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.
Last week, a concert for HRH Prince Charles, tonight a recital at Wigmore Hall: exciting times for the Sydney-born musician. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The SOH, Australian National Academy of Music and Pacific Opera announce a new concert series in the Utzon Room. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The Opera Australia Chorus, Barrie Kosky’s production of The Nose and director Simon Stone are among the 2017 finalists. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The cabaret diva returns to Victorian Opera to star in “an operatic fantasia” about the courtesan through history. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The new intake of 26 up-and-coming dancers for SDC’s prestigious Pre-Professional Year has been announced. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Recently returned from the UK, the acclaimed Australian composer has been snapped up by the University of Sydney. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
A remarkable theatre marathon following a New York family during the US election is coming to the Perth Festival. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Larry Sitsky, Brian Castles-Onion, Anthony Warlow and Michelle Leonard are recognised in the Australia Day Honours. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The Filipina singer, whose credits include Miss Saigon and two Disney princesses, performs in concert in Australia. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Little Shop of Horrors, Antigone, The Drover’s Wife and Faith Healer win 22 of the 35 awards presented. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
Actors in Sydney Theatre Company’s Broadway production donned pink pussy hats at Saturday’s curtain calls. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
The curtain rises on a large severed head sitting on a sea of crumbly black ash. As the camera pans in tightly, we see blood encrusted in the corner of the eyes and mouth, while one eye socket is smashed. It is the head of Goliath after his defeat by the triumphant young warrior David, now hero of the Israelites. Behind, an enormous table is heaped with floral arrangements, fruit, animal carcasses and an elegant swan. Clustered around the rather macabre banquet, the cast gleam in brightly coloured 18th-century costumes with extravagant wigs and make-up lending them a slightly crazed air. Bathed in Joachim Klein’s sickly lighting, the extravagant tableau looks like a warped Flemish still-life where everything is so lusciously overripe it will soon turn fetid. So begins Barrie Kosky’s wildly imaginative production of Handel’s oratorio Saul, which received rave reviews when it premiered at Glyndebourne in 2015. Programmed as the centrepiece of the 2017 Adelaide Festival, here is a chance to see the original Glyndebourne cast, while the camera allows you an up-close look at the performers and vivid visual imagery. Working with designer Katrin Lea Tag, Kosky presents Handel’s original three acts in two… Continue reading Get…
Lyndon Terracini has had his contract as OA Artistic Director extended until 2021. Continue reading Get unlimited digital access from $4 per month Subscribe Already a subscriber? Log in
