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
Performance Art Reviews
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”!
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
Sheku Kanneh-Mason – New Cello Rockstar at the Royal Wedding
Youthful virtuoso cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason wows global audience with Royal Wedding performance said the headlines, a day after dazzling guests at the nuptials
Xavier de Maistre Harpist & Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Xavier de Maistre Harpist and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra ensured everyone left their concert on a high note one so ethereal it was right off the scale
Don Quichotte: Opera Australia presents Paladins, Poets and Passion
Superb singing, a fine flute and small dose of fabulous Flamenco on guitar, were highlights of OA’s presentation of Don Quichotte at the Melbourne Arts Centre
Brandenburg Quartet – Home Town Tour 2018: Music Sublime
Brandenburg Quartet musicians offered a sublime experience; exquisite violins, ingenious viola and a cello triumphant for their first Home Town Tour, Melbourne
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
Thomas Tallis’ England – Brandenburg, Sublime Music as Art
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Brandenburg Choir and countertenor Max Riebl started their 2018 season with an exceptional experience of incomparable richness