MSO and STC receive another $2 million in federal bailout
In the latest round of grants from the $50 million Sustainability Fund, $6.2 million has been awarded to five arts organisations.
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.
In the latest round of grants from the $50 million Sustainability Fund, $6.2 million has been awarded to five arts organisations.
After news broke recently that two reports had raised serious concerns about the leadership of the SSO, Emma Dunch has left the Orchestra, guns blazing.
Its many messages are spelled out at times, but the musical blasts from the stage, performed by a terrific cast led by the sensational Natalie Bassingthwaighte.
Features in our bumper holiday issue include the arts on offer in 2022, Deborah Cheetham's interview with Chi-chi Nwanoku, Víkingur Ólafsson, Leonardo the musician and Christopher Wheeldon's musical An American in Paris.
Frances Rings will replace Stephen Page when he leaves Bangarra early in 2023 after more than 30 years as Artistic Director.
One of the giants of musical theatre has died. Composers, producers, performers and fans have taken to social media to farewell the man who revolutionised the American musical.
Violinist Kyla Matsuura-Miller will use the $21,000 prize to shine a light on new Australian works by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) composers.
The season of six Australian plays, including four world premieres, features plenty of unexpected, incongruous clashes between subject and treatment.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
We chart the latest appointments and departures in the arts sector, among them Anne Dunn who joins Sydney Theatre Company and Carl Crossin who leaves Adelaide Chamber Singers.
This month’s news round-up includes a name change for Melbourne Digital Concert Hall, the release of a National Cultural Plan to grow the post-COVID arts economy, and the announcement of a number of awards and fellowships.
Programming the 2022 Sydney Festival felt a bit like playing Kerplunk, given the pandemic, but Olivia Ansell is still in her element as the new Director, and believes the arts can help communities recover after a tough couple of years.
This new production doesn't always hit the mark, but it is inventive, audacious and imaginative, with three superb performances, and it certainly makes you see the play afresh.