We look at opera's love affair with wine, the Australian Chamber Orchestra's new project River, and Virginia Gay's emergence as a playwright. We also salute Paul Goodchild, doyen of Australian brass.
Actor Virginia Gay emerges from lockdown as a busy playwright.
Despite making redundancies last year, Opera Australia has posted a sizeable deficit. "It doesn't look pretty," says CEO Rory Jeffes, but he believes OA is now better placed to deal with further disruptions.
Journalist Sally Sara’s fictionalised account of life as a foreign correspondent takes its audience behind the headlines.
In this issue we look at Alan John's iconic opera The Eighth Wonder, ABC journalist Sally Sara's debut play, Roland Peelman's Vienna-themed Canberra International Music Festival and Vasily Petrenko's COVID-beard.
How Sally Sara’s debut play Stop Girl, now playing at Belvoir St Theatre, became a lifeline after decades in war zones.
Graced by a uniformly excellent cast, Kate Champion’s assured directorship, bounteous humour, and an evocative, finely toned production, Kendall Feaver's adaptation of My Brilliant Career is, in a word, brilliant.
Belvoir has announced the Yuin actor, writer and theatre-maker as its 2020 Balnaves Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellow.
Kodie Bedford’s raucously funny debut play gives us a big-hearted story that sings true.
Find out what's on stage and streaming online in November from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.
As Sydney venues begin to open their doors, Steve Dow investigates the various COVID safety protocols in place.
Find out what's on stage – and streaming online – in October from Limelight editors Jo Litson, Angus McPherson and Clive Paget.
Catch up on what's been in the Limelight with the top arts stories to recently make headlines.
