
God love the ACO. It never disappoints. The latest tour, Barefoot Fiddler, is no exception. The inspiration for such is guest artistic director and lead violinist, Patricia Kopatchinskaja who, true to form, plays shoelessly.

July's Roseville event, last Friday evening, was a Latin fiesta and while the location might be one of the last places on the planet you'd expect to find authenticity in that realm, it might have been Santiago or Havana. Well, almost.

Don’t fall into the typical search for meaning and metaphor. This is a world where you can and in fact, are encouraged to lose yourself. This is after all, the world of Einstein on the Beach.

Taken at its broadest, Natalia Savvides' The Lightbox is a wide-ranging meditation on the human condition: what makes us tick and what happens when said ticking turns to tocking, or an irregular rhythm.

Clutching onto my friend throughout the 90-minute show, it was over far too quickly and would be happily viewed again.

American playwright Jon Robin Baitz has written a tightly woven family drama full of American politics and the nuances of growing up in America in the 80s and beyond.

Pursuing truth in oneself becomes a frustratingly impossible task: are we no more than a series of roles, with no underlying coherence or unity? No self beyond the personae we have created?