Music and the arts recognised in Australia Day Honours
A number of prominent figures in music, film and theatre have been recognised in the Australia Day 2023 Honours.
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.
A number of prominent figures in music, film and theatre have been recognised in the Australia Day 2023 Honours.
Blanchett's turn in TÁR elevates the Australian actor into the elite rank of octo-nominees such as Marlon Brando and Glenn Close.
Hobart's Dark Mofo to present "the most incredibly wild theatre performance" in its 10-year history.
Conductor Natalie Murray Beale talks to Limelight about teaching Cate Blanchett to wield the baton in TÁR and the film's potential to provoke.
History repeats as Belvoir tops a Sydney Theatre Awards ceremony celebrating a year in which normal service resumed.
Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2022, Lukas Dhont’s Close depicts a friendship broken by new peer groups and emerging social pressures.
Ensemble Offspring's Avant Gardens series takes musicians and their audiences out of the recital hall and into suburban backyards.
Anthony Weigh's play breathes imaginative life into the story of Sunday Reed and the Heide circle.
The Gumbaynggirr and Wiradjuri actor and creative Dalara Williams has been awarded the prestigious playwriting fellowship.
Anna Reece has been announced as Perth Festival’s next Artistic Director, succeeding Iain Grandage.
A theatre teacher, director and a sometimes controversial critic, Kevin Jackson has died after a long illness.
As the disgraced opera star Plácido Domingo seeks to reconnect with his audience, new allegations of sexual misconduct air in a Spanish TV interview.
After 50 years at La Mama Theatre, Liz Jones will step down from her role as Artistic Director and co-CEO at the end of March 2023.