Patrick Hobbs has always been an artist-in-waiting—though patience was never his strong suit. Trained in visual arts at St Martin’s School of Art and Sydney College of the Arts, he once swapped the studio for the stage during a brief stint as an alto with Voices from the Vacant Lot.
A lifelong learner, he’s also studied teaching, counselling, and psychology, which comes in handy in his role as a Learning and Support teacher at a busy Campbelltown high school.
Patrick spends his spare time at theatre, film screenings (especially psychological dramas and horror), art galleries, and live music. His vinyl-collecting habit once led to an entire stash being left on a train—yet his shelves remain crowded with books, DVDs, and the occasional record that “followed him home.”
This afternoon’s program, Trembling Earth, was not meant to leave you with a nostalgic sense of place. The title names a landscape that will not stay still. Contemporary composer Bryce Dessner walked the forest next to his house many times …
An hour of brassy metal. The sound you almost never get to hear: not the Brass Section, but the five colours inside it.
This Cocktail Hour asked for a different listen: not the massed, projected sound of the orchestra’s brass …
Does an orphan always imagine her mother will one day return to claim her? Vivaldi’s Legacy, the latest offering from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, explores Vivaldi’s work through a partial dramatisation scripted by playwright Alana Valentine. Actor Lilian Alejandra …
I found myself sitting among cello mums and their children, older students, and a scattering of curious music lovers — all drawn by the chance to observe this young star of the English classical scene. What unfolded was quietly moving: …
Even the most formal and over-determined classical works can still open space for contemporary creative practice. Tonight’s performance of Beethoven’s early and heroic scores revealed how these pieces continue to invite fresh dialogue, risk, and genuine collaboration between conductor, soloist …
The Oresteia is a searing spectacle, less a night at the opera than a window into the waiting room of Hell. The unappeased spirits of Cassandra, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon and the Furies gather once more around the original wound, the …
Javier Perianes is one of the leading international pianists of his generation. On a night that celebrated Spanish cultural history alongside sporting triumph at the World Cup, he brought rare insight and authority to the Sydney Opera House stage.
As …
17 July 2026, Utzon Room, Sydney Opera House
Behold the clarinet ‘in the raw’. Alexander Morris from the Sydney Symphony Orchestra treated the audience to an enjoyable evening with works that place the clarinet firmly in the spotlight. As part …
City Recital Hall, Angel Place | 15 July 2026
The Omega Ensemble, led by Artistic Director David Rowden, brought their signature precision to Angel Place last night for the third performance of their national Inner Landscapes tour.
The program drew …
Downstairs Belvoir Street Theatre, 11 July
Everything you think you know about barbershop quartets; the striped waistcoats, the handlebar moustaches, the polished close-harmony singing; is only part of the picture. Afterglow, a brand-new Australian musical rom-com, digs deeper into …