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Opera
Live Review

Review: Samson et Dalila (Melbourne Opera)

A new production of Saint-Saëns’s Old Testament tale respects tradition while refreshing it with sophisticated minimalist design.

June 2, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Grieg’s Piano Concerto (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra)

Elim Chan's nuanced and spirited conducting and Alexander Gavrylyuk's pianistic brilliance made for a perfect partnership.

June 2, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Rhinestone Rex and Miss Monica (Queensland Theatre)

Retaining the same cast since its 2010 premiere, the passing years have been kind to David Williamson's last-chance-for-love rom com.

June 2, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Love and Information (Theatre Works)

Caryl Churchill’s dozens of disparate scenes and countless characters prove an insurmountable challenge.

June 2, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Brahms: The Symphonies – Concert 4 (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra)

Stephen Hough revives the pianist-composer tradition in grand style in the wondrously musical final concert of the ASO’s engrossing Brahms series.

June 1, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: The Class of ’85 (Bach Akademie Australia)

Music from great composers born in the same year makes for a zesty survey of the German, French and Italian Baroque styles.

May 31, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Brahms: The Symphonies – Concert 3 (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra)

In the ASO’s sell-out season of Brahms symphonies, it was Stephen Hough’s performance of Grieg’s piano concerto that completely enthralled.

May 29, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Anarchy 1138–53 (Doppelgangster & KXT bAKEHOUSE)

Given the title and the content, giving this a star rating seems as crazy an exercise as the show itself.

May 27, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Konstantin Shamray in Recital (Hayes St Studio)

Just a breath away in this Sydney micro-venue, but Shamray shows that poetry and strong hands know no boundaries. 

May 27, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Mary Jane (Mi Todo Productions & Old Fitzroy Theatre)

Amy Herzog's drama about a single mom coping with a seriously ill child presented with a perfect bedside manner.

May 26, 2025
Orchestral, Pop and Rock
Live Review

Review: Sigur Rós with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (Vivid LIVE)

Ethereal majesty, cinematic power and childlike glee as Sigur Rós light Vivid’s candle.

May 26, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Endgames (fortyfivedownstairs)

Max Gillies interprets three short works by Jack Hibberd, Samuel Beckett and Anton Chekhov with mixed results.

May 25, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Birds (Malthouse Theatre)

Matthew Lutton's farewell production fails to fly, with Du Maurier's apocalyptic vision blurred by the immersive headphone experience.

May 23, 2025

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