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Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Mary Poppins (Disney, Cameron Mackintosh and Michael Cassel Group)

The musical is as practically perfect as the beloved nanny herself, and explodes from the stage with colour and joy.

May 27, 2022
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
Live Review

Review: Cinderella (Crossroads Live/Opera Australia)

An enjoyable confection of songs and visual treats with a story tweaked for the 21st century.

May 27, 2022
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Before the Meeting (White Box Theatre)

Despite strong performances and some moments that really land, this show makes one wonder – why stage this play in Australia at all?

May 26, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Mefistofele in Concert (Opera Australia)

Great Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto shines in this concert performance of a Faustian obscurity by Arrigo Boito.

May 26, 2022
Chamber, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Coriole Music Festival

Despite a few last-minute COVID upheavals, this unique festival showcased some ingenious programming, including two impressive new works by Andrew Ford and Anne Cawrse.

May 25, 2022
Opera
Live Review

Review: Festival of Outback Opera (Opera Queensland)

This festival is an extraordinary achievement in improving accessibility to opera and the arts more broadly.

May 24, 2022
Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Songs for the Soul (The Giovanni Consort)

This was a delightful concert despite challenging circumstances, one that showed the depth of repertoire by female composers in a gender-equal program.

May 23, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Austrian Encounters (Australian Boys Choir, The Vocal Consort, Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra)

A neglected choral gem by Papa Haydn’s younger brother gets its first performance in 250 years, and what a magnificent piece it is.

May 23, 2022
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Obscura II – milaythina (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)

This TSO concert was a celebration of our differences, our similarities, our histories and traditions.

May 23, 2022
Classical Music, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Mozart’s Requiem (Queensland Symphony Orchestra)

Election day Requiem overcomes death and politics to shine brightly.

May 23, 2022
Musical Theatre & Cabaret
Live Review

Review: Driftwood the Musical (Umbrella Productions)

This true story about artists fleeing the Holocaust is sincere to a fault.

May 23, 2022
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Michael Cassel Group)

Significantly shorter than the original two-part production, this new take is just as magical.

May 20, 2022
Chamber, Classical Music, Orchestral
Live Review

Review: Miracles in the Age of Reason (Canberra Symphony Orchestra)

Benjamin Bayl leads Canberra Symphony Orchestra through a beautiful selection of baroque, and baroque-inspired, masterpieces.

May 20, 2022

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