Julie Hosking, Author at Seesawmag

Reviews

Laying it on the line

6 August 2023

Showbiz can be cruel, as the dancers auditioning for A Chorus Line reveal in raw and funny ways. Julie Hosking steps into their shoes.

An elegant red-haired woman in a patterned dress stands outside, trees behind her. She has her arms open wide, long sleeves falling like wings either side, her head tilted to the sky. This is singer Jessie Gordon. Fifty shades of jazz

Q&A

Fifty shades of jazz

3 August 2023

Perth Jazz Society is celebrating a major milestone with a stellar lineup at this year’s Lyric Lane Jazz Festival. Julie Hosking gets the lowdown from co-curator Jess Herbert.

A figure dangles from a huge multi-coloured balloon, nothing but blackness all around. This is CircusWest's ECLIPSE Make August a month to remember

What to SEE

Make August a month to remember

27 July 2023

Is winter over yet? If you can’t beat the weather, just ignore it and stay indoors. Our August gig guide is full of good reasons to do just that.

A pianist sits at a pianoforte, flanked by a violinist who is standing and a cellist sitting. They are all intent on their playing. Behind them are the columns of a ballroom. Helen Kruger, Geoffrey Lancaster and Noeleen Wright performing Australian Baroque's concert of Haydn's Piano Trios Three times the joy

Reviews

Three times the joy

22 July 2023

Haydn’s piano trios get a rare outing with a grand guest. Classical enthusiast Julie Hosking is swept along by the majestic movements and their magnificent players.

A sharply dressed man stands in front of a recessed grey wall. He is wearing a silver blazer over a black t-shirt holds a beautiful viola. This is Australian String Quartet violist Christopher Cartlidge Playing with real treasures

Features

When he was studying viola at university, Christopher Cartlidge used to busk for beer money. Now the musician travels the country (and the world) playing a rare beauty with Australia’s premier string quartet.

A dancer in a leather jacket leaps in the air, arms and legs wide. Behind him is a jailhouse building with an ensemble of dancers moving in sync. This is All Shook Up, the musical. A hunk of burning fun

Reviews

A hunk of burning fun

11 July 2023

It’s now or never. Take your Elvis loving friends and family to All Shook Up and you’ll all have a ball, writes Julie Hosking.

Features

Elevating the state of play

7 July 2023

When Melissa Fitzgerald went looking for guitar repertoire with a uniquely local flavour, she came up short. Now the quartet she founded is bringing West Australian landscapes to the world.

Reviews

Oceans of meaning in gentle tale

3 July 2023

Blueback asks some deep questions of its audience. Julie Hosking is fully immersed in this moving Spare Parts production.

A character dressed in gold jacket, striped swimmers and a purple seadragon mask takes a bow, his arms out wide. This is the Magical Weedy Seadragon. Dive in for delightful sea change

Reviews

Dive in for delightful sea change

2 July 2023

Make way, city slickers. This Great Southern creation is awash with laughter, music and magical mayhem – and it’s heading to Perth, writes Julie Hosking.

A figure clad in black hoists a huge groper puppet above his head, the fish looking out towards the netting in front of them. This is Spare Parts Puppet Theatre's production of Blueback. Keep the kids happy this holidays

Features

Keep the kids happy this holidays

26 June 2023

Feeling the cold? There’s plenty to warm young hearts (and the young at heart) this July school holidays. Enter a winter wonderland of creative pursuits.

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Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region. Continue

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Seesaw Magazine acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which we work and live, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.
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