Review: Living (Oliver Hermanus)
Bill Nighy portrays a terminally ill civil servant in a poignant remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru.
Jason joined the Limelight team in early 2023 as Digital Editor. He has served as Arts Editor of Sydney City Hub, editor of AUSTAR magazine, an online producer at Fairfax, and has reviewed theatre for The Sun-Herald (2006-2009), The Sydney Morning Herald (2009-2017), The Saturday Paper and Guardian Australia. He was co-founder/co-editor of the audreyjournal platform from 2017–22 and Publications Manager for the 2022 Sydney Film Festival.
Bill Nighy portrays a terminally ill civil servant in a poignant remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru.
A new and city-specific adaptation of Dmitri Shostakovich’s satirical operetta skewers the Australian housing crisis.
Ahead of his first dates in Australia as a solo composer-pianist, Stephan Moccio unpacks the songs and the music that moves him most.
Despite Western Sydney being home to 50% of Sydney residents, the region receives less than 3.5% of state cultural infrastructure funding.
Though she never pursued a musical career, Louise Hanson-Dyer's patronage and passion has had a lasting effect.
Mat Watson's idiosyncratic approach to electronic performance, composition and improvisation is rooted in the landscapes of his childhood.
Trans-Mediterranean cultures meet in an absolute tonic of a show from the Australian Chamber Orchestra and the brothers Tawadros.
OA and VO to present an epic staging of Mozart’s Idomeneo for three performances at the Palais Theatre in St Kilda.
The 2023 edition of Melbourne’s RISING festival is announced, with 12 major world premieres among its menu of music, visual arts, dance and mass participation events.
Everything Everywhere All At Once dominates 2023 Academy Awards ceremony. Australians go home empty handed.
“We have lost one of our finest musical lights". The popular conductor and pianist (Robert) Andrew Greene died on Sunday, aged 66.
In what amounts to a musical dissection, Of the Body traverses sex, sensuality, the senses and more.
Known worldwide by his last name alone, Chaim Topol, star of Fiddler on the Roof, has died in the city of his birth, aged 87.