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Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

This concert of well-loved classics spotlit WA talent, with clarinettist Ashley Smith receiving a rock-star reception from students in the audience, while the orchestra was in fine form.

May 2, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals, Instrumental
Live Review

Review: While You Sleep (Sal Cooper and Kate Neal/Canberra International Music Festival)

The experience of While You Sleep is total, inescapable. It is mesmerising, perplexing, captivating and frustrating, just like a dream.

May 1, 2022
Dance
Live Review

Review: Kunstkamer (The Australian Ballet)

Kunstkamer is a masterpiece and this production by The Australian Ballet exceeds all expectations, proving a triumph for AD David Hallberg and the dancers.

May 1, 2022
Dance
Live Review

Review: Petrushka (Game, Set, Match) (Scott Elstermann)

Despite strong performances, this update of Nijinsky's 1911 ballet only reinforces that the racial and sexual politics of the original are best left in the past.

April 30, 2022
Classical Music, Festivals, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: The Creation (Sydney Chamber Choir/Australian Haydn Ensemble)

Australia's first-ever period-instrument presentation of The Creation reveals the fresh vitality and range of colours in Haydn’s score.

April 30, 2022
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Prima Facie (Harold Pinter Theatre)

Jodie Comer is riveting in the West End debut of Suzie Miller's bracing one-woman #MeToo monologue.

April 29, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: The Marriage of Figaro (The Cooperative)

The Cooperative's no-frills Figaro gives the audience the opportunity to focus on musicianship and a libretto that is as relevant today as it was when it was written.

April 29, 2022
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Much Ado About Nothing (Izabella Louk Presents)

A merry band of young theatremakers breathes new joy into one of Shakespeare's zippiest comedies.

April 29, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Borderlands (Van Diemen’s Band, Musica Viva Australia)

An inspired exercise in musical curation, expertly delivered.

April 29, 2022
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Mozart’s Clarinet (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra)

Cracked clarinet was an ill wind that blew some good in the end.

April 29, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Mystic Dances (Melbourne Recital Centre)

Inspired by Debussy, three musicians have teamed up to devise an entire program of seven short-ish pieces by Australian composers for viola, flute and harp.

April 27, 2022
Dance
Live Review

Review: Leap (Neil Gooding Productions)

A new dance entertainment choreographed by Amy Campbell has megawatts of energy but insufficient focus.

April 26, 2022
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Dvořák’s New World (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

A new work by Elliott Gyger, fearsome musicality from Paavali Jumppanen and a fond farewell to Leanne Glover made for a special concert.

April 26, 2022

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