Reviews

Arnold Schoenberg was still a teenager and much inspired by Mahler and Strauss when he started composing this supernatural oratorio, initially for just a piano and two singers.

Now in its first SSO staging, Simone Young conducts a massive orchestra of 140 musicians with six soloists and a further 285 choristers standing by for Part III.  This late Romantic mega-work was much as Schoenberg finally conceived it for the premiere in Vienna in 2013. 

Wayfinder hails from Dancenorth Australia. This production successfully blurs the lines between movement, light, sound, sculpture and song and includes the audience as passive performers.

It’s been snowing for days, weeks – months? Two women push their way through the heavy front door of a South Australian public library, seeking shelter where a solitary man was sleeping. His name is Noah, this is his choice of a safe house – his Ark – and he is not happy to see them.

And so begins another climate change-induced apocalypse set in a not-too-distant future. Writer Thomas Liddell has created a small drama with a massive context – and he focuses on the people impacted by our societal inaction that has brought them together.

Bang On has been podcasting for about 8 years, now so Perth listeners were not only desperate to see Zan and Myf in person, but also to secure some unique merchandise before and after the show. (Apparently, years ago, they used to make their own Bang On badges!)

Zan Rowe and Myf Warhurst are very familiar to all of us, as TV hosts and radio presenters, so watching them “Banging On” about various popular culture topics is an enjoyable night out.