Rachael Dease’s Hymns for End Times couldn’t be more timely for Perth audiences, writes Rosalind Appleby
Author Archives: Rosalind Appleby
Talking opera with Penny Shaw
17 February 2021
After 20 years of singing with the West Australian Opera, Penny Shaw is finally allowed to talk! The soprano is the MC for the City of Perth Opera in the Park this year and in this entertaining podcast she chats to Rosalind Appleby about life as an opera diva hosting gala events.
Festival a sound idea
16 February 2021
Audible Edge is back! The festival of sound has released its line up for April, and it includes names that will probably surprise you. Curators Josten Myburgh and Annika Moses explain why sound is not just the province of musicians.
A deep dive into the Derbarl Yerrigan
15 February 2021
Rosalind Appleby finds herself convincingly submerged in the flow of art, sound and video of Alluvial Gold, a brilliant introduction to Perth Festival.
Music’s wide horizon
12 February 2021
Michael Pignéguy’s musical influences range from symphonic to soul, but in his new album with The Awakenings Ensemble he is looking east.
A sparkling good show
25 January 2021
Ethan Jones nails it as Peter Allen in the all singing, all dancing show, The Boy from Oz, says Rosalind Appleby.
All the tricks in the book
19 January 2021
It’s high-energy family fun, even if it doesn’t quite come up to superlatives, Rosalind Appleby says of Best Show Ever.
Lust, cask wine and Puccini-on-Swan
17 January 2021
Brendan Hanson’s reworking of Puccini in The Cloak and Dagger could be a runaway Fringe hit, according to Rosalind Appleby.
Surround sound
14 January 2021
Indie pop choir Menagerie returns to Fringe World in 2021 with a new show that promises to immerse audience members in a physical and sonic journey.
A giant re-interpretation
7 January 2021
What do you get when you put a stand up comedian, vegetables, and a gentle giant in the kitchen? Rosalind Appleby and junior reviewer Asha Grandage explore Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s fun new rework of a familiar tale.