Limelight’s hard-working team of reviewers ranged far and wide in 2024, producing hundreds of reviews of concerts, stage productions and recitals nationwide, from Hobart to Darwin, Sydney to Perth.

We’ve run the numbers and here are the critiques our readers really clicked with – 10 reviews capturing some of the most extraordinary moments in Australian concert halls and stages in 2024.

#10

Coco Chanel: the Life of a Fashion Icon

Queensland Ballet

★★★★★

Queensland Ballet’s Coco Chanel: the Life of a Fashion Icon. Photo © David Kelly

The realms of fashion, celebrity and dance collided memorably at QPAC in October with the long-awaited unveiling of Belgian-Columbian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa portrait-in-dance of a “creative, controversial and wildly ambitious” woman, Coco Chanel.

“Coco Chanel is an absolutely brilliant production,” wrote Limelight reviewer Michelle Potter, “made by a choreographer with an approach that is distinctively individualistic, and from which shines an understanding of, and belief in ballet as a medium to be pursued. It deserves to be seen across Australia.”

#9

Études/Circle Electric

The Australian Ballet

★★★★