Josephine.Giles

Brave and truly moving

There are approximately 2000 deaths from suicide per year in Australia, and over 15,000 mental health prescriptions are written every…

12 years ago

What opera lovers have been waiting for

It’s been a long time between drinks, but finally an Opera Australia show to rave about. This strong, entertaining production…

12 years ago

OA’s Turandot – Magical, beautiful and among the best I’ve seen

Thanks to the three tenors, and more specifically Luciano Pavarotti, 'Nessum Dorma' is unarguably the most famous opera aria in…

12 years ago

MICF: Die Roten Punkte

Brother and sister band Die Roten Punkte (The Red Dots), after a whirlwind international tour and spectacular chart successes in…

12 years ago

Red

While most people wouldn’t know exactly who Rothko is, many would be familiar with at least some of his paintings.…

12 years ago

La Traviata – Opera Australia Melbourne Season

Perhaps going with the maxim “if it aint broke, don’t fix it”, Opera Australia present yet another revival of Elijah…

12 years ago

Of Mice and Men – Opera Australia

John Steinbeck’s 1936 novella Of Mice and Men, as well as being a staple high-school reading text, has had numerous adaptations: two…

12 years ago

Whitely’s Incredible Blue – Melbourne Festival

Whitely’s Incredible Blue ... an hallucination is not so much a play about Brett Whitely but, appropriately, an abstract theatrical…

13 years ago

The Magic Flute (Impempe Yomlingo) – Melbourne Festival

 I feel like I should have enjoyed South African Asango’s Olivier Award-winning adaptation of The Magic Flute more than I did. There…

13 years ago