Brandenburg Quartet: In Fine Tune – Salon: MRC, Melbourne
The Brandenburg Quartet gave a highly sophisticated performance at MRC, Melbourne recently; exceptional playing, sensitively nuanced – full of emotion and drama
Performance Art Reviews
The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race – Heart-Warming Theatre
The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race at the Ensemble is playing to a SOLD OUT season; a defining experience celebrating the tenacity of women and comfort of humour
Australian Brandenburg; The Concertos – Celebrating 30 Years
Celebrating 30 years; Australian Brandenburg Orchestra presented five of J.S. Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos, treating each work as one of elegant simplicity
The Trouble with You – Opening Movie Review French Festival
The Trouble With You opening night at AF French Film Festival 2019 was a delight, bringing me back to an event for over 30 years, to experience joy and laughter
Manhattan Transfer – Presenting the Music of Happiness
Legendary jazz quartet Manhattan Transfer, says Rose Niland, showcased the group’s individual strengths and personalities as it presented the music of happiness
David Williamson: The Big Time – Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
David Williamson, playwright, has a new theatrical experience at the Ensemble Theatre Sydney, offering audiences insight into the frailty of the human condition
A Star is Born – Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga, A Dynamic Duo
A Star is Born as Ally (Lady Gaga) and Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discover that love grows in concert with making love and marvelous music together on stage
Ladies in Black – 1959, At The Beginning of Style, Australia
Ladies in Black, a wonderfully imagined abundant to look at gentle Australian comedic movie features an ensemble cast of fine actors directed by Bruce Beresford
Australian Brandenburg: Mediterraneo – Musical Gems Excite
Encountering the rich patina of sound from musical gems that excite, played by the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra directed by Daniel Pinteno, was illuminating
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
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
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”
Poldark, Series 4, Episode 1 – Being the Better Part of Ross
POLDARK is top notch English drama of the very best kind and it’s back for Series 4, with Demelza finding out what being the better part of Ross is all about
Mystery Road – Aaron Pederson & Judy Davis, Outback Art Noir
Greatly anticipated ABC TV Series Mystery Road with Aaron Pedersen and Judy Davis is visually sumptuous, as they go about solving the riddle of two missing boys
Tea With The Dames – The Difference Between Truth & Illusion
Dame Judi Dench ends this very special visit for tea with four of England’s grandest Dames with the quote ending – “… we are such stuff as dreams are made of”!