Review: Razorhurst (Hayes Theatre Co)
This new Australian musical has a great subject and two terrific performances but it spends too much time just telling us things.
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.
This new Australian musical has a great subject and two terrific performances but it spends too much time just telling us things.
In 1989, Lyn Williams founded the Sydney Children’s Choir, now part of the national Gondwana Choirs. She tells Jo Litson about the excitement of developing an essentially new genre in Australia, and of celebrating the 30th anniversary with the Gondwana World Choral Festival.
This triple bill to celebrate the company's 30th anniversary includes past Bangarra works and Stamping Ground by Jiří Kylián.
Andrew Bovell's wonderful, compassionate play about family is staged with a beautiful simplicity and clarity.
A magnificent performance by Anthony Warlow in the title role is the unforgettable highlight in a lacklustre production.
Anthony Warlow tells Jo Litson that he has refound his theatre mojo in the demanding role of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
The celebrated bass-baritone tells us about his forthcoming Australian concerts, his first cruise, his new opera roles, and why he won’t be bringing his Welsh Rugby Union jumper on his trip Down Under.
The esteemed Irish pianist and educator is the Jury Chair of the Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition in Queensland. He offers words of advice to young musicians.
The company is to present a fully digital, 21st-century staging of Wagner’s epic tetralogy in Brisbane in 2020, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng.
The Australian Chamber Choir is exploring a new concept in its latest concert, which it is performing in Australia and around Europe.
Kat Stewart and Peter Kowitz are both impressive, but the relationship explored in the play feels somewhat improbable.
Contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang has created some astonishing new work for Melbourne, including an installation of 10,000 birds, in a dialogue with the Terracotta Warriors.
Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival are to stage a theatrical adaptation in September 2020, directed by Sam Strong.