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.
Features this month explore the redevelopment of Adelaide's Her Majesty's Theatre, Margaret Sutherland's Violin Concerto, Andrew Ford's Red Dirt Hymns project, and the musical Hamilton.
The ANAM Set will see 67 Australian composers write six-minute works for 67 ANAM musicians. Pairing them will be like a Tetris game, but exciting, says Creative Coordinator Leigh Harrold.
Ahead of his performance as Bluebeard for Opera Australia, the bass tells Limelight about the challenges of the role, singing in Hungarian, and his casting as Wotan in the upcoming Ring Cycle.
Jo Litson talks to producer Michael Cassel and two cast members about creating a distinctly Australian-looking production of Hamilton, and why that’s so important.
The German-born, Australian-based Maestro, who is currently QSO’s Conductor Laureate, will lead the orchestra until a new Chief Conductor is announced.
A hypnotically beautiful work, choreographed to a wonderful, visceral score by Bryce Dessner, which is performed live by the Australian String Quartet.
The termination of the JobKeeper supplement at the end of this month could be disastrous for the arts.
Insisting he has “no unhappiness with Opera Australia”, Jeffes says the “extraordinarily difficult decision” to resign as CEO is very much “a personal decision”.
Clever, twisting storytelling keeps us hooked in a play about sexuality, celebrity and the harm done when success is all that counts.
The new livestreaming initiative begins this month with Summertime at the Ballet, and will add bonus behind-the-scenes footage including post-performance interviews with dancers.
The Darlo's 2021 program includes A Chorus Line, the return of the musical Once, and jasmine lee-jones's coruscating 2019 play seven methods of killing kylie jenner.
The two awards will be presented at the Sydney Opera House on 6 April on the opening night of The Australian Ballet's New York Dialects.
The opera company has introduced rapid antigen testing in order to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus between performers and staff.
