


It is rare to be a witness of great art. It is even rarer when this great art is a live performance of an opera.

People say Carl Barron thinks too much. But as he wryly asks: "How much are you supposed to think?"

The Australian Ballet School gives a fun, lively and kid-friendly rendition of this classical ballet, bringing the wintry-tale to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

It was a rather eclectic programme with generous lashings of in-jokes amongst the who’s who of the Perth theatre scene, on stage and in the audience.