Performing arts
A great-grandfather’s monumental life, memorialised in music
Sax player Matt Keegan has written a soulful tribute to his great grandfather.
- by Nick Galvin
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Having children made this dancer dig deep, and reach new heights
Amy Harris is in her 20th year at The Australian Ballet, whose maternity leave policy helps dancers return with new maturity and assuredness.
- by Catherine Lambert
Melbourne’s arts hearts beat again as galactic lasers replace ghost lights
Robin Fox will fire lasers into a galaxy of crystals to celebrate the post-pandemic return of performances to Arts House in North Melbourne.
- by Nick Miller
★★★
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Exquisite voices save opera that proves more weary than wondrous
The puppets and slapstick comedy in The Sleeping Beauty seemed made for children, but not the darkness and grief.
- by Bridget Davies
★★★
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Something wicked this way comes: a Macbeth lost in his fears
Nathaniel Dean delivers an intriguing read of one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters, dialling down his conscience and delving deep into paranoia and delusion.
- by Cameron Woodhead
A great rehearsal - now bring on the main event
This exciting performance was a tantalising glimpse of a major new work.
- by Jill Sykes
He felt he was falling out of love with music - a composer saved him
Young cellist James Morley found it hard to listen to the classical music he loved during lockdown. But a huge new investment in Australian music has re-inspired him.
- by Nick Miller
Mixed-modal double bill explores memory and sense of self
This small festival of new performance work is rich and bold.
- by Cassie Tongue
Symphonie Fantastique creates beautiful art from ugly origins
The famous piece and its troubling origins are dissected movement by movement, with composer Hector Berlioz becoming a figure representing toxic entitlement of all gender.
- by Cassie Tongue
★★★★
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Eddie Perfect serves up hilarious insight into his Broadway nightmare
Eddie Perfect’s new cabaret show is a brilliant display of his songwriting talents - he’s a lyrical tall poppy nobody would want to cut down.
- by Cameron Woodhead
★★★
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Clownish farce exposes hilarious horror of a long marriage
The Anniversary is packed with inventive physical comedy, though a dark turn near the end feels a little sudden.
- by Cameron Woodhead