The year’s best streaming shows on television
Packed with prestige drama and cracking comedies, 2024 has been one of the most binge-worthy years of streaming in recent memory, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.
Reviews
Book reviewer ANNA CREER shares her novel of the year plus four others that stand out from the pack.
Book reviewer COLIN STEELE wraps up a year of wide reading to settle on five of his favourites.
Reviewer CON BOEKEL is intrigued by elements of the human condition on display at the PhotoAccess Concept to Publication exhibition.
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Children’s choir bedazzles with Christmas song cycle
GRAHAM McDONALD reviews I Sing the Birth, a performance by the Luminescence Chamber Singers and Luminescence Children's Choir at Wesley Uniting Church.
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Young choreographers put their best steps forward
SAMARA PURNELL reviews the Emerging Choreographers Program, by QL2 Dance, saying: "The experience of adapting a studio practice to a theatre... gives these young artists the chance to expose their vulnerabilities and receive feedback."
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Happy tingle as delightful Nutcracker takes to the stage
"This delightful production was enjoyed by all ages, who came dressed in ballet-inspired outfits, ready to bask in nostalgia and introduce the next generation to the magic that is The Nutcracker" writes reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
Reviewer LEN POWER revels in Christmas music sung by Luminescence Chamber Singers and Children’s Choir.
"Sauce was on edge enough to give the kind of marginalised feel you go to fringe theatre to experience," says reviewer ARNE SJOSTEDT, of the Irish comedy playing at Smiths.
"With a funny, moving and imaginative production of an engaging mini-musical, ACT Hub rounds out a year of outstanding and provocative productions." BILL STEPHENS reviews Tick, Tick…Boom!
"Her career spanned only 12 years before a tragic death. She captured her world – a voracious observer yet also intentional in her approach to narrative and composition." BRIAN ROPE reviews Carol Jerrems – Portraits at the NPG.
COLIN STEELE reviews a couple of books with lots of spooky Christmas twists.
"This concert covered hundreds of years of Christmas music." ROB KENNEDY reviews The Waiting Sky – Music for the Christmas Season, a performance by Polifemy.
LEN POWER reviews Krismas! Peace To The World, a concert of Christmas music led by Llewellyn Choir and conducted by Rowan Harvey-Martin.
"There’s a definite statement about the early creation of one kind of Australian identity born out of the convict system." ALANNA MACLEAN reviews Jack Maggs.
"This repertoire can be boring if performed without energy and contrast, but the AHE made it absolutely thrilling." MICHAEL WILSON reviews a performance by the Australian Haydn Ensemble at Gandel Hall.
"Executing this daring program with such flair and competence would have been beyond many community orchestras, but the National Capital Orchestra was up for the challenge, and delivered," writes music reviewer MICHAEL WILSON.
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY offers a learned review of a new book likely to ruffle feathers as it pokes fun at the Australian legal profession.
Two of Australia's leading fantasy writers, Isobelle Carmody and Garth Nix have made Canberra the location in their latest books, writes reviewer COLIN STEELE.
