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By Ben Neutze
In 2007, tenor Alfie Boe and musical theatre star Michael Ball appeared together in an English National Opera production of the classic musical Kismet, now famous for being particularly awful. It might well have been a low point in both of their careers — the London Evening Standard declared “A terrible fate should befall this Kismet” — but it
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By Ben Neutze
Melbourne Festival this week revealed its 2017 program, with one of the most significant works of live performance of the decade at its centre. Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music is a 24-hour journey through popular music and the history of America, from 1776 through to today, performed by the legendary New York cabaret artist. The Pulitzer
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Time and tide have caught up with one of regional Victoria’s finest galleries, Castlemaine Art Museum, which will close on August 11 for an estimated two years. Citing reductions in revenue, maintenance demands, and governance issues, its board has announced an extensive review, supported by Creative Victoria, Mt Alexander Shire council and Regional Development Victoria.
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By Daily Review
Daily Review has re-launched our What’s On page, and streamlined the design to make it easier for readers to learn what’s happening around the country. Users can now search listings by both location and by genre. We’ve always been passionate about ensuring our readers are able to “get amongst it” and experience the best cultural events happening around
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Japanese virtual pop phenomenon Hatsune Miku will make her Australian debut at this year’s OzAsia Festival in the world’s first opera without humans – a work festival director Joseph Mitchell says pushes the boundaries of the artform. Mitchell, who will tonight launch the full program for the September 21 – October 8 festival, says Miku
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By Daily Review
Last year, Darryl Kerrigan’s home from the beloved 1997 film The Castle came under threat of demolition. The house, currently located in Strathmore, Victoria, the house will now be auctioned off tomorrow. But if your budget doesn’t quite extend to purchasing a piece of Australian cinematic history, you can have your own cinematic experience by renting Darryl’s holiday house
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By Ben Neutze
Last night’s Helpmann Awards were thoroughly endured by all in attendance. The ceremony, which recognises live performance in almost every form (from ballet, to contemporary music, to stand-up comedy, to opera, to musical theatre), is typically a marathon event. Thankfully, the ceremony ran pretty much to time (three hours, straight through), and there were some
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By Daily Review
As this clip from Roman Polanski’s 1974’s Chinatown shows, Jack Nicholson, playing private detective Jake Gittes in parched and corrupt 1930s California, was a fine role model for ABC reporter Linton Besser (pictured below). While Besser lacked Jack’s tailored suits, classic Ray Bans and sticking plaster across his nose last night on Four Corners‘ Pumped: Who is benefitting from the
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By Daily Review
The Greek architect Mariana Bisti, shot this footage of Kong Kong in February this year while on a 10-week artist residency at the city’s Baptist University’s Academy of Visual Arts. “After my first week there, having spent hours and hours exploring and observing the city’s vastness and density from the ground level with my DSLR camera and notebook,
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By Helen Razer
I reckon that the study of antiquity must be a real pain in the urn. Much of what the classical scholar has to go on is a collection of objects or texts. I mean, proceed with your analysis of the pre-modern period, and do help us all understand the mistakes of dead civilisations—even though we’re
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