As Perth’s home-grown Revelation Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary next month, its dynamic director Richard Sowada shares some of his passions and fascination with the moving image.
Author Archives: Rosalind Appleby
Q&A
An art project that will weave our country whole
19 May 2022
The winners of the inaugural Arts Impact WA grant will be announced on 24 May 2022. Rosalind Appleby catches up with one of the finalists, Vivienne Robertson, who is calling us to weave our country whole.
Features
Government reveals plan for Perth’s ‘beating cultural heart’
18 May 2022
The McGowan Government has announced extra funding for the Perth Cultural Centre redevelopment. But can infrastructure investment alone resuscitate an arts and culture sector still struggling with the challenges of COVID and ongoing budget cuts?
Q&A
Composer looks to the past
9 May 2022
Composer Kate Milligan is diving back to the 16th century via an ancient shipwreck. The composer has received funding to unite old and new by bringing together electronic music and a flute that has spent 500 years underwater.
Reviews
Operatic enlightenment
8 April 2022
An ambitious reworking of Tchaikovsky’s opera Iolanta sheds light on the experience of living with disability. But Rosalind Appleby says it comes at a cost.
Q&A
Pianist’s long and winding musical road
6 April 2022
Pianist and composer Setsu Masuda has released her debut album Rondo at the age of 60, proving it’s never too late to chase your dreams.
Features
New musical directions for Lachlan Skipworth
24 March 2022
The release of a new album from Lachlan Skipworth reveals fresh ideas from a composer convinced that classical music has relevance.
Features
The show must go on
23 March 2022
How do you keep an orchestra on stage during a pandemic, when a sforzando from a trumpet player could potentially put the entire ensemble in isolation? Rosalind Appleby discovers the extraordinary efforts being made by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra to keep the orchestra playing.
Reviews
WASO plays a symphony for tumultuous times
21 March 2022
Tchaikovsky’s ‘Sixth Symphony’, or the ‘Pathetique’, has always carried a sense of darkness, which makes WASO’s performance of the composer’s final work perfect for these uncertain times, writes Rosalind Appleby.
Reviews
Opera for today
12 March 2022
Freeze Frame Opera are the arts community’s first responders, says Rosalind Appleby. And they have done it again, with a production of La Boheme that couldn’t be more pertinent.
