The West Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra has been nurturing local talent for 40 years. Ara Jansen gets in the groove with some illustrious alumni ahead of a weekend of birthday celebrations.
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Power of dance fuels African resistance
11 February 2023
The crowd-winning Bikutsi 3000 is an aspirational hymn to freedom for the continent of Africa, discovers Angela Ho.
Fun and games in the outback
29 September 2021
Find out why our reviewers describe this Awesome Festival show as one of the funniest they’ve seen in a while.
Music as call for change
5 March 2021
Erin Hutchinson is transported by the loud and the quiet of Black Brass’s maelstrom of music, memory and storytelling.
Serving up a hectic good time
22 January 2021
Get ready for a hectic good time at Musicians Kitchen Battles which Claire Trolio says is a chaotic but delicious feast for the senses.
Lost generation struggles to be heard
21 January 2021
Jonathan W. Marshall suspects there’s good musical theatre potential in a boy wanted to, but says it’s still finding its rhythm.
Stories that mustn’t remain untold
20 January 2021
The righteous anger of earlier productions of The Vagina Monologues has strengthened and deepened, Jan Hallam finds, and the themes of women’s oppression and fear are still disappointingly relevant.