Sydney Reviews

Details: jane barton; 28 June 2008

French chanteuse, Caroline Nin emerged from the shadows in a white dress suit, into a badly lit spot. It was a rare error from a venue such as the Opera House and unfortunately set the tone for the evening.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 28 June 2008

Arrebato, we're told, translates from rarely-used Spanish as 'a sudden & intense burst of emotion', of which I experienced more than a few, if not a continuous gush, across two blissful sets

Details: Brett Casben; 25 June 2008

This production presented for us by Opera Australia is certainly a very stylish one with the pinnacle being reached in the ‘Ascot Gavotte’.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 23 June 2008

They're so impressive one wonders how it can be they're not seriously famous; rather than just a bit

Details: Aleksei Wechter; 19 June 2008

Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea | 1927

It’s an ambitious project, but together with their vignette form, hauntingly delicate animated settings and Andrade’s grisly poetic tales they manage to pull it off.

Details: Helen Barry; 18 June 2008

Hamlet most certainly is alive and kicking in Cowell’s incarnation as a prince who truly “rocks” (in the rockstar sense) as a very modern royal.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 16 June 2008

Arlo Guthrie is a freakin' genius. I rarely resort to expletives, in reviews, let alone their Americanised cousins, but, since he peppers his banter with same, it seems oddly appropriate.

Details: lloyd bradford (brad) syke; 15 June 2008

Renee Geyer needs no introduction whatsoever and there isn't one that can begin to estimate her prodigious talents. As it turns out, she's not just a difficult woman, but a pithy, funny one too.

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