2021 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows announced
Violinist, composer and dancer Eric Avery is one of the nine artists who have been awarded a two-year fellowship to help develop their creative practice.
October 7, 2021
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
Opera Australia announces its 2022 season
Highlights include the Australian premiere of La Juive, a new digital production of Il Trovatore, Olivier Py's staging of Lohengrin, as well as Maria Stuarda and Mefistofele in concert.
October 6, 2021
Sydney Festival announces its first show for 2022
The musical Girl from the North Country, featuring around 20 songs by Bob Dylan, will open at Sydney's refurbished Theatre Royal in January.
October 5, 2021
OA announces two outdoor spectacles for 2022
Opera Australia has announced that the 2022 Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour will be The Phantom of the Opera, while a new event called Opera on Cockatoo Island will begin with Carmen.
September 30, 2021
Melbourne Theatre Company announces its 2022 season
Brett Sheehy reveals his final season for MTC, which features 11 productions, six of them Australian and five from the UK and US, including the world premiere of an Australian boutique musical.
September 29, 2021
A Symphony for lockdown adds new life to children’s music program
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.
September 28, 2021
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra announces its 2022 season
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.
September 28, 2021
Moulin Rouge! wins big at the 74th Annual Tony Awards
Moulin Rouge! The Musical – the first Australian-produced musical to originate on Broadway – has taken home ten Tony Awards.
September 27, 2021
Wishing on a dream in Perth
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.
September 24, 2021
Australian company nominated at the International Circus Awards
Adelaide-based contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths has been nominated in five categories at the inaugural International Circus Awards.
September 24, 2021
STC appoints new Executive Director
Anne Dunn is leaving Sydney Dance Company to take up the position of Executive Director at Sydney Theatre Company.
September 24, 2021
WA Ballet creates seven new full-time positions
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.
September 22, 2021
Sydney theatre comes back from away
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.
September 21, 2021