F Scott Fitzgerald could never have imagined the avalanche of adaptations that would cling to the starched shirt-tails of his 1925 novel The Great Gatsby. Plays, films, musicals, an opera and even a ballet have milked and re-milked the characters, the opulent setting and the tale of failed love. Now…
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When British choreographer Kate Prince hears music, she always sees matching movement. This is what happened when she listened to The Police’s Walking on the Moon, resulting in Message In A Bottle, a 2020 dance piece based on entirely Sting’s music. Performed by her acclaimed Sadlers’ Wells-based company ZooNation, it’s…
NON-FICTION By Samuel J Fell Monash University Publishing, $36.99 From the 1970s into the 1990s, Sydney’s inner-city corner pubs teemed with beer-pit audiences lapping up local bands. Live music was the default option for countless people on a night out, and some bands could happily pack out multiple residencies each…