John Shand Posts

March 8, 2018 / Album Reviews - Archive

POST MATINEE (Liosharecords) 7.5/10 Like revenge, art is sometimes a dish best served, if not cold, then certainly well stewed. Guitarist John Scurry, long a force in Australian mainstream jazz (and painting!), has waited a mere five decades to make his debut album as leader. The upshot is 17 original…

March 6, 2018 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Capitol Theatre, February 15 3.5 Mamma Mia! is like a warm current of water on which you can happily float along, twirl gleefully about in the eddies of Money, Money, Money, Dancing Queen, Honey, Honey and the title song, and smile all the while. Stay in that carefree place and…

March 4, 2018 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Old Fitz Theatre, February 10 6/10 Water: infinitely malleable and forever changing before our eyes. A pool of milky water occupies the stage and is central to Mary Zimmerman’s lavishly theatrical Metamorphoses, a refreshingly ambitious work to see attempted in Sydney, where so many productions ignite our imaginations about as…