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Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Meta Cohen and Olivier Messiaen: Prophecy & Eternity (fortyfivedownstairs Chamber Music Festival)

Cohen’s Delphi Songs and Messiaen's wartime Visions de l’Amen are paired in a delicately executed concert.

May 3, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Glass Menagerie (Melbourne Theatre Company)

A fine cast led by Alison Whyte is kept too busy with comedy to do justice to the tragedy of Tennessee Williams’s memory play.

May 3, 2026
Chamber, Instrumental
Live Review

Review: Folk & Tango (Canberra International Music Festival)

Folk tunes taken to the next level with extraordinary care and precision.

May 2, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Schubert & Syrah (Canberra International Music Festival)

A fine Schubert sonata, expertly performed by Kristian Chong – with equally fine wines to wash down each movement.

May 2, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Gassenhauer (Canberra International Music Festival)

Ensemble Liaison and collaborators Lina Tur Bonet and James Crabb ace the ‘groove test'.

May 1, 2026
Jazz, World
Live Review

Review: The Three Seas (Camelot Lounge)

A near-perfect musical fusion where the mystical and mythical meet.

May 1, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: La Cenerentola (Opera Queensland)

A masterclass in whimsy, humour and quirk, with inspired direction and fine singing.

May 1, 2026
Dance
Live Review

Review: Romeo and Juliet (The Australian Ballet)

John Cranko’s evergreen masterpiece proves the perfect vehicle for Callum Linnane’s final performances with The Australian Ballet.

April 29, 2026
Theatre
Live Review

Review: The Bookbinder (Trick of the Light Theatre & Arts Centre Melbourne)

A “pocket-sized” production that began its life in a backroom of an actual bookstore continues to delight theatregoers around the globe.

April 29, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: Invitation to the Dance (Salut! Baroque)

Nowadays, audiences go to the ballet or to symphony concerts, but it wasn’t always that way.

April 28, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Terra mater aestiva (Blackheath Chamber Music Festival)

A transcendent program co-curated and composed by Ross Edwards is the perfect send-off for outgoing Festival Director Catherine Harker.

April 27, 2026
Opera
Live Review

Review: Don Giovanni (Melbourne Opera)

Mozart’s legendary libertine is back in this modest new production that can’t solve the opera’s misogyny but does justice to its timeless music.

April 27, 2026
Chamber, Classical Music
Live Review

Review: David Elton and Friends (UKARIA Cultural Centre)

Virtuoso David Elton conjures trumpet magic in a chamber music setting.

April 27, 2026

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