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Dance
features

“Writhing on the floor and running in circles”

Even dancers find it hard to describe contemporary dance to people outside of it, says composer Fiona Hill. So how do you write music for it?

January 17, 2025
Chamber, Classical Music, Orchestral
features

Joseph Tawadros: ready to “play my heart out” come rain or shine

Joseph Tawadros talks to Limelight about his two very different Sydney Festival gigs – and the possibility of "playing the oud in a raincoat".

January 15, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Christie Whelan Browne: Life in Plastic (Sydney Festival)

Christie Whelan Browne holds us in the palm of her hand in her hilarious yet moving, warts-and-all autobiographical cabaret.

January 15, 2025
Classical Music, Festivals
features

The Cage Project: above and beyond

Limelight takes a look into the nuts and bolts of The Cage Project and the making of a mesmerising sonic and visual experience for Sydney Festival.

January 14, 2025
Festivals, Theatre
Live Review

Review: Dark Noon (Sydney Festival)

The Wild West is a chaotic and brutal place in Dark Noon – no Good, lots of Bad, plenty of Ugly.

January 10, 2025
Festivals, Vocal & Choral
Live Review

Review: Rufus Wainwright (Sydney Festival)

The trademark sideburns are salt and pepper these days, but Rufus Wainwright's voice and flair for drama remain as pure and powerful as ever.

January 10, 2025
Dance, Festivals
Live Review

Review: AFTERWORLD (Dino Dimitriadis & Sydney Festival)

The recent death of Eileen Kramer, aged 110, adds further poignancy to a contemporary dance work inspired by ancient myth.

January 8, 2025
Festivals, Theatre
Live Review

Review: A Model Murder (Sydney Festival)

The first theatre piece set in the court where this famous real-life murder trial took place is an immersive triumph.

January 8, 2025
Theatre
Live Review

Review: Antigone in the Amazon (NTGent & Sydney Festival)

If anything can rouse Sydney from its silly season torpor, Antigone in the Amazon is it.

January 6, 2025
Circus, Festivals
Live Review

Review: Animal (Cirque Alphonse & Sydney Festival)

If “Old MacDonald” is the limit of your farmyard experience, prepare for your view of rural life to be flipped on its head.

January 4, 2025
Opera
Live Review

Review: Cendrillon (Opera Australia & Sydney Festival)

Joy and wonder among the fun and laughter in Opera Australia's fairytale 2025 season opener.

January 3, 2025
Classical Music, Dance, Opera, Theatre
features

Read the January–February 2025 issue of Limelight

Log in to read the PDF version of Limelight's January–February 2025 magazine.

December 20, 2024
Classical Music, Dance, Opera
features

Season Preview 2025: Opera and Dance

What do our opera and dance companies have on offer in the year ahead?

December 20, 2024

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