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Opera
Live Review

Review: Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera (Sydney Festival)

It may be camp, but this Wagner-lite music drama still manages to deliver a cautionary tale about hubris and human folly amid the glitz and glamour.

January 11, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Bach: Birth and Destiny (Bach Akademie Australia & Sydney Festival)

It's Bach to the future as Madeleine Easton’s Akademie takes us on a journey to the stars.

January 10, 2025
Festivals, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Dark Noon (Sydney Festival)

The Wild West is a chaotic and brutal place in Dark Noon – no Good, lots of Bad, plenty of Ugly.

January 10, 2025
Festivals, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Rufus Wainwright (Sydney Festival)

The trademark sideburns are salt and pepper these days, but Rufus Wainwright's voice and flair for drama remain as pure and powerful as ever.

January 10, 2025
Dance, Festivals
Live Review

Review: AFTERWORLD (Dino Dimitriadis & Sydney Festival)

The recent death of Eileen Kramer, aged 110, adds further poignancy to a contemporary dance work inspired by ancient myth.

January 8, 2025
Festivals, Theatre
Live Review

Review: A Model Murder (Sydney Festival)

The first theatre piece set in the court where this famous real-life murder trial took place is an immersive triumph.

January 8, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Antigone in the Amazon (NTGent & Sydney Festival)

If anything can rouse Sydney from its silly season torpor, Antigone in the Amazon is it.

January 6, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Australian Shakespeare Company)

Veterans of approachable al fresco Shakespeare tackle one of his less well known comedies.

January 6, 2025
Circus, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Animal (Cirque Alphonse & Sydney Festival)

If “Old MacDonald” is the limit of your farmyard experience, prepare for your view of rural life to be flipped on its head.

January 4, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Cendrillon (Opera Australia & Sydney Festival)

Joy and wonder among the fun and laughter in Opera Australia's fairytale 2025 season opener.

January 3, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Transcendent Reverie (Nexas Quartet)

Nexas Quartet caps the year with wonderfully lush arrangements of Debussy, Ravel and Mahler and a brand-new work to boot.

December 24, 2024
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Elf: The Musical (Sydney Opera House and John Frost for Crossroads Live)

If you feel that you need a little Christmas, this is the show for you. Leave any cynicism at the door, and Buddy the Elf will help raise your festive spirits.

December 23, 2024
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Christmas with HIP Company

The gift of Christmas music flawlessly delivered by Perth early music specialists HIP Company.

December 21, 2024

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