"Dance and lyricism through the passion of Piazzolla to the tender melodies of Schumann, this concert was a grand musical journey," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
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Kotaro Nagano is a skilled harpsichordist. Fascinated by Wesley’s collection of historical instruments, he revived the music of early times by playing harpsichords of different eras, writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
"On a cold Canberra evening the Phoenix Collective Quartet wrapped an audience of devotees in a warm blanket of beautiful music with a performance that was technically outstanding," writes reviewer IAN McLEAN.
"Director Kate Blackhurst keeps the action moving at just the right speed to ensure the audience can keep up with and accept the increasingly outlandish situations and ideas being presented," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
Books reviewer COLIN STEELE looks at three books that, he says, provide fascinating insights into Britain in the 20th century, accounts that reflect "the more things change, the more they stay the same".
"Celebrated for his formidable technique and idiosyncratic phrasing, Kirill Gerstein has the ability to make even the most terrifyingly difficult compositions look like a piece of cake," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
"Mark Salvestro, in his words and performance, gives a very real characterisation of a man struggling with feelings for his own sex in a time when society and the law frowned upon homosexuality," writes reviewer LEN POWER
ROB KENNEDY reviews a performance of Hope in Terror by emerging young cellist Zachary Connor and pianist Edward Neeman.
KERRY-ANNE COUSINS reviews Tanya Myshkin's exhibtion, Wood Engravings and Drypoints, showing at Megalo Print Studios.
LEN POWER reviews Travel and Change, a concert by Apeiron Baroque with bursts of philosophy from Drew Ninnis.
"A Midsummer Night’s Dream has darker influences than might not be apparent in the surface plot; making it a serious work within its fantasy and farcical situations." Reviewer JOE WOODWARD's been to see Bell Shakespeare's new show.
"Highway of Lost Hearts is a surprisingly uplifting play given a thoughtful production guaranteed to warm the hearts of those lucky enough to experience it," writes reviewer BILL STEPHENS.
![Evie Hudson is a woman with amnesia, who forgets the last 13 years. Piecing her life back together, she navigates the harsh realities of coercive control.
Evie is the leading character in local author @emmagreyauthor's second novel Pictures of You.
Her debut book, The Last Love Note, sold more than 100,000 books worldwide within a few months of being published last year.
“I think that using amnesia really helped [show the effects of coercive control] because she had that sense of being completely lost in her own life,” Emma says of her new work of fiction.
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