Australian arts sector, Shane Simpson will oversee the competition's 50th anniversary.
Dominic Flynn's new work draws sonic material from a 1830s transcription that "fails to preserve" a traditional Palawa song.
Ten Australian composers will see large-scale orchestral works recorded at Trackdown Studios this October.
A Kosky Kafka and a Castellucci Bartók among the keystone events of the 2027 Adelaide Festival.
Splendid singing by Helena Dix, Rosario La Spina and Christopher Hillier compensates for a potboiler plot.
State Opera South Australia finds a compelling darkness and light in Humperdinck’s enchanted forest.
Victorian Opera takes us inside its new adaptation of Helen Garner’s award-winning novel The Spare Room.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
In a career spanning Australian television and British and American theatre, Ted Craig combined a director’s versatility with an actor’s understanding of performance.
In The Enormous Radio, Roslyn Oades and Bob Scott turn a circle of vintage radios into a listening station for the animal world.
A big warm hug of a show, full of deft theatrical touches and calculated mischief.
An uneasy meditation on the stories we tell ourselves and others.
A Kosky Kafka and a Castellucci Bartók among the keystone events of the 2027 Adelaide Festival.
Set designer Keerthi Subramanyam, costume designer Jennifer Irwin and lighting designer Paul Jackson are among those honoured.
Set designer Keerthi Subramanyam, costume designer Jennifer Irwin and lighting designer Paul Jackson are among those honoured.
From symphonic reinvention to new theatrical worlds, Limelight's September issue spotlights artists reshaping tradition while forging their own futures.
Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's September 2026 magazine.
Twenty-five years after founding her innovative contemporary dance company, Lucy Guerin is ready to embrace the next chapter in her career.
The Farm's Co-Artistic Director Gavin Webber introduces its new production, which addresses mortality and premieres at Brisbane Festival.
Powerful physical performances but one of Australia's most skilled storytelling voices feels reduced to a whisper.
A monodrama steeped in musical history brings us brutally into the present day.
Harpist Emily Granger's seventh album is aptly named.
Stasevska and the BBC give terrific performances of under-heard Ukrainian music.
Hough digs deep to find a treasure chest of miniature gems.
Second time around proves even better care of period instruments.
Sensitive singing and pianism bring Mahler’s early songs to vivid life.
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Our specialist writers analyse this year’s offerings in theatres and concert halls.
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