Category: Concert Reviews – Archive

August 31, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Lennox Theatre, August 10 7.5/10 The rolling undulations of the waves were so palpable that those with imaginations livelier than their stomachs are robust could well have felt quite queasy. This was one of many passages of startlingly effective programmatic music in Chris Cody’s 70-minute Astrolabe – Suite for La…

August 22, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Blue Mountains Theatre, August 3 7/10 At his best Gregg Arthur is to jazz singing what a luxury resort is to a bedsit. Everything just happens rather than having to be wrangled into existence, with his voice sounding as if the component parts have been oiled. Conveying effortlessness is a…

August 17, 2019 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Qudos Bank Arena, August 2 7/10 Had he been born half a century earlier you can imagine Hugh Jackman slapping backs and swapping highballs with the Rat Pack. Even if he wasn’t quite wicked enough for those boys, his skillset would have been right: an actor, singer and dancer blessed…