Opera Australia this year presents Dvorak’sRusalka, a work rarely staged in this country and a welcome departure from the standard Italian or German repertoire.
Over the course of the night, the audience is introduced to a frazzled mother and a bride to be, a cactus loving wife and a widow, a teenage wannabe star and a fading singer
Stephen MacDonald’s play is comprised of predominantly, and richly, imagined details of a legendary meeting of minds and souls: those of English poets, Siegfried Sassoon & Wilfred Owen.
A play about life, love and politics, Hannie Rayson’s Life After George is a tale of the intertwined stories of some intriguing but ultimately flawed characters.
It’s the tail end of the roaring 20s; machines are coming of age, romance is dying (or is it?), but cigars are still hand-rolled with love and dedication in a small family factory in Tampa, Florida.