
Kids shows are tricky business. They need to be big, bright, light and musical. They need to engage young audiences quickly and hold their attention. Big costumes, catchy songs and audience participation are generally crucial to success.

You can take me where you will, I thought, settling in for the MSO's Four Seasons In One Night concert.

Friday evening saw Brisbane’s glitterati hit the red (starred) carpet for the premiere of Don Quixote by Ballet Nacional de Cuba.

Fireworks of beauty, elegance, eagerness and energy marked this year’s Graduate Exhibition 2010 of the Australian Ballet School.

They’re completely silent, surly, dirty and absolutely adorable. Yes, that’s right. They eat maggots and they are adorable.


It’s a story with a dark, clever, crude, twisting narrative that demands as much from the audience as it does from its sole actor.