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  • A blonde woman in black stands, hands placed together in front of her as if in prayer. She looks upset and pleading. A man in a blue jacket in one shirt can be seen in the background. Big Apple spin gives opera bite
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    Big Apple spin gives opera bite

    1 September 2023

    Freeze Frame Opera has done it again, delivering a wildly inventive take on a classic that deserves to be better known. Will Yeoman heads to Broadway. 

    Reading time • 4 minutesMusic
  • Jesse Chester-Browne and Amy Yarham in a scene from Freeze Frame Opera's 'Hansel and Gretel'. Two actors dressed in khaki and green scout/guides uniforms look at a gumball machine. The glass bowl of the machine is filled with bright glowing strands of light and it is topped with a miniature gingerbread house Classic fairytale gets a modern twist

    Classic fairytale gets a modern twist

    9 May 2022

    Freeze Frame brings opera to a new generation with a light-hearted performance of an old favourite Hansel and Gretel, writes young writer Bethany Stopher

    Reading time • 5 minutesOpera
  • Pictured top: Brett Peart, Brigitte Heuser, Ava Charleson, Robert Hofmann, Ruth Burke in 'Angels & Devils'. Photo supplied A man in a nightgown sits on a bed, surrounded by a 4 other cast members Romantic thrills and spills
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    Romantic thrills and spills

    23 August 2021

    Freeze Frame Opera’s “Angels & Devils” presents unlikely opera repertoire in an unusual venue and Sandra Bowdler says it offers a night of good fun and great singing.

    Reading time • 6 minutesMusic
  • seven musicains and singers in costume lean against the tray of a spotlit Bedford truck Opera essentials from the back of a truck
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    Opera essentials from the back of a truck

    10 August 2020

    “At a time when we can only dream of overseas holidays, Freeze Frame Opera reminds us that art, music, memory and culture keep us connected,” says Tiffany Ha. “You won’t even need to change out of the sweats and Ugg boots you’ve been wearing the past five months.”

    Reading time • 5 minutesMusic
  • two women in red gowns perform either side of a man in a tuxedo Witty winter antidote
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    Witty winter antidote

    20 July 2020

    Opera divas get vicious as Government House Ballroom reopens its doors. Sandra Bowdler relishes this opera parody by DivaLicious.

    Reading time • 5 minutesCabaret
  • Penny Shaw and Robert Hofmann. Photo Mark Liao A man sings to the camera with a woman leaning against him Music theatre delight
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    Music theatre delight

    16 September 2019

    Robert Hofmann and Penny Shaw, ‘Au Naturel!’ ⋅
    13 September 2019, Kidogo, Fremantle ⋅
    Review by Sandra Bowdler ⋅

    Reading time • 3 minutesMusical Theatre
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