New Nicole Car Prize announced
As the internationally acclaimed soprano winds up the Freelance Artist Relief Australia Fund, established when COVID hit, a new prize is announced, which will see her mentor the winner in Paris.
July 7, 2022
Jo Litson
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.
Articles by Jo Litson
Finalists for the 2022 Freedman Classical Music Fellowship announced
The finalists for this year's coveted prize are harpist Emily Granger and violists Henry Justo and Katie Yap.
July 6, 2022
Welcome to the Moulin Rouge
Director Alex Timbers discusses the challenges of adapting Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge! for the stage, his new children's book and the show he's dying to take to Broadway.
June 28, 2022
Five SA composers receive INVISIBILITY Commissions
Chamber Music Adelaide and MOD. have announced the names of the composers who will write a new work in response to MOD.'s award-winning exhibition INVISIBILITY.
June 27, 2022
Helena Rathbone: Bach, back and beyond
Principal Violin Helena Rathbone discusses the ACO's current concert, which features a Bach family reunion.
June 23, 2022
Newsworthy: July 2022
A round-up of our recent news reports.
June 20, 2022
The July 2022 issue of Limelight is now available
Features include a tour around the revitalised Sydney Opera House Concert Hall, interviews with Maestro Zubin Mehta, and Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, and a look at the state-of-play of Australian musicals.
June 20, 2022
Geraldine Turner: Page-turner
Musical theatre legend Geraldine Turner has written a candid autobiography that is shocking at times, but such a good read it’s hard to put down. She explains why she wrote the book and why she decided to be so forthright.
June 20, 2022
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On Stage: the events you need to see in July 2022
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
June 20, 2022
Comings and Goings: July 2022
The latest arts appointments and departures.
June 20, 2022
Review: Scott Silven: Wonders (Sydney Opera House)
However he does it, this show by mentalist Scott Silven is baffling, brilliantly performed and hugely entertaining.
June 17, 2022
ACO acquires third Golden Age Stradivarius violin
The ACO has been loaned the 1732 'ex-Dollfus' Stradivarius Violin, which will be played by Principal Violin Helena Rathbone.
June 17, 2022
Review: Becoming Eliza (Sydney Opera House, Enda Markey Presents)
Anna O'Byrne shines in her first solo show, a "loverly" production, which beguiles with its honesty and gorgeous vocals.
June 10, 2022