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Jazz
Live Review

Review: Ibrahim Maalouf (Melbourne International Jazz Festival)

An exhilarating wedding party-themed concert, played at blistering pace and punctuated with rousing trumpet playing.

October 27, 2025
Opera, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Penelope (Alta Collective and Young Voices of Melbourne)

American composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Penelope offers a refreshing contemporary female perspective on an ancient tale.

October 27, 2025
Jazz
Live Review

Review: The Great Reset (Melbourne International Jazz Festival)

Sunny Kim, Joanna Duda and Helen Svoboda deliver a joyously and idiosyncratic set to redraw genre boundaries.

October 27, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Impressions of Paris (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Nicholas McCarthy makes an impressive MSO debut, comfortably accounting for the technical and interpretative demands of Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

October 26, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: American Song (Flying Penguin Productions & State Theatre Company South Australia)

Brilliantly delivered, this searing monodrama examines the personal impact of America's gun culture.

October 26, 2025
Jazz
Live Review

Review: Samara Joy (SIMA & City Recital Hall)

A voice for the generations, Samara Joy shows us what all the fuss is about.

October 26, 2025
Jazz
Live Review

Review: Gary Bartz – NTU Redux: The Eternal Tenure of Sound (Melbourne International Jazz Festival)

Aged 85, Gary Bartz remains a master musician, a seeker of new influences and inspirations.

October 25, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical (Hayes Theatre Co)

Completely daft and deliciously funny, this musical tribute to Australia's greatest horse (yeah, Kiwis ... we know) is a winner straight out of the gate.

October 24, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: 4 Minutes, 12 Seconds (Crying Chair Theatre, Secret House & Flight Path Theatre)

A digital worst-case scenario supercharged with class anxiety, cliffhanger moments and jaw-dropping reveals.

October 24, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Roméo et Juliette (State Opera South Australia)

Convincing performances and a visually arresting production thrust Shakespeare’s tragedy into the contemporary world.

October 24, 2025
Jazz
Live Review

Review: Bill Frisell Trio (John Cristian Productions)

Bill Frisell brings a symphonic sweep to a spellbinding masterclass with his telepathic trio.

October 24, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Heart is a Wasteland (Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company)

An intense but troubled love affair reflects the pain of traumatised Country in John Harvey's road-movie-like two-hander.

October 23, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in Recital (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

Bavouzet’s musicianship goes far beyond mere mastery of the technical difficulties in Ravel's works.

October 21, 2025

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