Amadeus, Peter Shaffer’s best-known play, rings loudly and clearly in this new production that kicks off the Sydney Opera House’s 50th year. Loud and clear, but hollow.

This month's features explore the magical appeal of A Christmas Carol, the challenges facing our cultural sector and why soprano Siobhan Stagg is in such demand. We also reveal the 2022 Limelight Artists of the Year.

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Rahel Romahn plays Mozart in Amadeus, opposite Michael Sheen as his musical adversary, Salieri. He plans to pick Sheen’s brains, since the Welsh star portrayed Mozart in London in 1998 and then on Broadway.

This month's features explore the magical appeal of A Christmas Carol, the challenges facing our cultural sector and why soprano Siobhan Stagg is in such demand. We also reveal the 2022 Limelight Artists of the Year.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

The Welsh actor will play Salieri in a spectacular new production in the Concert Hall – the first event to be announced in the SOH's 50th-anniversary celebrations.

Helen Thomson is blissfully funny in this new adaptation of Fo’s classic political farce.

By establishing the rift between the boys too early, the production doesn't have the inexorable tension or poignancy of the book.

A well cast rollercoaster ride through this Australian classic’s pathos and black comedy.