
The program was like a kaleidoscope of pieces of music ranging from Mozart and Boccherini to contemporary Australian composers William Barton (who also performed, with unique virtuosity and also deep intensity, the didgeridu) and Gordon Hamilton.

Master Class is truly a master class in performance and presentation, a lesson in excellence.

He told the audience about his memorable trip up and down the eastern coast back in 2008, which began in the very St Kilda, where he was now performing.

Writers Festivals are not just for lovers of books, or aspiring authors, or people who just want to witness, first hand, some famous people all milling around the same area. Moreover it is a feast for our senses.

Once upon time, not too long ago, calling someone a geek, or a nerd would have been an insult, lucky for us, today we live in a time where geeks rule the world, and scientists and astrophysicists are recognised and revered like movie stars.

Writer Andrew Upton has taken Chekhov’s first untitled play, re-jigged it, updated it to Russia in the 1990’s, post perestroika, and fashioned an expansive, exuberant and entertaining text, electrifyingly realised by director John Crowley and his wonderful cast.

Matthew Whittet wrote Seventeen with the explicit idea of its main characters being played by actors over 70. It is the actors who are the joy of this production.