Performing arts
'We use music to help ourselves': Phantom tenor carries on in lockdown
The entire Phantom of the Opera cast performing at Her Majesty's Theatre in London was let go and told to re-audition for their roles when venues reopen.
- by Latika Bourke
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Music
Return of the sax: yes, the once-'daggy' instrument is having a revival
It's synonymous with '80s soft rock and pop, men in black sunglasses and elevator music, but now the saxophone is shrugging off its cringey past.
- by Kate Jones
Arts
Fringe to take the spirit of the festival online, in quirky style
After a virtual show, why not hang out in the virtual foyer, order a (real) beer, and chat to your fellow virtual audience members?
- by Nick Miller
Music
After 26 years, everything - and nothing - has changed
Jaz sax legend Joshua Redman has finally put the band back together.
Arts
A tale of two circuses: an existential balancing act
Circa in Brisbane and Circus Oz in Melbourne share many of the same challenges, but their host cities are in very different situations.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Review
Fierce energy bridges the gap
Livestreams may have lost some of their sheen now live-and-in-person gigs are creeping back onto the agenda but Warami Live was able to transmit a fierce, electric energy even across the physically distanced medium.
- by Divya Venkataraman
Live music
Live music is back: DMA'S to play shows at The Factory
After months of shutdown the live music industry is taking its first tentative steps back to normality.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Music
A unique sound forged in tragedy
The great Django Reinhardt was the first to prove a non-American could do more than mimic existing jazz.
- by John Shand
Review
All theatregoers should watch this astonishing Australian online work
The Postcards to the Nation project has weaved together 50 monologues in a deeply impressive act of collective imagination.
- by Cameron Woodhead
Arts
Less money, fewer actors, 'safer' shows: fears held for 2021 theatre
Even once audiences are shoulder to shoulder in venues again, performing arts companies have real concerns over what they can afford to offer them.
- by Nick Miller and Nick Galvin
Review
Real lockdown dilemmas brought to dramatic life
Malthouse Theatre's Lockdown Monologues have showcased urgent, real-time artistic reactions to today's unfolding crises.
- by Cameron Woodhead