Festivals, Reviews Postcard from the Adelaide Festival 2: Dramas of Ideas Humphrey Bower The Adelaide Festival ran from February 28 – March 15, 2020. In this postcard HUMPHREY BOWER reviews Almeida Theatre’s The …
Festivals, Stage Postcard from the Adelaide Festival ‘Turning up the Heat’: Dance into Images, Music into Dance Humphrey Bower The Adelaide Festival ran from February 28 – March 15, 2020. In this postcard HUMPHREY BOWER reviews Kiss & Cry …
Festivals, Live, Reviews Perth Festival Postcard 4: Meow Meow and Rufus Wainwright Humphrey Bower The word ‘cabaret’ originally referred to the ‘little room’ – typically a tavern, pub, café, restaurant or nightclub – in …
Festivals, Reviews Perth Festival Postcard 3: Chamber Music Weekend, Garrick Ohlsson, Kate Tempest Humphrey Bower Alongside his commitment to working with Indigenous artists, Festival Director Iain Grandage’s passion for music has been driving force behind …
Festivals, Reviews Perth Festival Postcard 2: Bran Nue Dae, Black Ties, Anthem Humphrey Bower Bran Nue Dae is an iconic work of Indigenous West Australian theatre, and the first Aboriginal musical. It was first …
Reviews, Stage Perth Festival Postcard 1: Grounding and ‘Hecate’ Humphrey Bower Perth Festival Director Iain Grandage’s inaugural program reflects his passion for music (of all genres) and Indigenous collaboration (in many …
Festivals, Stage ‘A Special Day’: a conversation with Ana Graham and Antonio Vega Humphrey Bower A Mexican theatre company’s minimalist stage adaptation, for two actors, of a classic Italian film about fascism is a somewhat …
Reviews, Stage Postcard from New York: The Inheritance review Humphrey Bower The Inheritance is a two-part, seven-hour adaptation of E. M. Forster’s novel Howard’s End, set in contemporary New York. It …
Opera, Reviews Postcard from New York: Akhnaten, Philip Glass, Metropolitan Opera Humphrey Bower Akhnaten is the third of Philip Glass’s early trilogy of portrait-operas, following Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha (the latter …
Opera, Reviews, Screen La Traviata (Opéra National de Paris) review Humphrey Bower NB: this is a review of Opéra National de Paris’ La Traviata, broadcast in Australian cinemas as part of the …
