Mettle was an hour of almost continuous movement from every dancer. They attacked the choreography, with its spectacular twists and turns, with determination and skill," writes reviewer MICHELLE POTTER.
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"The varied program made for a thoroughly enjoyable evening of finely played music for classical guitar." NICK HORN reviews a solo performance by Rupert Boyd.
Leading her latest column of new books, ANNA CREER reviews a biography of Alexander the Great, a man its author says, "spent his whole life unsure of who he really was”.
"This delightfully absurd comedy is satirical, poking fun at Cold War paranoia, the joys of quiche as well as American society and attitudes of the 1950s," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Kerosene, a powerful monologue about growing up and the fires within, performed by actor Winsome Ogilvie and directed by Lachlan Houen.
The revival of Graeme Murphy’s exquisite staging of Franz Lehár’s 120-year-old operetta, The Merry Widow, at the Sydney Opera House powerfully demonstrates why it was destined to become an audience favourite, reviews BILL STEPHENS.
NICK HORN reviews Muse and Musings: The Chopin-Viardot Mazurka Dialogues, a performance by Anna Fraser, Claire Burrell-McDonald and Giulio Biddau.
A post-covid 50th birthday party conversation about middle age and menopause was the catalyst behind the musical Middle Raged, directed by Priscilla Jackman, reviews SAMARA PURNELL.
MICHAEL WILSON reviews Musica Viva Australia's frequent collaborators over forty years, Leila Josefowicz (violin) and John Novacek (piano) meet for an "intriguing and ambitious assembly of works which challenged musical convention".
Two cultural icons of the 20th century – Marilyn Monroe and Stephen King – have been assessed through their books. In Monroe's case, the books she read or owned; in King's, the books he wrote early in his career. COLIN STEELE reviews them.
Albert Camus's Caligula, directed by Isaiah Prichard and presented by Performative Theatre Company, is "an unlikely amalgam of Rocky Horror, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Brecht's Arturo Ui", reviews JOE WOODWARD.
"Quirky, unpredictable and intense, it created a world of its own with raw emotion, underlying humour and driving rhythms." LEN POWER reviews a performance of Musica Da Camera.
