Review: The [Uncertain] Four Seasons (Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Festival)
Andrew Haveron braves wild weather as Vivaldi’s concertos are reimagined for the climate disaster of the 21st century.
Andrew Haveron braves wild weather as Vivaldi’s concertos are reimagined for the climate disaster of the 21st century.
QPAC and Sydney Festival have both had to cancel some performances due to COVID-19, but shows are now going ahead.
Daniel Rojas and Ensemble Apex celebrate Latin American sounds with new tangos and reinventions of old classics.
Andrea James’s biographical play about Evonne Goolagong Cawley tells an important story, cleverly staged on a tennis court.
Inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons, there are some lovely visual and musical effects, but the production doesn't get to grips in real depth with the issues promised.
Janáček’s The Diary of One Who Disappeared is given an exquisite staging before a bold new work tears it to shreds in this intelligent and entertaining double bill from Sydney Chamber Opera.
Jane Sheldon gives a gripping performance in a work that resonates powerfully with the climate crisis.
Emily Sun, Daniel Rojas and the Orava Quartet are among the artists performing in the chamber music series.
Wesley Enoch’s fifth and final Festival will be all Australian Made.
As Wesley Enoch prepares his fifth and final Sydney Festival, we look at the successes and controversies of his artistic directorship, and whether the self-acknowledged risk-taker might follow his sister into politics.
We are delighted at the positive response to our new-look publication, and excited to reveal what you will find in the November issue, now at the printer.
While live performance is returning, travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic mean virtually no international artists will tour here. Will we seize the chance to create a greater space for Indigenous, female and ethnically diverse voices to speak to us about Australia today?
Australian producer and former dancer Olivia Ansell will take up the position in November and present her first festival in January 2022.