"This was a clever and well-considered program, combining two composers who might not automatically be bracketed together, using two works from each written at close to the same age, albeit 150 years apart," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
"There were 12 people on stage playing intensely complex music, yet relaxed and obviously enjoying the performance, continuously smiling and encouraging each other. This was a memorable musical experience," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
Director Bruce Gladwin and his cast of “The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes” deliver a genuinely funny, acute, and thought-provoking production that also delivers an ominous and sobering message, writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
As a vehicle for three strong and powerful women actors of different ages, “Three Tall Women” is the perfect choice for revealing the potential and talent of Chaika Theatre, writes reviewer JOE WOODWARD.
IAN McLEAN reviews the final concert of the Canberra International Music Festival, which he says ran from evocative to humorous and ended in joyous triumph.
Reviewer LEN POWER comes in from the cold for a concert of tradition-inspired Nordic works with unique contemporary Australian compositions about the land and its peoples.
Music reviewer JOSHUA DAFFERN writes that, although sometimes a little slow, “Life on Land’s Edge” was a charming and largely well-presented recount of the pole-to-pole migrations of shorebirds.
"This was a concert of sublime beauty and sublime silliness. The audience couldn't stop laughing at the final work." Reviewer ROB KENNEDY enjoys "An English Lark".