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April 8, 2014 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Theatre Royal, April 2  Perhaps it is a matter of personality as much as voice: a natural warmth and an instinct for never exaggerating the emotional content of a song. Whatever the case it is easy to see and hear why, for 30 years, Bernadette Peters has probably been musical…

April 6, 2014 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, April 4 George Orwell may have been awry in the time placement of his vision of worldwide totalitarianism, and he may have been unable to foresee the technological “advancements” that would befall us, but his 1949 warning of a bleak future remains salutary. In fact…

April 4, 2014 / Off The Cuff

He’s played with a who’s who of American, British and Australian jazz musicians. His classical compositions have been performed by orchestras including the Melbourne, Queensland and Tasmanian Symphonies. Now the circle has fully turned and Katoomba-raised Bruce Cale, one of the country’s foremost musicians and composers, is not only residing…