Leah Purcell: Contemporary Dreaming
Leah Purcell discusses her new film, which is based on Henry Lawson’s short story The Drover’s Wife, but told from the perspective of an Indigenous woman in a radical, important reimagining.
March 21, 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
The April 2022 issue of Limelight is now available
Our April features explore the new Cobar Sound Chapel, a documentary about luthier Harry Vatiliotis's last violin, musical arrangements in the past and today, and the joy of walking and its link to creativity.
March 21, 2022
Newsworthy: April 2022
A round-up of our recent news reports.
March 21, 2022
Review: North by Northwest (Liza McLean and Andrew Kay)
You may not sit on the edge of your seat but you'll have plenty of fun watching the amusing, inventive way Hitchcock's film has been adapted for the stage.
March 17, 2022
RISING finally arises
After being cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID lockdowns, Melbourne’s new winter arts festival has announced its program for June 2022.
March 17, 2022
Introducing the April 2022 issue of Limelight
Our April features explore the new Cobar Sound Chapel, a documentary about luthier Harry Vatiliotis's last violin, musical arrangements in the past and today, and the joy of walking and its link to creativity.
March 11, 2022
Music in the Regions begins its inaugural tour
Executive Director Janine Collins discusses the aims of the initiative and the inaugural tour by the Acacia Quartet opening tonight.
March 2, 2022
Review: 9 to 5 the Musical (Sydney)
The plot may be simplistic and cartoon-like but it's a feel-good musical with an important message, and the Australian cast delivers it in style.
February 25, 2022
Tasmanian Theatre Awards announces 2022 Lifetime Achievement winner
Robert Jarman, one of Tasmania's most accomplished and respected theatre artists, will be honoured for his 30-year career when the Awards are presented on 5 March.
February 24, 2022
Stefanie Jones is now practically perfect
Stefanie Jones discusses landing the role of Mary Poppins after a whirlwind trip to London where she auditioned on the West End stage in front of Cameron Mackintosh.
February 23, 2022
Neil Balnaves has died
The former television executive and leading arts philanthropist has died in a boating accident, aged 77.
February 22, 2022
McClelland launches a new music series
McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery is staging a series of intimate Sunday Soirées featuring Victorian musicians including flautist Elizabeth Shephard and the Partridge String Quartet.
February 21, 2022
Ruth Slenczynska: Her life in music
A child prodigy in the 1920s and a Decca artist in the 1950s and 60s, 97-year-old American pianist Ruth Slenczynska has now been re-signed by the label.
February 21, 2022