Review: War Horse (National Theatre of Great Britain & Trafalgar Entertainment)
The script may be pedestrian at times but the staging and puppetry is dazzling.
February 21, 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
Pietari Inkinen makes his SSO debut
The sought-after Finnish conductor discusses Stravinsky's "earth-shattering" Rite of Spring, and the SSO's new Symphony Hour concerts.
February 19, 2020
Opera Australia and John Frost to present Cinderella
After collaborating on successful productions of The King And I and South Pacific, OA and John Frost are to stage another Rodgers and Hammerstein musical.
February 18, 2020
Review: No Pay? No Way! (Sydney Theatre Company)
Helen Thomson is blissfully funny in this new adaptation of Fo’s classic political farce.
February 16, 2020
Craig Hella Johnson on Considering Matthew Shepard
The US composer/conductor explains how he came to fuse Bach, Beethoven, cowboy songs, gospel and blues in his oratorio about the murder of gay student Matthew Shepard, being staged as part of Mardi Gras.
February 14, 2020
Review: The Deep Blue Sea (Sydney Theatre Company)
This production of Terence Rattigan's quintessentially English drama never quite finds its groove, despite a strong performance from Marta Dusseldorp.
February 10, 2020
Canberra’s National Opera unveils its inaugural program
Peter Coleman-Wright, the Artistic Director of the new opera company, announces the 2020 program, with an appeal for more financial support.
February 6, 2020
Review: Moulin Rouge – the Musical! (Original Broadway Cast)
Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic hit gets giddy Broadway treatment.
February 6, 2020
Shanghai Ballet tour to Brisbane postponed
The Lady of the Camellias, to be presented by QB, has been postponed due to the Coronavirus, while MSO's Chinese New Year concert was affected by fear of the virus.
February 5, 2020
A River of Glass
British director Phelim McDermott has been obsessed with Philip Glass’s music since the early 1980s. He talks to Jo Litson about meeting the legendary composer, directing his operas, and the dream in a flotation tank which led to their first direct collaboration.
February 5, 2020
Grosse Fuge to the power of three
A trio of choreographers each using the same Beethoven music proves dazzling.
February 4, 2020
13-year-old Australian violinist selected for the 2020 Menuhin Competition
Edward Walton will compete in this year's Menuhin Competition to be held in Richmond, Virginia in the US in May.
February 3, 2020
Kim Carpenter: life after Theatre of Image
The artist, designer and director on closing Theatre of Image, publishing a 30th anniversary book, and adapting and designing a ballet of The Happy Prince.
February 3, 2020