Announcing the new-look Australian String Quartet
After playing with the Australian String Quartet for seven years, cellist Sharon Grigoryan will leave in November and be replaced by Michael Dahlenburg.
July 30, 2020
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
COVID-19 forces Opera Australia to postpone its Ring cycle to 2021
Opera Australia’s digital Ring Cycle, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, was scheduled to open in Brisbane this November, but will now be staged in 2021.
July 30, 2020
Todd Masks Up
The popular entertainer has founded a website where costume designers can sell masks directly to the public. It will also auction one-off masks to support The Children's Hospital at Westmead.
July 24, 2020
Review: The Australian Musical: From the Beginning (Peter Pinne and Peter Wyllie Johnston)
The Australian Musical is a rigorously researched, definitive history of Australian musical theatre. A labour of love for its authors, it will be treasured by musical fans.
July 24, 2020
WA Ballet is ready to draw blood in September, while QB waits until 2021
West Australian Ballet and Queensland Ballet both planned to stage Dracula this year, but while WAB is going ahead QB has postponed it until next year due to concerns around COVID-19.
July 23, 2020
Victorian Opera launches an online children’s book
The company has adapted an opera it staged for babies and toddlers earlier this year into an interactive digital book called Baby Bilby Sings.
July 23, 2020
Latest cultural survey shows audience confidence growing
One in four have returned to cultural events, and 42 per cent plan to return. However, 22 per cent said their long-term attendance will be negatively affected by COVID-19.
July 22, 2020
WASO returns to the stage in October
The orchestra’s 2020 Remixed program includes Carmina Burana and Dvořák’s Eighth conducted by Jessica Gethin, while Asher Fisch conducts Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Beethoven.
July 21, 2020
Review: Double (Darkfield Radio)
This creepy, immersive, audio experience, which comes to you via a mobile phone app, turns your home into a haunted space.
July 18, 2020
State Theatre Company South Australia returns to the stage in September
STCSA will present the Victorian thriller Gaslight at the refurbished Her Majesty’s Theatre. Griffin also plans to perform its first live play in September, following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
July 17, 2020
Patrick Brennan on the road back to the podium after nearly losing a hand
The conductor and AD of the Central Coast Conservatorium of Music talks publicly for the first time about his rehabilitation after almost severing his left hand in a garden accident.
July 15, 2020
ABC Classic and ABC Jazz commission 25 new Australian works
Selected from 486 applications to the ABC’s Australian Music Fund, established to support local artists during the coronavirus crisis, the new works will be presented over the coming year.
July 14, 2020
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Limelight receives a City of Sydney grant
Limelight has received a Small Business Grant from the City of Sydney through its COVID-19 Relief Grants for a three-part program to support performing arts companies as they gradually return to the stage.
July 9, 2020