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.
Some of Australia’s biggest live entertainment and sports businesses have formed the Live Entertainment Industry Forum to ensure fans can safely return to live events as COVID-19 restrictions relax.
This week Jo Litson recommends Claire Foy and Matt Smith in Lungs live streaming from the Old Vic, The Wiz Live!, Nathan Lane in The Nance for the Lincoln Center, and The Dapto Chaser on ABC Arts iView.
Actor/director Robyn Nevin, Australian Ballet ED Libby Christie, choreographer Lucy Guerin, theatre producer Christine Dunstan, philanthropist Simon Mordant and artist Vincent Namatjira are among those recognised.
Sydney Symphony and Sydney Dance Company have collaborated on a new online series. Oboist Diana Doherty and dancer Charmene Yap discuss working on the project.
This week Jo Litson interviews Catherine Alcorn about new virtual venue The Reservoir Room, and recommends the Donmar Warehouse Coriolanus starring Tom Hiddleston, and the Old Vic's A Monster Calls.
Australian producer and former dancer Olivia Ansell will take up the position in November and present her first festival in January 2022.
Is it safe to sing in choirs? Does the coronavirus more quickly among singers? Lyn Williams from Gondwana Choirs and Brett Weymark from Sydney Philharmonia Choirs discuss the issues involved ahead of a second Gondwana webinar.
This week, Jo Litson recommends The Tap Pack filmed on the SOH's Digital Stage, James Graham's This House from NT at Home, and In the Company of Actors, the doco about STC's Hedda Gabler starring Cate Blanchett.
Aware that he needed time away from the fast lane, the award-winning filmmaker spent eight weeks in a shed on an isolated WA beach. A mesmerising documentary of his experience premieres this week.
When a West End musical they were developing was cancelled due to COVID-19, Sean O'Boyle and Amanda Jane Pritchard set to work on a new satirical musical within a musical.
Currently based in LA, the irrepressible performer tells us about the concert, the special challenge of performing in online events like this, and how her "apoca-puppy" is helping her cope with COVID-19 isolation.
The Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Art Gallery of South Australia will reopen their doors in June following their temporary closure due to COVID-19.
The 13-year-old is a member of WSYO and a NSW RFS cadet. She tells us about her most inspiring musical moment, her love of Beethoven and Delta Goodrem, and how she's coped with COVID-19 isolation.
