Music amid the madding crowd
LEN POWER reviews the Australian Chamber Orchestra's concert, "The Crowd & I".
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"Mystery Road" cop Jay Swan gets his most sophisticated and cinematic outing of to date, says "Streaming" reviewer NICK OVERALL.
SIMONE PENKETHMAN reviews "The Year of Magical Thinking" at The Q, Queanbeyan.
"Juniper" delivers satisfaction and comfort from watching two wildly disparate human beings resolving an improbable gap, writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
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Movie review / ‘Bullet Train’
"Railway enthusiasts, don’t be misled by the title," warns film reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD in awarding half a star to "Bullet Train" and saying: "How other people will receive it I cannot foretell."
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‘Exemplary performance’ from Haydn ensemble
Music reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD congratulates the Haydn Ensemble for making the most of 'Eroica'– a piece, he says, that lacks variation in tonal colouring with limited instrumentation.
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Good haters get a rapturous reward
HELEN MUSA reports from the last performance of “Il Trovatore” at Sydney Opera House over the weekend – but if the foot-stamping and cheering is anything to go, by this Opera Australia production will remain in the company’s repertoire.
After being postponed twice due to the covid pandemic, the “East Meets West” orchestral concert finally arrived at Llewellyn Hall.
Music critic GRAHAM McDONALD is already looking forward to the next concert by the Ellery String Quartet, so enjoyable was last night's.
"There was little chemistry between the characters of Romeo and Juliet and it didn't help that the balcony scene made it look as if Romeo was delivering his lines from the bottom of an empty swimming pool," says reviewer LEN POWER.
Bangarra's "Terrain" is pretty, mostly peaceful and easy to watch and enjoy," says dance reviewer SAMARA PURNELL. .
Movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD enjoys an amicable and positive documentary of interviews with autistic people from several countries and their carers.
"Comparing Westerner behaviour in front of stiff-upper-lip Moroccan servants, 'The Forgiven' is essentially a serious drama trying to dodge the inevitable," writes movie reviewer DOUGAL MACDONALD.
Theatre reviewer SIMONE PENKETHMAN enjoys the slapstick energy and the highly physical performances from players and puppets alike in "Hand to God".
Reviewer TONY MAGEE finds himself at an "outstanding concert where music draws inspiration from the footprint of culture".
This is a reimagined Lieder song cycle, presented in an immersive and highly enjoyable 70 minutes of light and sound. And reviewer LEN POWER enjoyed the experience.
Reviewer LEN POWER reports from last night's recording of "The Changi Songbook" at The Street Theatre.
Music critic LEN POWER savours a "delightful concert of familiar and unfamiliar romantic classics by two highly skilful artists".
“Unravel” is an engaging and aesthetically attractive production and a commendable effort from both producers and cast, writes dance reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
