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Theatre Review: New Creations
By Samuel Webster on Apr 08, 2010 in Dance/Theatre/Comedy
Samuel Webster reviews Sydney Dance Company’s New Creations, directed by Rafael Bonachela.
Author Archive for Samuel Webster
Samuel Webster is a writer who spends his days teaching undergraduates about cultural studies, and his nights pondering the impact of a cascading tune whistled on the darkening urban landscape. He is currently working on his first novel. Follow him on twitter: www.twitter.com/wiredjazz
Theatre: Bliss (Opera Australia)
By Samuel Webster on Mar 27, 2010 in Dance/Theatre/Comedy
Samuel Webster reviews Bliss, which is directed by Neil Armfield and part of Opera Australia’s 2010 season.
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera Australia)
By Samuel Webster on Mar 22, 2010 in Arts & Culture
“Opera Australia’s Midsummer Night’s Dream is the most wildly hysterical, delightfully musical and conceptual innovative performances the company has produced.” Samuel Webster checks out this gem from Opera Australia.
Review: La Traviata (Opera Australia)
By Samuel Webster on Mar 22, 2010 in Arts & Culture
Samuel Webster checks out Opera Australia’s performance of La Traviata.
Review: Quiet Nights (Diana Krall/Madeleine Peyroux/Melody Gardot)
“It could be difficult to discern from the outside, the intricacies which set up this trio of jazz stars as the perfect combination.” Samuel Webster enjoys a quiet night with Diana Krall, Madeleine Peyroux and Melody Gardot.
Review: Tognetti’s Mozart (Australian Chamber Orchestra)
Tognetti has stepped out on a limb, not only by programming a concert which draws all eyes to him, but by choosing a piece that requires such proficiency and musicality as a solo musician.
Review: Manon (Massenet/Opera Australia)
By Samuel Webster on Jan 25, 2010 in Arts & Culture
It seems Opera Australia have begun a series which praises the follies of female characters so upswept into love that they incur upon themselves great tragedy.
Review: Tosca (Puccini/Opera Australia)
By Samuel Webster on Jan 18, 2010 in Arts & Culture
After viewing Opera Australia’s latest performance of Tosca, Samuel Webster ponders whether criticism is such a bad thing?
Review: Barry Humphries and the Australian Chamber Orchestra
By Samuel Webster on Dec 20, 2009 in Arts & Culture
Personally, had the performance been entirely Barry Humphries, I would have easily pronounced this guest concert as the finest the Australian Chamber Orchestra had produced this year. Unfortunately, Humphries foray into his alternate personalities proved to be less endearing.
Ballet Review: The Sleeping Beauty (The Australian Ballet)
By Samuel Webster on Dec 14, 2009 in Arts & Culture
Watching the Australian Ballet’s performance of Sleeping Beauty was like having my childhood coloured in; the notions of good and evil, love in both its true and unrequited forms.
Review: Concord (Australian Ballet)
By Samuel Webster on Nov 23, 2009 in Arts & Culture
Concord is a show easily inhibited by its form. The Australian Ballet seeks to put on a display which covers a variety of genres, but it is all too easy to choose pieces which ,in their diversity, may conflict.
Review: Sydney Dance Company – Mercury (Kenneth Kvarnström)
By Samuel Webster on Nov 15, 2009 in Arts & Culture
The stage of Mercury by the Sydney Dance Company is immaculate, a large white room with a glowing orb at its rear. It is not really an uncommon site, such a minimalist stage, given the practicality of open area for dance, and the emphasis which should be placed on the physical being. The difficulty of this stipulation is in thematic interpretation.
