Newsworthy: December 2025
A round-up of our recent news reports.
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 round-up of our recent news reports.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.
Fabulous performances and sumptuous staging; it's a swipe right for Laura Murphy's TikTokky take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Completely daft and deliciously funny, this musical tribute to Australia's greatest horse (yeah, Kiwis ... we know) is a winner straight out of the gate.
No dead wood in this sharper, funnier and even more unruly reprise of the smash-hit musical about a frontier square peg and her search for love.
Opera Australia’s new Music Director, Andrea Battistoni, tells us why he was keen to take on the role and discusses the challenges ahead.
Dean Bryant chats with Jo Litson about becoming the new Artistic Director of Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre and directing Eddie Perfect’s latest musical for WAAPA.
A round-up of our recent news reports.
The latest arts appointments and departures.
The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.
ASQ has launched a new podcast in which the musicians bring personal perspective to key works.
A hugely entertaining, high-tech staging of the Hollywood sci-fi comedy puts a smile on your speedometer dial.