Blueback asks some deep questions of its audience. Julie Hosking is fully immersed in this moving Spare Parts production.
Author Archives: Julie Hosking
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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.
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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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Give me that rock ‘n’ role music
22 June 2023
The RocKwiz crew honour an Australian icon with their trademark mix of music and mayhem, writes Julie Hosking
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Expect the unexpected
22 June 2023
What happens when you bring talented musicians together to improvise over one glorious weekend? Julie Hosking talks to two of the curators of a festival where anything goes.
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Creating poetry in motion
15 June 2023
Violinist Rupert Guenther shapes music the way a painter brings a canvas to life, weaving a story with each new sound. On the eve of a national tour, the composer shares his passion for classical improvisation with Julie Hosking.
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WAAPA’s rising stars put best feet forward
10 June 2023
In a production worthy of the big stage, WAAPA’s cast and crew make all the right moves. Julie Hosking prepares to cut loose – Footloose.
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Worth making noise about
8 June 2023
Armed with a new instrument, musician Jeremy Segal is ready to get experimental with some friends. He tells Julie Hosking why you should, too.
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From Rossini to Rapunzel, with love
23 May 2023
A popular fairytale gets a snip and a makeover in a fun-loving opera for children. It’s just one of the reasons the multi-talented Penny Shaw loves telling stories through music, writes Julie Hosking.
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Unusual match stirs body and soul
21 May 2023
The Giovanni Consort’s first concert of the season pairs voice with yoga. Choral (and yoga) novice Julie Hosking stretches well outside her comfort zone with moving results.
