Jo Litson is the Editor of Limelight Magazine. She took up the position in late 2018 having joined the magazine as Deputy Editor in 2016. During a 35-year career as an arts journalist she has been a contributor to numerous publications including Limelight, The Australian, The Bulletin, and the Qantas magazine. She was the arts writer and theatre reviewer for The Sunday Telegraph for 12 years until 2018, and has written the labels for the Archibald Prize for the Art Gallery of New South Wales for over 20 years.
Marina Prior stars in Hello, Dolly! for TPC, with Jesus Christ Superstar and Brigadoon also programmed for 2017. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
An interesting darker take on Michael Gow's beloved play, though some of the magic is lost.
The iconoclastic German director has a habit of turning classics on their heads. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
With a cast including Ukrainian star dancer Sergei Polunin, The White Crow focusses on Nureyev’s defection to the US. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Double Helpmann-winner Mark Leonard Winter on playing an American photographer searching for Beijing’s ‘Tank Man’. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The prestigious Australian comp marks 40 years with national recital tours by First Prize and People's Choice winners.
A new exhibition explores Warhol as a commercial artist before he became a pop icon.
The one-time enfant terrible is now the toast of Covent Garden and Glyndebourne and runs his own opera company in Berlin.
The intuitive relationship that vocalist Katie Noonan and classical guitarist Karin Schaupp have developed together makes for some gorgeous music-making in their latest recording Songs of the Latin Skies. Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp. Photo: supplied It’s their third release together, following the success of their 2012 ARIA nominated album Songs of the Southern Skies and their 2011 eight-track EP Songs from the British Isles. Songs of the Latin Skies features 13 tracks, which pay homage to the great South American songbook of bossa nova, samba, salsa and tango by composers such as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Astor Piazzolla, Luis Bonfá, Antonio Lauro and Antônio Carlos Jobim among others. The duo bring a fresh, distinctive, original take to the repertoire, with Noonan’s exquisite vocals soaring delicately over Schaupp’s virtuosic, equally expressive playing, as they caress the melodies to create a meltingly laid-back album with a spare, minimal beauty that would soothe the most furrowed brow. The first track Seguranca makes for a stunning opening, with some double-tracking of Noonan’s voice creating lovely rich harmonies and showcasing her renowned vocal range from a warm bottom register to a dazzling, ethereal top. Classic bossa nova numbers Desafinado and Wave… Continue reading Get unlimited digital…
The screening of a live performance of the musical Newsies makes for a feel-good cinema experience.
A new report shows that women should swing their hips and move with asymmetric abandon to burn up the dance floor. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Jonathon Young and Crystal Pite plumb the state of shock that follows tragedy in Betroffenheit. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Dmitry Krymov uses ordinary objects to create powerful images of epic proportion in Opus No. 7. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
