Sydney Reviews

Details: Eliza Eggler; 05 April 2008

Sydney Symphony’s concert ‘Didgeridoo Meets Orchestra’ was an interesting combination of romantic and contemporary music

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 05 April 2008

What can one do with Hamlet that hasn’t been done, over and over, before?

Details: James Waites; 04 April 2008

Nevin’s performance is technically virtuosic, in a most subtle and understated way, superbly nuanced as it swings from bravado to self doubt, false courage to the real thing, from savvy thinking to mixed feelings

Details: Eliza Eggler; 01 April 2008

Mistero Buffo is undoubtedly Dario Fo’s most often performed work, with over ten million people having seen the play worldwide.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 30 March 2008

Urban’s is American country, played and sung by an Aussie. He is the Jon Bon Jovi of that genre, right down to his rock-God stylings and preened blond hair.

Details: Eliza Eggler; 30 March 2008

The Pilgrim’s Progress | Opera Australia

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' might have been an atheist, but his opera ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ is a religious work of great depth and beauty.

Details: Augusta Supple; 28 March 2008

Men, Love and the Monkeyboy | Shaman Productions

What do men talk about? More curiously: What do men talk about with each other? Are men as basic and simple as clichés suggest?

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 27 March 2008

The fact is Seasick’s legend by far transcends his ability and distinction, as a bluesman. He’s, well, ordinary.

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