Category: Concert Reviews

February 1, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Sydney Festival, The Famous Spiegeltent, January 24 “I’m Rufino the Catalan Casanova,” says the man wearing the pinstripe moustache and rakish hat. “I’m not boasting,” he adds. “It’s just my name.” This would be the same Rufino who nearly drowned while making violent love in a dinghy during his time with…

January 24, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

  The Aurora, January 15 If you closed your eyes when the sound reared up like a massive wave you’d swear it was an orchestra, or at least a band. In fact it was just two men playing acoustic instruments. But then George Xylouris (Cretan lute) is a member of…

January 14, 2015 / Concert Reviews - Archive

The Famous Spiegeltent, January 8 “This is live,” she tells us. “Anything can happen.” Or, “It’s my show, so I can do what I want.” It does and she does in Camille O’Sullivan’s new show, The Changeling. Four hanging frocks decorate the stage. It could have been 40 to truly…