LIVE REVIEW // Mark experiences One Infinity
BY MARK BOSCH, LEAD CRITIC One InfinitySydney FestivalCarriageworks, 23 January On Wednesday evening, I return to Carriageworks’ Bay 17 to see One Infinity, a music […]
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Transforming plastic waste into an intimate live performance
BY CARISSA DYALL D E B R I SColourful Collective (Alex Childs, Sophie Dahm, Rose de la Monaña) 318 Saint Georges Road, North Fitzroy, November 2018 Deliberate. Intimate. Thought-provoking. A room full of plastic. D E B R I S […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy sees Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
BY WENDY ZHANG Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: the New Musical Capitol Theatre, 11 January 2019 What’d you miss? An actual candy land Roald Dahl […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees La Passion de Simone
BY MARK BOSCH La Passion de Simone (Australian premiere)The Sydney Chamber Opera and The Song CompanySydney FestivalCarriageworks, 9 January The opening evening of the Sydney Festival, I stepped into […]
LIVE REVIEW // Joseph goes Bach to the Bush
BY JOSEPH ASQUITH, LEAD WRITER (EDUCATION) Bach to the BushAnthony AlbrechtAdamstown Uniting Church, Newcastle, 22 December 2018 In the midst of the summer festive season, […]
LIVE REVIEW // Mark sees Ensemble MUSE: furor poeticus
BY MARK BOSCH Ensemble MUSE107 Projects, Redfern, 2 December Not one of Ensemble MUSE’s past programs has shied away from bold choices, from Elizabeth Brown to […]
5 types of orchestra gig we dig
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Picture a night out with the orchestra. Instinctively, your mind might conjure the following images: traditional concert blacks, traditional concert hall, traditional […]
LIVE REVIEW // Laura goes to see 2Cellos
BY LAURA BIEMMI, TRENDS EDITOR 2Cellos Riverside Theatre, 23 November I am notoriously hard to please when it comes to crossover music. Exploring […]
LIVE REVIEW // Carissa goes to La Bohème
BY CARISSA DYALL La Bohème Opera Australia State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 7 November It was Berlin. In the 1930s. There was glitz. […]
LIVE REVIEW // Wendy sees Lake Honghu in Concert
BY WENDY ZHANG Lake Honghu in Concert Hubei Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House, 4 October Lake Honghu in Concert was a unique cultural performance […]