The long list for my top 10 shows of 2012 numbered more than 20 – a pretty good indication of a strong year in the arts. So why restrict myself to 10? No point really, so here are the shows that worked for me last year: At the Sydney Festival: Babel (Words), a wild dance-theatre…
Shakespeare Shipwrecked Season 2013
Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest Seen December 30 at Bella Vista Farm, Sydney. SPORT for Jove’s Damien Ryan was joking when he said after the end of Twelfth Night last night that King Lear would start at midnight. Obviously it was a jest: King Lear wouldn’t fit into the shipwreck theme that…
Remembering Colin Peasley
Colin Peasley gave his last performance as a member of The Australian Ballet on December 19, 2012. A shorter version of this profile first appeared in The Australian newspaper on Saturday December 8. A PHOTO in Luminous, a book of essays and images celebrating The Australian Ballet’s 50th anniversary, says it all. The occasion is…
