Taikoz: The Beauty of 8
Australia’s internationally acclaimed drumming ensemble, Taikoz, explore the immersive qualities of the Japanese taiko in their stunning production, The Beauty of 8, which is touring to Port Macquarie, Penrith, Canberra,...
Category: Music
Puttin’ On the Ritz
On the back of their successful 2017 Australian tour, the Company of Puttin’ On the Ritz have returned, drawing a full house at the Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday 8 June – that extra shows were needed to meet de...
Sydney Coliseum Theatre Announces Opening Week Program
A magnificent new addition to Greater Western Sydney’s cultural landscape and to Australia’s live performance industry, the Sydney Coliseum Theatre – a $100 million theatre development located at West HQ in Rooty H...
Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton
Festivals can throw up all sorts of wonderful surprises. At the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton was a prime example. We began the night with Audrey Powne (vocals, trumpet) fronting...
YID!
YID! promised to take “centuries-old Yiddish songs” and present them in a variety of musical styles, from 1930s Big Band to modern-day Electronica. The ensemble of 20+ musicians certainly achieved some memorable moments....
Opera Australia goes fully digital for world premiere season
Opera Australia will be the first opera company in the world to present a fully digital repertory season of three brand new productions when it opens its Sydney Winter Season on 28 June 2019 in the Joan Sutherland Theatr...
The Flaming Lips announce The Soft Bulletin 20th anniversary tour
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 1999 masterpiece, The Soft Bulletin, technicolour rock legends, The Flaming Lips, are heading to Australia this October, playing the album in full alongside their greatest hits. ...
Gershwin Reimagined
It’s stunning to think that the George Gershwin-composed Rhapsody in Blue was first performed in 1924. Many of his songs from stage and screen, such as Someone to Watch Over Me, have become Jazz standards. Even a limited...
