Grayson Perry Us & Them @ State Theatre 16th January 2020 Reviewed by Paris Pompor Arriving on stage for his Us & Them show in the most envy-inducing baby-blue clodhoppers Sydney has ever seen outside of Mardi Gras season, Turner-Prize winning potter, tapestry subverter and darling of the British contemporary art scene, Grayson Perry looked […]
Iron In The Blood at City Recital Hall 23rd January 2020 Reviewed by PJ from Dial Afrika “Iron In the Blood” could be regarded as the most revealing portrayal of Britains brutal treatment of their own kind and of the indigenous Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia, in the late eighteenth and into the nineteenth century, recently […]
Roslyn Packer Theatre, Walsh Bay, Sydney, 21-25 January Reviewed by Paula Towers Giant balloons float above the audience while long lengths of sheer fabric appear to dance with a life of their own in Air Play, a 2020 Sydney Festival offer. Charmingly described as a “visual poem”, this show is a beguiling and fun blend […]
Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, Sydney’s Hyde Park North, 7 – 26 January Reviewed by Paula Towers Part of the 2020 Sydney Festival, transgressive cabaret Betty Blokk-Buster Reimagined inspires and delights with its confectionary of costumes, characters and theatrical delivery. Multi-talented Josh Quong Tart has reinvented the original raunchy role and his irascible charm is enthusiastically received. […]
Mojo Juju at City Recital Hall 26 November 2019 Reviewed by Chelsea Deeley 18 months touring an album is pretty impressive by today’s standards. But then again, when the album in question is Mojo Juju’s poignant and powerful album ‘Native Tongue’ – it’s definitely not a surprise. Layered with stories of disenfranchisement, questions of identity […]
Review of Kristin Berardi and Sam Anning concert, Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, Sunday 24 November, 2019 I’ve seen Kristin Berardi perform several times since she won the Freedman Music Fellowship for jazz in 2009, the only vocalist to have achieved this. In my opinion, she is still the most accomplished pure jazz vocalist in this country, […]
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Melbourne’s the Basics Play a One-Night-Only Show Celebrating the Release of their 5th Studio Album B.A.S.I.C. Reviewed by Emily Morris Last Thursday, 21 November, the Basics returned to the Espy in St. Kilda for the first time in a decade to launch their 5th studio album B.A.S.I.C. The newly renovated venue is special to the […]
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Reviewed Friday 15 November 2019 Reviewed by Sonia de Freitas With a stellar resume collaborating with big name superstars like Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, The Roots, Missy Elliot…, my expectations were high for what headliner saxophonist and NYC native, Lakecia Benjamin, would offer Australian audiences as part of the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival produced […]
Visited Friday 8 November 2019 Reviewed by Rosalind Gustafson One of the first things one might notice about the Cornelia Parker exhibition is the diversity of materials used. I do not just mean this in the sense of there being documentaries, videos, books to peruse, and an audio guide in addition to the artworks and […]
Wednesday 6th November 2019 @ Foundry 616 Reviewed by Chris Borton (Jammin’ Sundays) The stars aligned at SIWJF last night: cool venue, great backing band, full house with a definite buzz of excitement! But most importantly the international act, Veronica Swift was outstanding. A young singer from the USA who, at age 25, surely stands […]
Sunday 3 November 2019 @ Bondi Pavilion at 7pm by Phillip James (Jammin’ Mondays) Sao Paulo native Anna Setton was billed as aborn samba, MPB and choro performer whose style evokes the bossa nova tradition of the Brazilian greats Bilberto, Jobim and Menescal. Ms Setton lived up to this billing, and more. She chatted with […]
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Visited Friday 6 September 2019 Reviewed by Rosalind Gustafson An exhibition covering a subject that has no doubt long gone overlooked by many, Songs of Home does a fine job of providing a broad overview of the topic of music in early colonial Australia, with enough details and specifics to keep a viewer immersed in […]