Monday, July 8, 2019
Who is Nathan Carter? Singer. Mover. Shaker. Sydney born Melburnian. Once a Shakespearian Improvisor. Now playing Nick, Doug and others in Come From Away. What would you do differently to wh…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:16PMWhile America celebrated Independence Day, I attended Queensland Theatre’s latest play, City of Gold, in the Bille Brown Theatre. Co-produced with Griffin Theatre Company, the talented pla…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:23AMThe first comprehensive publication of Whiteley’s artistic oeuvre, Schwartz City Books has announced a monumental seven-volume catalogue raisonné chronicling a lifetime of work by Brett W…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:43AMHaving been to the Moulin Rouge in Paris, I actually felt disappointingly underwhelmed by the show. I would attribute that to the unimaginative lighting and the absence in the use of backdro…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:53AMThe film, Black ’47 highlights the year of 1847 during the ‘Great Famine’ also called the ‘Irish Potato Famine’ of 1845-49. Potato blight brought starvation, death and disease to I…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:59AMSaturday, July 6, 2019
Producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones have announced that iconic Australian entertainer Tom Burlinson will join the cast of the multi-award winning, record breaking musical Chicago for its …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:35AMFriday, July 5, 2019
Who is Alison Jiear? Alison Jiear (pron. Jyre… ‘thanks Dad’) is a Brisbane born singer who has resided in England for the past 31 years. She still “calls Australia home” however. A…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:43AMLambert House Enterprises and LHE Agency are thrilled to announce a ‘lightning’ return season of the much-loved classic Australian play Relative Merits by Barry Lowe at Le Rocco Theatret…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:23AMThursday, July 4, 2019
The Victorian Music Development Office (VMDO) has worked with Chris Carey, CEO of Media Insight Consulting, to understand how Australians access and engage with music in their latest researc…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:07PMQueensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane had the honour of hosting the only Australian performances of the Bolshoi Ballet Company prior to their departure to perform in London. Establis…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:37PMWednesday, July 3, 2019
Who is Martin del Amo? I’m a choreographer and dancer based in Sydney. I’m originally from Germany but have been calling Australia home for nearly 20 years. For a long time, I mainly wor…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:39AMInterested in the work of a socially engaged contemporary artist committed to art’s capacity to raise awareness and instigate change? Then go and experience Quilty at Brisbane’s Gallery …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:17AMTuesday, July 2, 2019
Live Performance Australia (LPA) today announced a very special addition to the 2019 Helpmann Awards at Arts Centre Melbourne. Along with previously announced live entertainment for the 2019…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:53PMGraeme Murphy’s amazing re-imagining of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is as much a feast for the eye as it is for the ear. His stunning use of LED screens and video projections, together wi…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:20PMLauded artist, curator and festival director Hannah Fox and acclaimed director and choreographer Gideon Obarzanek have been announced as the co-artistic directors of Melbourne’s new festiv…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:46PMWho is Kim David Smith? I’m an Australian cabaret performer based in NYC, devoted to converting and musically subjugating Americans into Kylie Minogue worshipers. What would you do differe…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:55AMFor the very first time in Sydney, audiences have the opportunity to see the award-winning contemporary circus show, Chasing Smoke, for five nights only from 9 July as part of the 2019 Bondi…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:25AMShowcasing new and recent paintings that merge the traditions of European painting with the subjects and materials of East Africa to reconsider cultural traditions and stereotypes, the Muse…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:36AMAussies love a good yarn, almost as much as they love a drink. Wake in Fright – a beautiful, horrific, hallucinatory masterpiece – provides both in abundance. Adapted by Declan Greene fr…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:55AMLeading theatre producer John Frost has announced that Ben Mingay and Lucy Durack will play the lead roles of Shrek and Princess Fiona in the lavish and fun multi-million dollar musical come…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:09AMMonday, July 1, 2019
Who is Emma Powell? A music theatre performer who is definitely more of a mover than a dancer! She’s a mother of a daughter who she can’t believe is twenty one. What would you do differe…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:20AMExploring the fate of one gloriously dysfunctional Australian family across a weekend of love, laughs and pain, Lab Kelpie presents the return season of Katy Warner’s comedy-drama, Spencer…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:16AMBigger and more beautiful than ever with hovering spirits, human canvases and VR experiences, the Gertrude Street Projection Festival (GSPF) has announced its 2019 programme. Kicking things …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:16AMBrighten up the school holidays with the beloved Roola Boola Children’s Arts Festival as it returns for its tenth year with a program packed full of intimate performances, workshops and un…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:25AMSunday, June 30, 2019
There’s a reason why The Book of Mormon is still playing to packed houses 8 years after it premiered on Broadway. This irreverent, fun musical is full of energy, heart and comedy genius. T…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:48PMAn extraordinary performance by Sheridan Harbridge, as Tess, a criminal lawyer and survivor of a sexual assault, in Suzie Miller’s searing indictment of the Australian legal system’s han…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:01PMFormerly of Brisbane, now based in Oxford, UK, Sheridan Voysey is a writer, speaker and broadcaster with BBC. Deeply affected by the pain of a personal crisis, Voysey chose to undertake an a…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:42PMThe life, legacy and influence of Margaret Olley is richly reflected in this extraordinary Brisbane collection of work and memorabilia. Olley (1923-2011) was a unique individual and a comple…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:41PMSaturday, June 29, 2019
Who is Damon Smith? I am a composer, lyricist, music producer, writer, instrumentalist, film maker and performer who lives in Melbourne. Crikey, lets do that in an acronym, Damon Smith is a …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:15AMCombining the thrills and fun of Russia’s finest circus traditions with all the skills and daring of today’s new age circus heroes, ZIRK! Circus – The Big Top Spectacular is getting re…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:28AMBased on Stanislaw Lem’s 1961 soviet science fiction novel of the same name, Malthouse Theatre, The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Lyric Hammersmith London present the world-premiere s…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:28AM 
