John Shand Posts

October 2, 2025 / Concert Reviews

The Church, September 26 8/10 In both his piano playing and his composing Gary Daley has a way of making aural images appear out of – and retreat back into – aural mists. Had this ensemble not included drums, there’d have been few hard outlines: just malleable, soft-focus harmony and…

September 26, 2025 / Album Reviews
September 25, 2025 / Theatre Reviews

Ensemble Theatre September 12 9/10 Simon Maiden’s Lee creates a tension thick with latent violence; a black hole of negative energy. His blank eyes stare with hate and resentment. “You go ahead, like I wasn’t even here,” he tells his brother Austin (Darcy Kent), who’s trying to write a screenplay,…