Urgent action required to save NSW venues
John Wardle from the Live Music Office laments the recent closures of three high-profile venues in NSW, and looks at how we can make nightlife vibrant after COVID.
February 18, 2022
Skye McIntosh gives us the time of day for Haydn’s Solar Poetics
Ahead of Haydn’s Solar Poetics, their three-concerts-in-a-day extravaganza, Australian Haydn Ensemble artistic director Skye McIntosh talks about the year ahead - AHE's 10th.
February 17, 2022
The challenge and thrill of staging North by Northwest
Director Simon Phillips and actors David Campbell and Amber McMahon discuss the hugely successful stage adaptation of Hitchcock's spy thriller as it arrives in Sydney.
February 16, 2022
Listen to the Australian Art Music playlist: February 2022
Cameron Lam spotlights the violin and its repertoire, from solo works to concertos, players and composers in this month's playlist of Australian art music.
February 15, 2022
Erin Helyard plans to resonate in South Australia
Pinchgut's AD talks about 'old' pianos and curating a multi-concert series at UKARIA, running over a long weekend, for the Adelaide Festival.
February 14, 2022
Southern Cross Soloists is creating a new canon of works for didgeridoo
Ahead of the SXS 2022 season launch, Tania Frazer and Chris Williams talk about commissioning works for didgeridoo and chamber ensemble, and teaching composers how to write for the instrument.
February 11, 2022
Robert Bondara is staying en pointe
One of the most sought-after choreographers, with several new projects in development around the world, Robert Bondara talks about the Australian premiere of Take Me With You at West Australian Ballet.
February 10, 2022
Saluting forgotten female composers of centuries past
Sally Melhuish, Artistic Director of Salut! Baroque, shines a light on Portraits of Marianna Martines, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Maddalena Casulana.
February 10, 2022
Joel Carnegie: Stardust in his eyes
ABC presenter Joel Carnegie discusses his solo show Stardust about his jazz musician grandfather, which is touring with Tom Molyneux's performance about his Gunditjmara great-great-uncle.
February 8, 2022
Chris Howlett reflects on ten years of the 3MBS Marathon
On the eve of his tenth and final 3MBS Marathon, this year focussed on Tchaikovsky, Artistic Director Chris Howlett reflects the origins of the event, and where the marathon now sits in Melbourne's classical calendar.
February 4, 2022
The Director’s Diary: Part 1
In the first of three articles, Shaun Rennie offers some fascinating insights into his work on OA's La Bohème and Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour, as well as Bell Shakespeare's new musical The Lovers.
February 3, 2022
World Premiere: Bianca Gannon’s Utter Stutter Flutter
Bianca Gannon writes about her new work, which draws heavily on Indonesian music traditions – in particular the angklung, an instrument made of bamboo tubes attached to bamboo frames.
February 2, 2022
Ensemble Theatre inaugurates Tracey Trinder Playwright’s Award for women writers
Killing Katie is currently playing at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre. It was Tracey Trinder's first and last play, commissioned and rehearsed before she died last year. There is now an award named in her honour.
February 1, 2022