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.
With COVID interrupting physical get-togethers, the Symphony for Life Foundation has come up with an initiative which sees the children who participate in its music programs perform a digital symphony with professional musicians.
Jaime Martín's inaugural program as MSO Chief Conductor features works by 15 Australian composers, premieres by Thomas Adès and Deborah Cheetham, and international soloists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical – the first Australian-produced musical to originate on Broadway – has taken home ten Tony Awards.
Genevieve McCarthy and Amy Manford discuss COVID, losing work, forming a production company, presenting Disney in Concert, OA's postponed season of The Phantom of the Opera and the AFL Grand Final in Perth.
Adelaide-based contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths has been nominated in five categories at the inaugural International Circus Awards.
Anne Dunn is leaving Sydney Dance Company to take up the position of Executive Director at Sydney Theatre Company.
At a time when the future of many ballet dancers is in doubt due to COVID, West Australian Ballet has made a bold investment by expanding the size of its company.
In an encouraging sign for Sydney theatre, producers have announced that Come From Away will return in October. All employees working on the show and all theatregoers need to be fully vaccinated.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
The bumper October 2021 issue contains features exploring the Alice Springs World Chamber Orchestra, arts and the digital world, Max Richter's new album, Circa's classical collaborations, Henry Purcell's early years as a composer, and Australian dramatic soprano Marjorie Lawrence.
We chart the latest appointments and departures in the arts sector, among them Opera Australia's new CEO Fiona Allan and Jill Atkinson's retirement from Queensland Symphony Orchestra after 47 years as Principal Harp.
From heart-breaking cancellations due to COVID to funding lifelines, from awards to obituaries, we gather the arts news we have covered over the last month.
Christian Li recently released his debut album for Decca Classics, becoming the youngest soloist to record Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons for a major label – yet another first for the virtuosic, 13-year-old Melbourne violinist.
