The December 2025 issue of Limelight is now available, and hard copies are on their way to those with print subscriptions.
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Julia Bullock and Peter Sellars bear witness at the Adelaide Festival.
by Jansson J. Antmann
Get your skates on for a new production set in the wild world of roller derby.
by Lenny Ann Low
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Also in this issue ...
- On Stage: the buzz around live performance
- Newsworthy: a round-up of our recent news reports
- Comings & Goings: the latest arts appointments and departures
- Leanne Stojmenov, West Australian Ballet: interview by Deborah Jones
- The 2025 Limelight Recording of the Year by Clive Paget
- A Yuletide Spin: New music for Christmas by Clive Paget
- Cutting Edge: composer Connor D’Netto by Liam Heitmann-Ryce-LeMercier
- DIVA at Australian Museum of Performing Arts: interview by Patricia Maunder
- Picnic at Hanging Rock musical: interview by Jo Litson
- The Power of Music by Sheku Kanneh-Mason: book review by Will Yeoman
- The Choral: film review by Jason Blake
- State Opera at 50: interview with Dane Lam by Jansson J. Antmann [sponsored]
- On Air & Online: radio and streaming concert highlights
- Guy Noble’s Soapbox: Vocal Appliances
- Playing Up: the Baroque violin by Matt Bruce
- World Premiere: Joe Twist for Sydney Philharmonia Choirs
- Five Questions: Andrea Gibbs, Carol at Black Swan State Theatre Company
- My Music: Kathryn Greiner, Deputy Chair of the Australian National Academy of Music
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