35th Green Room Awards announced
Opera Australia was the biggest winner of the night taking home nine gongs, while My Fair Lady and Aladdin dominated the musical theatre category.
Jo Litson is the Editor of Limelight Magazine. She took up the position in late 2018 having joined the magazine as Deputy Editor in 2016. During a 35-year career as an arts journalist she has been a contributor to numerous publications including Limelight, The Australian, The Bulletin, and the Qantas magazine. She was the arts writer and theatre reviewer for The Sunday Telegraph for 12 years until 2018, and has written the labels for the Archibald Prize for the Art Gallery of New South Wales for over 20 years.
Opera Australia was the biggest winner of the night taking home nine gongs, while My Fair Lady and Aladdin dominated the musical theatre category.
Rafael Karlen is to take up residence in the Sydney terrace house bequeathed by the renowned Australian composer.
The young Australian conductor, now based in Colorado, returns to Perth to conduct a symphonic tribute to Comic-Con – and there may be a costume involved.
A very entertaining, richly deserved tribute to one of our national treasures.
Victorian Opera's first co-production with the Royal Opera House, which is headed to Melbourne in 2019, has opened to positive reviews.
An unusual, immersive production at the Bleach* festival takes audiences on a moonlit kayaking trip.
John Bell and John Gaden are a powerhouse duo in the starring roles, but this play about saving Paris could do with more tension.
James Crabb is set to open his first Festival as Artistic Director, which includes everything from Chopin to wind harps to music theatre.
For her last hurrah as AD, Ali McGregor has programmed the most diverse line-up yet at the world's biggest cabaret festival.
An exuberant, uplifting musical given a bobby-dazzler of a production.
The Australian soprano spoke to Limelight ahead of her performance with the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs.
The hit musical set in Newfoundland, celebrating kindness in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, arrives in Australia in July 2019.
Melanie Lane takes home the main Award, while Amrita Hepi wins Audience Choice.