"It’s the totally invested performances by the large cast that set this production apart." BILL STEPHENS reviews American Idiot.
Review
"Tennessee Williams is not for the faint of heart," writes ALANNA MACLEAN in her review of A Streetcar Named Desire.
ROB KENNEDY reviews Xanadu Sky, performed by Ensemble Offspring, at The Street Theatre.
"As a reviewer, I approach group or competition exhibitions with a mixture of hope and dread." CON BOEKEL reviews the Canberra Contemporary Photographic Prize 2024 exhibition.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Watershed: The Death of Doctor Duncan: "It will probably be the most important and talked about production staged by Opera Australia this year."
"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.
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
