WATA, performed by traditional songmen from the Northern Territory and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey, is a compelling collaboration composed by Paul Grabowsky.
Billed as a gathering for Manikay performers, WATA weaves together the timeless clan …
This was a once-only concert, part of the Utzon Music 2024 program at the Sydney Opera House. There are ten once-only events in this curated Utzon program.
If you don’t want to mourn that fact that you won’t get to …
In 2017, artists Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos set themselves an unusual mission. Concerned about the rise of conspiratorial thinking, they decided to create a fake movement called ‘Birds Aren’t Real.’ The project was led by McIndoe’s self created alter…
The Art Gallery of New South Wales is the first state art museum featuring a survey exhibition of the work of one of Australia’s most respected abstract painters, Lesley Dumbrell.
The comprehensive retrospective charts Dumbrell’s career over more than …
The Salon Des Refuses was instituted by the S.H.Ervin Gallery in 1992 in response to the large number of works entered in to the Archibald Prize which were not selected for display in the official exhibition.
Each year a panel …
Celebrating the tenth year. The 2024 SAXO SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL – Superb full programme lineup is set to warm the hearts and minds of cinemagoers during this winter, the 2024 Saxo Scandinavian Film Festival returns to PALACE CINEMAS from July …
I have to say that I’m not a regular opera goer. The reality is that most operas are in a foreign language. To follow the narrative you have to read the surtitles. My eyes can handle deciphering subtitles in …
Above: Nicholas Russoniello played Baritone and soprano saxophone improvisations in between movements of the Vespers at this performance. Featured image: Conductor Tim Cunniffe led Symphony Chorus members during this beautifully lit performance. Photo credit, both images: Simon Crossley-Meates.
This performance …
TICK, TICK…BOOM! is a musical. On stage are three singers, two electric guitars and two electric pianos. A drummer is hidden behind a screen. That’s fully juiced sound.
We suspect that the three in the cast are superb …
The hardcover book itself is of medium height and thickness. It is divided into fourteen chapters with a Prologue and Epilogue, notes, select bibliography, Acknowledgements and Index. A few pages of black and white photos are also included. What would …