Two people wearing white stand in front of a backdrop of purple flowers. The person standing behind holds  the neck of the person in front of her, who gazes up at them with an expression of mixed wonder and horror.  Sex, drugs and… opera
The Festival Sessions

Sex, drugs and… opera

24 January 2023

Tenth Muse Initiative is bringing a haunting tale from queer history to The Blue Room Theatre stage this summer, and if you’re new to opera, this could be the place to start.

Reading time • 10 minutesMusic
A woman with flouro red hair sings accompanied by another woman on a keyboard Fresh breeze blows labels out the door
Reviews

Fresh breeze blows labels out the door

22 November 2021

Tenth Muse Initiative’s composer showcase has Claire Coleman pondering the usefulness of categories like “classical music”.

Reading time • 5 minutesMusic
Lust, cask wine and Puccini-on-Swan
Reviews

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.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
Two women on a piano stool, one holds a score the other cradles a french horn New harmonies
Q&A

New harmonies

2 March 2020

Introducing Perth’s newest music ensemble Harmonia Australis, who will be tackling one of the big issues in classical music on International Women’s Day.

Reading time • 8 minutesMusic

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio