Reviewer ALANNA MACLEAN rates Mary Rachel Brown's "Rosieville" as a "sane and funny play, a rarity in that it is about ordinary life in Canberra".
Review
The large, resplendent Band of the Royal Military College performed for more than two hours a program of five works for wind instruments with "skill and obvious enjoyment". Reviewer LEN POWER was there.
"As the moment of cacophony subsided into angelic sounds of shimmering cymbals, the audience could contain itself no longer," writes BILL STEPHENS, who is reviewing a performance of "Tubular Bells".
"Without sheet music for the whole concert, Pobłocka’s concentration of sound flowed effortlessly from her fingers to create a grand musical experience." Awestruck reviewer ROB KENNEDY relishes the performance of pianist Ewa Pobłocka.
"Michael Boyd’s passion for magic and desire to entertain is clear. He wants to make your worries disappear, if just for a moment. And through the illusion of magic, that’s exactly what happens," writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
BILL STEPHENS reviews Teresa Wojcik's "deeply personal response" to the catastrophes of the 2019/20 bushfires and the covid pandemic.
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews "Networks Australia: Artists at Work”, craft by a group of artists, who live and work in Australia.
"It is a style of music for which there is no cultural equivalent in Australia... It is a music of joy and passion, which had this reviewer leaving the theatre with a big smile." GRAHAM McDONALD's been to see Victor Valdes and his band.
"New music like these works offers new experiences and new feelings. The CSO continues to do a wonderful job of exploring the richness of new Australian music," writes reviewer ROB KENNEDY.
Book reviewer ANNA CREER finds herself drawn to murder and crime on the South Australian coast...
"For those wondering if there is still an audience for the classics, a place and space for tradition, the answer is a resounding yes." Reviewer SAMARA PURNELL's been to see "The Sleeping Beauty” performed by the Royal Czech Ballet.
LEN POWER reviews “Immortal Bach”, performed by the Canberra Choral Society and Luminescence Children’s Choir, at All Saints Anglican Church, Ainslie.
