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Musical Theatre & Cabaret
Live Review

Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Brisbane)

Marvellously produced, cleverly staged, Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a glorious heart-warming tale and a sure-fired five-star success.

September 6, 2021
Classical Music, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera
Live Review

Review: Street Scene (Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University )

Kurt Weill’s wonderful score of Street Scene is given a fine musical interpretation but proves to be a challenging work for the opera students.

September 6, 2021
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Boy Swallows Universe (Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival & QPAC)

This new stage adaptation captures the big heart of Dalton's much-loved book and delivers it with inventive stagecraft and cinematic flair.

September 5, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Queensland’s Finest (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

The QSO’s Queensland’s Finest program featured three of Queensland’s brightest young classical artists – a composer, a conductor and a pianist – in a high quality and joyous program.

September 5, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: French Wind Music (Musica Viva)

Stepping into the void after a COVID cancellation, this quartet of Adelaide musicians delivered a very fine performance of 20th-century French chamber works.

August 31, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Around the World (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

A breezy, fun morning of sparkling orchestral favourites, which didn't always gel as a cohesive whole but which offered smooth sailing from QSO (and no jetlag).

August 30, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Bach’s Universe (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra)

This program of Bach's music is just the thing for an anxious world and is superbly performed by the ABO musicians and Jonas Zschenderlein, but the editing lets them down.

August 30, 2021
Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Asher Fisch conducts The Planets (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

An attention to detail and a sophisticated handling of the entire spectrum of orchestral colours rendered this performance a triumph.

August 30, 2021
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Every Brilliant Thing (Black Swan State Theatre Company)

Luke Hewitt’s narration of his character’s growth from childhood to a battered but resolute middle age drives the show, with its list of brilliant things to fill your heart and mind.

August 28, 2021
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Nocturna (The Kabuki Drop)

Ian Sinclair's new play about humans and their pets moves between screwball comedy and increasingly surreal diatribes delivered by the feline protagonist.

August 27, 2021
Opera
Live Review

Review: Angels & Devils (Freeze Frame Opera)

Freeze Frame Opera’s Puccini double bill brilliantly reimagines Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi in an absorbing, unforgettable, and occasionally shocking, evening of opera.

August 27, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Ensemble Q (Musica Viva livestream)

The "tour of a lifetime" is pared back to a superb digital live one-off for Paul Dean’s new masterwork.

August 24, 2021
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Chamber Players 1: Showcase (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

An intimate chamber concert featuring percussion and the brass and wind ensembles of the QSO made for a delightful afternoon program of well-crafted music.

August 23, 2021

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