Eliza Doolittle (Claire Lyon) has got on top of where it rains in Spain and the safest topics of conversation (weather and health). She has entranced everyone at an upper-crust ball, looking unutterably poised in white. She has been the toast of Royal Ascot, scene of arguably the most delicious display of glamour in all…
Tag: John Frost
The King and I
Presented by John Frost and Opera Australia, April 19, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane. LISA McCune has probably never sounded or looked lovelier. As Anna Leonowens in The King and I, McCune has all the sweet-spot songs – Hello, Young Lovers, I Whistle a Happy Tune, Getting to Know You and Shall We Dance? – and gets…
The year ahead
And coming up in 2014 … LAST year it was easy to point to the events in dance one thought would be unmissable (not so very many) and theatre (vast amounts). Mostly performances and productions delivered pretty much what one thought they would and moments of transcendence were few, but I guess they always are….
