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Opera
Live Review

Review: Abduction (Victorian Opera)

This bold, beautifully staged adaptation of an opera classic ditches the outdated bits so we can still enjoy Mozart’s glorious music.

August 13, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The 39 Steps (Neil Gooding Productions & Woodward Productions)

This maximalist staging of the classic John Buchan spy caper needs to shorten its Umbilical cord.

August 13, 2025
Chamber, Instrumental
Live Review

Review: Mungangga Garlagula (Tura, Mark Atkins & Erkki Veltheim)

Unsettling, uncanny encounters on Country make for a powerful radio-play-like experience.

August 13, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: So Many Splintered Parts (All Forms Considered & Assembly of Elephants)

This anthology of seven short plays lacks cohesion and complexity.

August 12, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Vivaldi’s Seasons (Australian Baroque & West Australian Opera)

Vivaldi's violin concertos made electrifying – risky, imaginative and rhetorically charged.

August 11, 2025
Chamber
Live Review

Review: Nexas Quartet – Gershwin Album Launch

Horns of plenty as Nexas Quartet dishes up a gourmet feast of Gershwin.

August 10, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Danielle de Niese (Australian Contemporary Opera Company)

The Melbourne-born international opera star presents a very personal program of surprising stylistic diversity.

August 10, 2025
Classical Music
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Review: Lyrical Woodwinds in the City (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)

A relaxing breath of fresh air for music fans in the teeming Emerald City.

August 8, 2025
Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Once on This Island (Curveball Creative & Hayes Theatre Co)

This uplifting musical fable set in the Caribbean has the charming simplicity of a fairytale.

August 8, 2025
Classical Music
Live Review

Review: The Art of Fugue (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra & Circa Ensemble)

Eighty-five minutes of breathtaking physical performance combined with exquisite playing of Bach’s supremely intellectual music.

August 6, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! (La Boite Theatre & Dead Puppet Society)

This Brisbane-centric collaboration mashes personal and ecological grief with outrageous monster mayhem.

August 6, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Miss Julie (Company 16 & Liminal Space)

An immersive hospo setting for this adaptation of August Strindberg's drama promises plenty but doesn't quite cohere.

August 5, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Rapture (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)

Rapturous playing by of some of WASO’s finest musicians – who also curated the program.

August 5, 2025

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