A Little Lunch Music – Tinalley String Quartet, A Review
Performing for the 1st time in Sydney’s City Recital Hall the Tinalley String Quartet left their audience draped in a musical mantle of rapture said Rose Niland
In, A Month of Sundays, Liz Byrski: Book Review Rose Niland
A Month of Sundays, a novel by Liz Byrski, is about 4 women in their 60s and 70s, Ros, Adele, Judy and Simone, all members of an Online book club for ten+ years
Ensemble Theatre, Sydney – Current & Future, by Rose Niland
During its celebratory 60th Anniversary Season, the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney is staging actor Reg Livermore’s recently written one-man show, The Widow Unplugged
Anne Numont: Incinerator Art Space – Informal Geographies
The modulations and tonality of art and life are revealed in Anne Numont’s exhibition Informal Geographies at the Incinerator Art Space, Sydney says Rose Niland
Unqualified: Ensemble Theatre – Showcasing Two Amazing Women
Written and acted by Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore, Unqualified says Rose gives theatre goers a laughfest, showingcasing the talents of two amazing women
Marjorie Prime: Ensemble Theatre – Rose Niland’s Review
Rose Niland notes “The gentle pace and enduring composition of the play Marjorie Prime at Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre, bellies the complexity of the story within”
Educated: by Tara Westover – Determination and Persistence
Determination and persistence are two characteristics defined by Rose Niland in a review of Tara Westover’s book Educated about transformation through knowledge
Women of a Certain Age – Jewel Studded Book says Rose Niland
Women of a Certain Age is a treasure chest of courage, fairness, justice, prudence, love, generosity, vulnerability, truth, discernment, intelligence and wisdom
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell – Ensemble Theatre Sydney
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, the humorous transformation of one woman’s life was first on stage in 1986 and in 2018 opened at the Ensemble Theatre Sydney
The Idea of North – A Premier Contemporary Cappella Ensemble
Pitch, dynamics, rhythm, blend and layering are the demands of a cappella group The Idea of North, attributes gloriously adhered to in concert, says Rose Niland
Jenny Kitchener: Pollinate Review – Grafton Regional Gallery
Pollinate: Exhibition by Jenny Kitchener acknowledges and highlights the function birds and bees perform in servicing the reproductive needs of plants says Rose
The Gold Coast & Beyond – The Green and Gold of Nature
Beyond the beaches of the coast is a wonderland of rainforests waterfalls and landscapes; the gold of the coast and green of the hinterland – magic
Tribute to Sir Nicholas Shehadie – Selby, Clifford & Newman
A Tribute to Sir Nicholas Shehadie by Kathryn Selby on piano, Grace Clifford violin and Clancy Newman cello at City Recital Hall was an exquisite moving concert
New Zealand Snapshot: Part 2 – A Close Up Quest for Beauty
Rose Niland’s journey through the South Island of New Zealand, in a close up quest for beauty, delivered an awe-inspiring example of environmental wilderness
New Zealand Snapshot: Part 1 – Land of The Long White Cloud
Rose Niland explores the north island of New Zealand, whose patchwork of landscapes, waterways, history and culture she reports, are both engaging and inspiring
Honey Ant Gallery – Showcasing Papunya Tjupi Arts, 2018
Papunya Tjupi Arts 2018, an exhibition of paintings by Honey Ant Gallery, are remarkable symbols of Aboriginal culture flourishing in the contemporary art world