November 17, 2020
Review: Chalet Monet by Richard Bonynge
A visual feast for opera buffs and sticky beaks alike.
Diana Simmonds
Diana is an author, editor and theatre critic. Her arts website stagenoise.com, is Sydney’s longest established. She has written for Fairfax, News Ltd, Kerry Packer, and at 15 was Mombosa Times’ yachting correspondent. She also teaches creative and life writing and is writing a memoir and a play.
Articles by Diana Simmonds
March 14, 2020
Review: Breaking the Waves (Opera Ventures & Scottish Opera at Adelaide Festival)
Missy Mazzoli's opera, based on Lars von Trier's film, builds to a devastating finale.
December 1, 2019
Review: I Have a Song to Sing (Viola Tait, edited by Elizabeth Kumm)
Unique memories from Gilbert & Sullivan to JC Williamson Ltd.
March 4, 2019
Review: Two Feet (Adelaide Festival)
Meryl Tankard's remarkable solo work from 1988 has been remade in exquisite fashion with prima ballerina Natalia Osipova now starring.
February 15, 2015
Review: Review: Suddenly Last Summer (Sydney Theatre Company)
Cameras never lie, revealing the dark heart of Tennessee Williams’ truth drama.
November 9, 2014
Review: Review: Switzerland (Sydney Theatre Company)
A potent and thrilling symbiosis between actress and playwright.
July 31, 2014
Review: Review: Tartuffe (Bell Shakespeare Company)
Bell’s Moliere is so poetic that Diana Simmonds’ literary fancy took flight.
July 26, 2014
Review: Review: Macbeth (Sydney Theatre Company)
If only the Big Idea were bigger as Hugo Weaving takes on the Scottish play.