Saturday 21 February 2026 Belvoir St Theatre Photography by Brett Boardman Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) A Mirror is a play within a play within a play; more a Coney Island Hall of Mirrors with reflection upon reflection, so mesmerising that we are never really certain where reality lies. This bold new play from […]
Wednesday 18 February 2026 Australian Brandenburg Orchestra City Recital Hall Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Photos by Keith Saunders The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra were on fire for their season opener, Baroque Masters, a program full of delectable well-loved Baroque masterpieces. And Artistic Director, Paul Dyer was proud to show off his newly refurbished harpsichord […]
Thursday 10 February 2026 City Recital Hall Australian Chamber Orchestra Dejan Lazić (piano) Photos Charlie Kinross Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Apart from an innovative program that included both a World and an Australian premiere, lurking beneath the surface of the ACO’s season opener seemed to be a theme of migration: 3 of the […]
Wednesday 28 January 2026 Sydney Opera House Playhouse Theatre Aakash Odedra Company Photography by Ken Leanfore Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The performance began with a voice over explaining the story behind Songs of the Bulbul. In Persian culture, bulbuls (or nightingales) are revered for their songs that are often directed to a rose […]
Tuesday 27 January 2026 Sydney Opera House Joan Sutherland Theatre Opera Australia Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Hansel and Gretel started its creative journey in 1813 when the appropriately named Brothers Grimm published this rather grisly fairy tale of a witch who grooms, cooks and eats children. It’s hard to imagine that a children’s […]
Thursday 15 January 2026 Sydney Opera House Joan Sutherland Theatre Opera Australia Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Puccini wrote Madama Butterfly (1904) and Turandot (1924) at the height of Western fascination with the Orient. Artists and musicians were creating works that portrayed a stereotypical western view of the exotic cultures of the Orient, in […]
Saturday 10 January 2026 Sydney Opera House CIRCA Photos by Daniel Boud Circa is one of the world’s leading touring circus ensembles based in Brisbane. They generally tour three shows internationally at one time and the current show Duck Pond has been travelling the globe since 2023. Lead by Yaron Lifschitz, they stay true to […]
Thursday 8 January 2026 Sydney Opera House Joan Sutherland Theatre Opera Australia Photography: Keith Saunders Revival and Movement Director, Matthew Barclay, brought together an incredibly talented team of creatives to reproduce Moffat Oxenbould’s 1997 award winning production of Madama Butterfly for Opera Australia’s 2026 season. The casting of Guanqun Yu as the impressionable and innocent […]
20 November 2025 Playhouse Theatre, Sydney Opera House Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Photos by Brett Boardman Written over 400 years ago, Romeo and Juliet has permeated our culture in ballet, pop music, art, film and literature. And this is due to Shakespeare’s genius in portraying the human condition with timeless acuity in a […]
Glacier. S. H. Ervin Gallery. I8 November – 14 December. Then & Now. King Street Gallery on William. 18 November – 13 December Review by Anthony Frater. Arts Wednesday. There are two exhibitions on now at different galleries featuring the work of one this country’s most gifted painters in the Romantic style; actually he isn’t […]
Saturday 15 November, 2025 Bach Akademie Australia The Neilson, ACO on the Pier Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Photos by Keith Saunders It would have to be one of the most famous, most creative and ultimately unsuccessful job applications in history. In 1719, not long after the death of his first wife, JS Bach, […]
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Monday 10 November, 2025 Musica Viva Australia City Recital Hall Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Photos by Claudia Raschella Polish pianist, Piotr Anderszewski returns to our shores for Musica Viva Australia in a series of recitals featuring music by three German greats – Brahms, Bach and Beethoven – representing music from the Romantic, Baroque […]