From antiquity to the present day, Imara Savage’s production underlines the intrinsic link between theatre and ritual.

Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's May 2026 magazine.

From Barrie Kosky finding the new in Wagner to Sheridan Harbridge on women who refuse to conform, May's issue of Limelight is a celebration of talent, resilience and audacity.

After directing Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Hannover, Barrie Kosky vowed he would never tackle it again. Then The Royal Ballet & Opera called.

From Barrie Kosky finding the new in Wagner to Sheridan Harbridge on women who refuse to conform, May's issue of Limelight is a celebration of talent, resilience and audacity.

There’s a new lightness and feeling of joy in the third opera in Barrie Kosky’s mesmerising Ring Cycle. Catch it at cinemas here.

Some great productions and big names but top of anyone’s must-see list should be the third instalment of Barrie Kosky’s intensely theatrical Royal Opera House Ring Cycle.

Log in to read the flipbook version of Limelight's June 2025 magazine.

The second opera in Barrie Kosky’s Ring Cycle is darkly dramatic, suggesting the Earth has burned. Catch it at cinemas here.

From high notes to deep brass, June’s Limelight hits all the right chords in music, theatre and more!

From high notes to deep brass, June’s Limelight hits all the right chords in music, theatre and more!

Melbourne's UNESCO-listed Exhibition Building to host an ambitious, all-Australian staging of Wagner's "miracle of complex engineering".