Ron Banks can’t find enough superlatives to describe Ali Bodycoat and Libby Hammer’s show for the Ellington Jazz Club’s 11th birthday.
Author Archives: Ron Banks
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Seriously remarkable women
20 January 2020
Ron Banks discovers there is not much to laugh about in the grim stories of how women have overcome patriarchy in Western culture.
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A world of grace and enchantment
31 August 2019
Review: Grace Knight: ‘The First 40 Years’ ⋅ Ellington’s Jazz Club August 31 ⋅ Review: Ron Banks ⋅ There is a world of experience behind the sparkling eyes of …
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Hitting the sweet spots
26 August 2019
Review: WA Academy of Performing Arts, Sweet Charity ⋅ Geoff Gibbs Theatre, 24 August ⋅ Review by Ron Banks ⋅ Sweet Charity is one of those musicals to come …
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Jamie Oehlers by night
22 August 2019
Review: Jamie Oehlers, ‘Night Music’ ⋅ Album released May 2019 ⋅ Review by Ron Banks ⋅ Tenor saxophonist Jamie Oehlers is one of the busiest and most creative jazz …
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Jazz rains supreme
5 July 2019
Review: West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra, King Street Corner Pocket Jazz Festival ⋅
His Majesty’s Theatre and surrounding venues, July 4-6 ⋅
Review by Ron Banks ⋅
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World premiere a thrill for Perth
11 June 2019
REVIEW: Musica Viva, Doric String Quartet ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, June 9 ⋅ Review by Ron Banks ⋅ The launch of the world-renowned Doric String Quartet’s national Musica Viva tour …
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Bleak, brutal and bittersweet
20 March 2019
Review: WAAPA 3rd year Music Theatre, Company · Roundhouse Theatre, WAAPA, 19 March · Review by Ron Banks · “What’s the point of getting married?” bachelor …
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Jazz gymnastics
2 March 2019
Perth Festival review: Jazzmeia Horn ⋅ Perth Concert Hall, March 1 ⋅ Reviewed by Ron Banks ⋅ Texas-born jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn has an extraordinary voice no doubt about …
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Opera at its most transformative
21 February 2019
Perth Festival review: Komische Oper Berlin, Barry Kosky & 1927, ‘Mozart’s The Magic Flute’ ·
His Majesty’s Theatre February 20 ·
Review by Ron Banks ·
