Sydney Reviews

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 11 August 2008

Steven Isserlis and the Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra, during the course of my adult years, seems to have come from nowhere and gone to the stratosphere

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 10 August 2008

Shakespeare's R & J | Riverside & Phil Bathols

At last, some piercing light has broken through yonder window: this is an entirely new prism through which one can view the intense, almost blinding beauty of Million Dollar Bill

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 10 August 2008

The AS Trio was, and is, spellbinding. They'll chill you out and softly sand down the rough edges in a way even a double Scotch cannot. Theirs is music for the mind, body and soul.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 09 August 2008

Checkpoint Zero | Sidetrack Performance Group

Checkpoint Zero isn't all about two star-crossed lovers who take themselves that little bit too seriously. It's also about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yawn!

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 07 August 2008

These girls are certifiable: they played 27 shows in 30 days, while in N. America. Yet it tells not. They come across as having palpable passion for their profession and material. Justifiably so

Details: jane barton; 04 August 2008

Waiting for Garnaut is a roaring hot air blast of acrid wit, unapologetic characterizations and droll tunes all laced with brazen irreverence that both titillates and harangues any lurking hypocrisies an audience might be harboring.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 04 August 2008

Australia has an ageing population. A chestnut as old as the populace itself. By corollary, it also has an ageing complement of actors. Fortunately, some of our best are getting on a bit.

Details: Alexandra Coghlan; 03 August 2008

Once you accept that Doninzetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor is essentially Brigadoon with an Italian accent and stop wanting or wishing it to be grand opera in the Verdi mode, then everything suddenly falls into place.