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.
A year after a terrifying bout of the coronavirus, with blood clots in her lungs, the Australian soprano has finally recovered and is about to play Vitellia in La Clemenza di Tito for Canberra's new National Opera.
The new Pinchgut Opera scholarship program honours the legacy of Taryn Fiebig, who was thrilled when the idea was proposed to her shortly before she died.
Australian tenor Jonathon Welch, famous for his work with the Choir of Hard Knocks, tells us about his cabaret show featuring the life and songs of Harry Secombe.
The Australian cast more than rises to the occasion with a stunning production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical.
Stacey Alleaume gives a glorious performance as Violetta in Opera Australia's restaging of the inaugural Opera on Sydney Harbour production.
The lead producer of Hamilton charts his career, which includes Rent, In the Heights and Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème on Broadway, and explains why he sees Hamilton as "an enlightened business".
The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical will open in Sydney in November, co-produced by Opera Australia and the Gordon Frost Organisation.
Take a bow: meet the winners of Musica Viva’s 2020 contest for secondary students.
Catch up on what's been in the limelight with the top arts stories to recently make headlines.
The luminous Australian soprano has died at home of cancer at the age of 49.
The season will include the world premiere of the musical The Dismissal, Glace Chase's Triple X, and the return of The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Eryn Jean Norvill.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's cleverly subversive play uses tropes from classic American family dramas, but the STC production still has more depth to find.
The new fellowships, which will see young musicians mentored by members of the Opera Australia Orchestra, are designed to assist the professional development of early career string players.
