Eleven cosmic vignettes, blending improvisation and notated performance, make for a gorgeous and lonely drift through space.

Bloom lives up to its name, revealing a big heart and warm sense of humour as it explores aspects of life too often ignored.

Lyric baritone Benjamin Appl entrances with a recital of 22 songs made beautiful, powerful, tender and menacing by turns.

Sydney Theatre Company's adaptation of Nevil Shute's pessimistic best-seller falls just short of delivering a knockout punch.

One-act political satires by George Dreyfus and Ernst Krenek delivered in thrilling style with every detail of tone and colour writ large.

A rapturous program cements our youngest orchestra’s place among Australia's finest.

Australian Baroque apply formidable technical prowess, knowledge and sensitivity to works by a composer at the height of his powers.

At this level of musicianship, reports Phil Scott, comparisons may be odious, but they’re also fascinating.

This energetic telling of the story of a trail-blazing mechanic and entrepreneur isn't firing on all cylinders.

Playwright Erica J. Brennan puts a provocative and bloody spin on a folk tale trope.

Virtuosity is a given, writes Phil Scott. Winners will be judged on their choices, personal presence and relationship with the orchestra.

Full of heart and emotional complexity, Forgetting Tim Minchin doesn't leave a dry eye in the house.