An insistence on the big effect comes at the expense of effective theatre.

An imperfect realisation of Wagner’s comedy, but the music making more than compensates.

Omega’s gumboots are made for dancing.

A concert all the more interesting for its elements of surprise.

These Serenata concerts are not only a delight to experience but also represent an essential home-grown component of our soul.

Songs became heartfelt, sometimes humorous theatre in the hands of a masterful actor-singer, who gripped the audience in this intimate concert.

Beethoven irrefutably was Richard Tognetti’s own.

New short works from two of Melbourne’s emerging contemporary choreographers.

Sarah Peirse is masterful as a Miss Docker we'll all recognise.

Five years on, the monkey's back and bigger than ever. But is it any better?

With a bit of trimming and a more energetic, full-voiced realisation of the songs and the text, this piece would shine.

Claire Edwardes unveils James MacMillan's latest percussion concerto and David Robertson gives us a cracker of a Beethoven 7.