Review: Visionary Friendship (UKARIA 24)
Nicolas Altstaedt and friends cap off a highly successful UKARIA 24 with a double bill of Schumann and Brahms.
June 12, 2018
Review: The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (Kneehigh, Bristol Old Vic, Spoleto Festival)
Emma Rice ensures Marc and Bella Chagall's colourful life soars as high as a kite.
June 12, 2018
Review: Burrbgaja Yalirra (Marrugeku)
From gorgeously ornate audiovisual storytelling, to endlessly inventive rough theatre.
June 12, 2018
Review: Lea Delaria (Adelaide Cabaret Festival)
Only Lea Delaria can seamlessly interpose gentle intelligent lounge jazz with candid sexuality.
June 12, 2018
Review: Chronos and Kairos (UKARIA 24)
Nicolas Altstaedt channels the symphonic in another fascinating program at UKARIA 24.
June 11, 2018
Review: Mozart and Mahler (Spoleto Festival, Charleston)
Two titans, poles apart, provide a satisfying way to celebrate Spoleto's end of the affair.
June 11, 2018
Review: Bank of America Chamber Music (Spoleto Festival, Charleston)
From Schoenberg to Freddie Mercury, Geoff Nuttall's program is a jewel in Spoleto's musical crown.
June 11, 2018
Review: Saint Joan (Sydney Theatre Company)
A stark, strikingly staged production that offers an audacious, sharper, punchier rewrite of Shaw's play.
June 10, 2018
Review: (C)age of Enlightenment (UKARIA 24)
Nicolas Altstaedt kicks off UKARIA 24 with a program both intelligent and utterly compelling.
June 10, 2018
Review: Pia de’ Tolomei (Spoleto Festival, Charleston)
US premiere of a Donizetti opera proves a case of dramatic snakes and musical ladders.
June 10, 2018
Review: Tree of Codes (Spoleto Festival, Charleston)
Aussie composer Liza Lim's intriguing 'cut-out' opera receives a handsome second staging in the USA.
June 9, 2018
Review: Janis Undead: Amber Martin (Adelaide Cabaret Festival)
Get her while you can, don't turn your back on love.
June 9, 2018
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Beijing)
A great experience marred by some political correctness, says Colin Mackerras.
June 8, 2018