Review: Emilia (Essential Theatre)
An unsubtly fierce, fun mix of Shakespearean-era fact and contemporary feminist speculation.
An unsubtly fierce, fun mix of Shakespearean-era fact and contemporary feminist speculation.
Johannes Fritzsch conducts a celebration of Bohemian music, including Smetana's Má vlast, Janáček's Taras Bulba and Brent Grapes' world premiere performance of Nigel Westlake's Trumpet Concerto.
This home-grown, semi-staged concert version is pretty darn good and a real crowd-pleaser.
In its Australian debut, the sax quartet, with violin, performs a seamless program of Bach, Weil and Gershwin, showcasing an exemplary sense of balance, clarity and tone.
Traversing time and place, this must-see play examines the oil industry, empire and greed through the microcosm of a timeless mother-daughter relationship.
This family comedy has an impressive set and shining musical numbers, but is a bit too eager for a happy ending.
Andrea Keller's ideal mid-week concert allows listeners to indulge in meditative escapism.
Updated to 1953, and with an Aussie Elsie, this good-looking production misses too many opportunities.
With music performed by Elena Kats-Chernin, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs and Taiko drummers, choreographer Paulina Quinteros has fashioned a genre-defying display that deserves more than one viewing.
Pianist Jonathan Biss demonstrates dignified introspection in a fine Beethoven concert that also features the Australian premiere of Brett Dean's Gneixendorf Music, a Winter’s Journey.
Among an excellent cast, Anthony Warlow gives the most complex portrayal as Captain E.J. Smith, but problems with the production detract from their performance.
Heather Mitchell gives a magnificent performance in Suzie Miller's one-woman play about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, highlighting the play's strengths and smoothing its bumps.
If this First Nations-led contemporary circus ensemble can maintain the raw physicality displayed in this piece, it will be walking a sure path to success.