The Melbourne International Jazz Festival offered up a treat last Friday: Chris Dave and the Drumhedz. The crowd at 170 Russell was the beanie and baseball cap crowd as opposed to the beret and porkpie hat crowd you see at Jazzlab.
What a treasure Ali McGregor is and sorry we are that this is the end of her time as Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
It was the first time I heard a collective pleasurable sigh from an audience after hearing just 8 notes on the piano. I will never hear that song again without remembering that.
The Substation in Newport has an industrial history which has been minimally (and respectfully) refurbished as an art space, that provided the ideal venue for Three Solos.
STC’s new production of Saint Joan comes firmly recommended, reworking Shaw’s original text in a robust new version filled with passionate and moving performances.
This production of Snow White is spectacular. Strong and sensual woman lead the way and this production will change the way you view this classic fairy tale.
While a lot has changed on the outside since Lorca’s time, socially and politically, not a lot has changed on the inside, where the patriarchy still rules with an iron fist.