Lynne Lancaster

A passionate theatre person Lynne is originally from Sydney and holds a B.Ed (Art) – a postgraduate Diploma in Information Management (Librarianship) and an MA in Theatre. While living in London ( 2002 -2007 ) Lynne completed the dance criticism course at Sadlers Wells linked in with Chichester University.

Lynne has worked for both Ticketek and Ticketmaster here in Australia and was involved with the original production of THE BOY FROM OZ

An Ausdance member Lynne is passionate about dance and has studied ballet and Flamenco. Before moving to London she photographed the Sydney Dance Company and Australian Ballet among other companies and has exhibited internationally.

Lynne is a SAMAG member and a volunteer at the Art Gallery of NSW. Currently Lynne writes for arthub, danceinforma and sydneyartsguide.

Sadly Lynne passed away in December 2024.

995 posts by Lynne Lancaster

the force of destiny

THE FORCE OF DESTINY

Love, blood, honour, revenge and an obsession with death are the main themes of this long, verbose and at times strangely disturbing work rarely seen here in Sydney.

Set in the mid eighteenth  century , this production is visually dominated …

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nt live: the audience

“If you want to know how it is that the monarchy in this country has survived as long as it has – don’t look to its monarchs. Look to its prime ministers.” THE AUDIENCE

They don’t get much better than …

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bolshoi’s romeo and juliet

With its lavish costumes and superb dancing I see this production as an interesting but a little disappointing introduction to a balletic Romeo and Juliet. Based on Shakespeare’s play this is a revival of the 1978 version Grigorovich created for …

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a song to sing o

Kicking off the ‘Cabaret in the Day’ season at Mosman Art Gallery was a one off performance of the magnificent A SONG TO SING O , written and directed by Melvyn Morrow and here featuring the splendid talents of Savoy …

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othello

OTHELLO

O most noble, brave and valiant Othello!

Explosively powerful this is a striking, unusual production prominently featuring water. Wonderful Sport by Jove under the inspired direction of Matt Edgerton bring us a gripping performance with a magnificent cast and show …

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becoming traviata

This superb, enthralling film will have opera and theatre people agog. One of the many films of this year’s Sydney Film Festival it came under their ‘Sounds on Screen’ section. It is a fascinating insight, a unique documentary behind the …

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bangarra dance theatre’s blak

In three parts, some of this dance journey worked extremely well, some less so. All three sections were strong, the first two especially dark, dealing with major social and cultural issues. Technically the dancing was strong featuring the distinctive Bangarra …

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nederlands dans theater 2

nederlands-dans-theater-2

We have been privileged to see a program of four very strong contrasting works as performed by the excellent young dancers of NDT 2 ( The ‘second company’ so to speak of Nederlands Dans Theater).

First up was the magnificent …

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opera’s triple threat

 

A hefty combined birthday party (centenary for Britten, bicentenary for both Verdi and Wagner) this concert featured the combined dazzling talents of the  Sydney Philharmonia Festival Chorus and Orchestra under conductors Brett Weymark and Anthony Pasquill and especially the …

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australian dance theatre’s g

Hotly anticipated and at the start of a national tour, this very short visit by Australian Dance Theatre from Adelaide with ‘G’ would have to be one of Sydney‘s dance calendar highlights for 2013.

This is Stewart’s second ‘deconstruction’ of …

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