Ensemble Theatre, November 4 8/10 The older generation has despaired about the younger generation since we lived in caves – and the feeling’s mutual. It’s the snideness of intergenerational antagonism that British playwright Mike Bartlett zeroes in on in his 2018 play Snowflake. It’s not enough to revile each other:…
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Constantine Costi doesn’t have small dreams. He wants to slap down the hideous encroachment of technology on our lives, while at the same time championing humanity and art. How? By directing Opera Australia’s new production of Puccini’s beloved La Boheme as if it’s been devised by the very Parisian bohemians…
City Recital Hall, October 28 8.5/10 Jazz is partly the art of surprise. If you can surprise your bandmates, with whom you’ve improvised on the repertoire’s material myriad times, there’s a fair chance you’ll surprise the audience. But if you pile surprise upon surprise, they swiftly cease to work. Jazz…