The October 2025 issue is now available for Limelight subscribers to read. Available in two formats, you can explore the magazine through our flipbook version or read each article individually through our website.

Inside this issue

Kate Mulvany digs deep as the curtain rises on her adaptation of The Shiralee.

by Steve Dow

Pianist Nicholas McCarthy on the joys of playing one-handed repertoire.

by Elissa Blake

Stephen Page teaches William Barton and Omega Ensemble to dance.

by Jane Albert

What is synaesthesia? We ask how it affects music makers and their audience.

by Jansson J. Antmann

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