Reviews

Death and the Ravin’

April 8, 2017

BY CAMPBELL BANKS This concert has me stumped. My fingers have been poised on the keyboard for ages now, stuck like a sprinter with […]

Live review: Between 8 and 9, Chamber Made Opera

April 7, 2017

BY LEWIS INGHAM Between 8 and 9 Chengdu Teahouse Project Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, March 30 Use this colour to find a seat […]

Still Oblique to the Pathétique

March 30, 2017

BY CAMPBELL BANKS A confession: sometimes, when I am moping along a footpath through an oncoming rush of rage-inducing text-walkers, the gaudy jackets of […]

Live review: Eighth Blackbird

March 18, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT Eighth Blackbird Adelaide Festival and Musica Viva International Concert Season Adelaide Town Hall, 9 March Somehow the planets aligned, and […]

Live review: La Gaia Scienza

March 18, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT La Gaia Scienza Adelaide Festival Adelaide Town Hall, 8 Marcy As a young university student, I remember Barrie Kosky programming […]

Live review: Saul at the Adelaide Festival

March 11, 2017

BY CHRISTOPHER WAINWRIGHT Glyndebourne Festival Opera/Adelaide Festival Saul by Handel Adelaide Festival Theatre, 5 March Enfant-terrible Barrie Kosky with an impressive team of singers, […]

Live review: Australian Electric with Three

March 9, 2017

BY LUCY RASH Australian Electric Three Melbourne Recital Centre, 23 February ‘…a sonic experience that is introspective, intriguing, and refreshingly relevant. You should […]