November 18, 2018
Review: The Gods of Strangers (State Theatre Company South Australia)
A grand undertaking of migrant stories.
November 17, 2018
Review: Twelfth Night (Melbourne Theatre Company)
A dream cast, sublime design, charming music and assured direction deliver a delightful end-of-year Shakespearian romp.
November 17, 2018
Review: Viennese Romantics (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
David Robertson's Mahler Five suggests just how much the SSO has assimilated Mahler into its DNA.
November 17, 2018
Review: Glass & Ustvolskaya (Bang on a Can, New York)
At first sight poles apart, Jenny Lin draws out the parallels between a minimalist icon and a Russian iconoclast.
November 16, 2018
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Richard Gill
Ahead of the orchestra's memorial concert, CEO Emma Dunch reflects on Richard Gill’s legacy with the SSO.
November 16, 2018
Yuko Mohri: A Breath of Fresh Air
The Japanese artist brings new sound worlds to the Asia Pacific Triennial at QAGOMA.
November 16, 2018
St George’s Cathedral announces its 2019 season
Artistic Director of the Concert Series, Organist and Master of the Choristers Joseph Nolan unveils next year’s musical offerings at the cathedral in Perth.
November 16, 2018
Pinchgut to draw a thread between the past and the present in Artaserse
In a roundtable chat, mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux and artists of Pinchgut discuss the weight of history in the Australian premiere of Hasse's opera.
November 18, 2018
Review: The Gods of Strangers (State Theatre Company South Australia)
A grand undertaking of migrant stories.
November 17, 2018
Review: Twelfth Night (Melbourne Theatre Company)
A dream cast, sublime design, charming music and assured direction deliver a delightful end-of-year Shakespearian romp.
November 17, 2018
Review: Viennese Romantics (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
David Robertson's Mahler Five suggests just how much the SSO has assimilated Mahler into its DNA.
November 17, 2018
Review: Glass & Ustvolskaya (Bang on a Can, New York)
At first sight poles apart, Jenny Lin draws out the parallels between a minimalist icon and a Russian iconoclast.
November 15, 2018
Review: The Dance of Death (Belvoir St Theatre)
An insistence on the big effect comes at the expense of effective theatre.
November 17, 2018
Review: Viennese Romantics (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
David Robertson's Mahler Five suggests just how much the SSO has assimilated Mahler into its DNA.
November 17, 2018
Review: Glass & Ustvolskaya (Bang on a Can, New York)
At first sight poles apart, Jenny Lin draws out the parallels between a minimalist icon and a Russian iconoclast.
November 16, 2018
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Richard Gill
Ahead of the orchestra's memorial concert, CEO Emma Dunch reflects on Richard Gill’s legacy with the SSO.
November 16, 2018
Did you hear about the dirty doings of Jan Ladislav Dussek?
Constantly on the run, “Le Beau Visage” got into more amorous scrapes than Casanova.
November 16, 2018
St George’s Cathedral announces its 2019 season
Artistic Director of the Concert Series, Organist and Master of the Choristers Joseph Nolan unveils next year’s musical offerings at the cathedral in Perth.
November 16, 2018
Pinchgut to draw a thread between the past and the present in Artaserse
In a roundtable chat, mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux and artists of Pinchgut discuss the weight of history in the Australian premiere of Hasse's opera.
November 15, 2018
Timothy Sexton pleads not guilty to child sex offences
The former Artistic Director and Chief Executive of State Opera of South Australia has pleaded not guilty to four charges relating to alleged offences between 1988 and 1991.
November 14, 2018
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Opera Australia)
An imperfect realisation of Wagner’s comedy, but the music making more than compensates.
November 6, 2018
A Show of Hans: A History of Meistersinger Onstage
Richard Wagner’s comic masterpiece explores the nature of art. As Kasper Holten’s production for Opera Australia opens in Melbourne, we examine why it's become a controversial target of revisionism in recent decades.
November 5, 2018
Review: Lorelei (Victorian Opera)
This new commission gives an old story an entertaining makeover with style-hopping music, comedy and feminist attitude.
November 18, 2018
Review: The Gods of Strangers (State Theatre Company South Australia)
A grand undertaking of migrant stories.
November 17, 2018
Review: Twelfth Night (Melbourne Theatre Company)
A dream cast, sublime design, charming music and assured direction deliver a delightful end-of-year Shakespearian romp.
November 15, 2018
Review: The Dance of Death (Belvoir St Theatre)
An insistence on the big effect comes at the expense of effective theatre.
November 13, 2018
Adelaide Festival Centre announces its 2019 program
Featuring two musicals, three festivals, a new dance work from Australian Dance Theatre and a Chinese New Year Concert with the ASO.
November 12, 2018
Review: Mandy Patinkin in Concert: Diaries 2018 (Gordon Frost)
Songs became heartfelt, sometimes humorous theatre in the hands of a masterful actor-singer, who gripped the audience in this intimate concert.
November 13, 2018
Adelaide Festival Centre announces its 2019 program
Featuring two musicals, three festivals, a new dance work from Australian Dance Theatre and a Chinese New Year Concert with the ASO.
November 12, 2018
Review: Next Move 11 (Chunky Move)
New short works from two of Melbourne’s emerging contemporary choreographers.
November 9, 2018
Review: Don Quixote (Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company)
A distinctly Italian flair, combined with assured work by the principals, makes for a beautiful night of ballet.
November 2, 2018
Perth Festival announces its 2019 program
Two new Australian operas, an Estonian choir, the eight-hour theatrical tour-de-force Gatz and a host of "Made in WA" productions feature.
November 1, 2018
Read the November 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine online
The November 2018 issue features Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Mandy Patinkin, Jan Vogler and Bill Murray, plus our 2019 Season Preview.
November 16, 2018
Yuko Mohri: A Breath of Fresh Air
The Japanese artist brings new sound worlds to the Asia Pacific Triennial at QAGOMA.
November 9, 2018
Carriagework’s Lisa Havilah appointed Chief Executive of MAAS
She assumes the role in January 2019, succeeding Dolla Merrillees.
November 1, 2018
Read the November 2018 issue of Limelight Magazine online
The November 2018 issue features Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Mandy Patinkin, Jan Vogler and Bill Murray, plus our 2019 Season Preview.
November 1, 2018
Australia’s richest art prize awarded to newcomer
Melbourne artist Lynn Savery has won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for her self-portrait exploring gender norms.
October 18, 2018
20/20 at the National Portrait Gallery
Who needs candles on a cake when you can have portraits on a wall? The NPG unveils 20 new works of leading Australians for its birthday.
November 15, 2018
Review: The Old Man & the Gun (David Lowery)
Redford plays a gentlemanly robber in (perhaps) his final film.
November 12, 2018
Review: Debussy…Et le Jazz (Quatuor Debussy and guests)
Jazz and classical fuse in new take on Claude’s preludes.
November 12, 2018
Review: Finzi (Watkins, Lortie, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Davis)
Watkins and Lortie help Finzi rake eloquently over Romantic embers.
November 12, 2018
Review: Schwartz • Broadstock: Orchestral works (Synchron Stage Orchestra Vienna, Bratislava SO/Kevin Purcell)
Broadstock matches Schwartz in this new side by side issue.
November 12, 2018
Review: Matthew Shlomowitz: Avant Muzak (Asamisimasa)
Shlomowitz turns the everyday into the weird and wonderful.
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