Lois Olney knows first hand the healing power of music. She is part of the line-up of artists performing at “Songs for Freedom”, a free outdoor concert in Melville.
Tag Archives: Perth Festival 2020
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For the love of dogs
5 March 2020
‘Cheeky Dogs’, Dion Beasley’s exhibition of drawings of loveable, mischievous canines, puts a smile on Jess Boyce’s face.
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Exploring alienation in suburbia
4 March 2020
Jenny Scott says watching the strange ‘machinima’ film, Hudson Valley Ruins is compelling at times, and unsettling at others.
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The meaning of home
3 March 2020
Belinda Hermawan looks at two powerful art exhibitions at the John Curtin Gallery that investigate the structure and meanings of home.
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Rhythms of life
3 March 2020
Jenny Scott finds much to contemplate in the three video works by Tina Havelock Stevens that make up ‘Thunderhead’.
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Powerhouse performance
3 March 2020
Sandra Bowdler admires the passion, commitment and energy of legendary blues singer Mavis Staples.
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Perth’s back in black
2 March 2020
As Perth Festival parties to an end, David Zampatti joins thousands of AC/DC fans in black T-shirts and bad hair-dos on the Highway to Hell.
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Gospel with a little extra
1 March 2020
Under the first clear sky for days, Ara Jansen feels moved, roused and blessed by the gospel mix of The Blind Boys of Alabama.
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Bold new ‘Fidelio’ soars
29 February 2020
Rosalind Appleby finds the contemporary themes of Alison Croggon’s new libretto sit comfortably in Beethoven’s opera, Fidelio.
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Acts of bravery
28 February 2020
Between gasps at the performers’ feats, Isabelle Leclezio finds herself deeply moved by Leviathan’s message.
