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.
Features include a tour around the SOH's revitalised Concert Hall, interviews with Maestro Zubin Mehta, and Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason, and a look at the state-of-play of Australian musicals.
The legendary duo charm the audience with their mix of routines, old and new, while reminding us that what they do is not magic but a trick.
She first started scribbling things in her script of My Fair Lady when Dame Julie Andrews directed her as Eliza, now Anna O'Byrne is about to star in her first solo show.
The marriage of music and breathtaking landscape proved a magical experience for audiences, and for the musicians and singers.
As well as announcing the departure of its ED, The Australian Ballet has released its 2021 Annual Report and raised concerns about the significant impact when Melbourne's State Theatre is closed for three years.
OA CEO Fiona Allan discusses the 2021 Annual Report, the challenges ahead, the new warehouse and regional opera "outpost" the company is building, and "the different beast" that OA will become from 2024.
The musical is as practically perfect as the beloved nanny herself, and explodes from the stage with colour and joy.
Ukrainian bandura player and vocalist Larissa Kovalchuk discusses her training in Kyiv, the constant pressure from Russia, the horrors of the war, and taking part in a fundraising concert in Canberra.
Currently starring as Anna in Frozen the Musical, the exciting young performer tells us about her new studio album, which includes musical theatre numbers and an original song.
This month's features include profiles of Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake and didge virtuoso William Barton, an interview with Mary Finsterer about her new opera Antarctica, Dr Anita Collins on why music makes us feel so good, and Peter Tregear on the winds of change at Opera Australia.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
A round-up of our recent news reports.
This new Aussie rock musical is so outrageously funny it holds you in a head-lock until the final countdown.
