Sometimes watching the audience coming into a particular show can be nearly as entertaining as the show itself. Arriving and settling early definitely has its benefits, particularly if you are a committed people watcher.
The audience arriving for the 8.30pm …
The Festival of Sydney has scored a sold-out, five-star performance – the world premiere of Ursula Yovich’s tribute to the high priestess of soul, Nina Simone.
Ursula, star of The Sapphires, Top End Wedding, Barbara and the Camp Dogs…
Through the ups and downs of the 1970s came an epic era that went down as one of the best decades in history.
Presented by the rocking SSO, the country’s leading orchestra with dynamic conductor Carlo Antonioli, the Hordern …
Debuting in her first Sydney Festival show, acclaimed screen and theatre actor/singer Natalie Abbott performs with her heart on her sleeve with her new show.
BAD HAND is is a theatrical cabaret story of grief, love, wisdom and a …
Above image: Mongolian jazz singer Enji… Photo credit Victor Frankowski
This concert at the ACO’s premises in Walsh Bay on January 16, was a real eye-opener on several counts. It was a surprise to find that, unlike previous concerts I’d …
How time flies. I’m often surprised that I’ve lived long enough to see that young musicians whom I’ve admired in their fledgling years have emerged as mature musicians, playing such outstanding jazz that it’s difficult to remember exactly how they …
Emma Donovan is one of Australia’s most respected entertainers. She sings. She composes. She engages the audience by tellings stories of her family. In Take Me to the River she gracefully commands the stage and the band of two guitars, …
Giacomo Puccini wrote the opera in 1924 amidst a turbulent time. The composer’s full name was Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini. His music is revered and performed 100 years on. The production at Sydney Opera House is as …
I’ve been hearing about jazz at Avalon Bowlo Club for several years, so it was with some anticipation that I attended there on Wed Jan 7 to hear a concert featuring singer Joy Yates and her husband/pianist Dave MacRae. I …
Opera Australia’s 70th anniversary year has begun its first production with the return of one of its most loved productions, Director Moffat Oxenbould’s production of MADAMA BUTTERFLY (composer Giacomo Puccini, librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa).
The scenario …