Review: The Master & Margarita (Belvoir)
A giddy-making hayride of a show, Belvoir adapts Bulgakov’s novel with the kind of reckless creativity we imagine was required to write it in the first place.
A giddy-making hayride of a show, Belvoir adapts Bulgakov’s novel with the kind of reckless creativity we imagine was required to write it in the first place.
A fascinating contemporary Australian opera inspired by Renaissance music and a true Renaissance Man.
Mary Finsterer's heart-stoppingly beautiful new opera is endlessly absorbing, sonically and visually.
Mary Finsterer takes us on a journey through time and space in her new opera Antarctica.
The world premiere of this new Australian opera – a work that prompts dread as well as wonder about humanity's relationship with the natural world – was an enormous triumph, artistically and logistically.
This month's features include profiles of Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake and didge virtuoso William Barton, an interview with Mary Finsterer about her new opera Antarctica, Dr Anita Collins on why music makes us feel so good, and Peter Tregear on the winds of change at Opera Australia.
A round-up of our recent news reports.
SCO will take a new opera by Mary Finsterer to Holland, and explore Britten at home, including a musical response by Luke Styles, with a creative team in residency for both works.
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.
Productions include the return of Fangirls and A Room of One's own, three new Australian plays, and The Cherry Orchard.
Anita Hegh does a brilliant job of conveying Virginia Woolf's supple mind in Belvoir's first post-COVID, socially distanced production.
Colin Friels gives a passionate, moving performance as Galileo in Brecht’s play, which feels incredibly relevant right now.
Highlights include an epic in Sydney Town Hall, a new play about the Packer Dynasty, and Colin Friels in Life of Galileo.