John Shand | Music & Other Spheres Posts

November 25, 2023 / Off The Cuff

“I have put my genius into my life and only my talent into my works,” Oscar Wilde fibbed, having liberally sprinkled his genius over the likes of Salome and The Importance of Being Earnest. Now Dreams of Falling celebrates the man, the myth and his work with a special show…

November 24, 2023 / Album Reviews

Zashto? Mara! Music 9/10 Australians have long had a love/hate attitude to migrants. While we enjoy the cornucopia of foods, racism is a rash festering just below the skin, waiting to be inflamed by the dog-whistlers. Zashto? – “why?” in Bulgarian – is a song cycle that asks why the…

November 23, 2023 / Theatre Reviews

  Belvoir St Theatre, November 15 9.5/10 Were adaptor/director Eamon Flack to fall under a tram tomorrow – as happens to poor Berlioz in the play – he can go knowing he’s made something to live in the annals of theatre. Cross my heart and hope to die, I promise…