Reviews

The curtain opens on Veronica’s room, full of sheet covered furniture, with the appearance matching its period, 1935. What happens from that moment is both challenging and intriguing to the audience. To help muddle the thinking, the characters are not named on the progamme but are just the woman, the man, the girl and the boy, as in the original production of 1973. Initially, a young girl is brought to the house, supposedly because she looks like Veronica and is convinced to help give Veronica’s elderly sister Cissie a sense of closure.

The Grand High Witch arrives in England intent on turning all children into mice!

The Witches is based on the dark fantasy book by Roald Dahl, so you know you are in for a crazy ride.

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra continue to make orchestral music more accessible with their latest event, Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre where the movie plays on the big screen while the ASO provides the orchestral accompaniment.

Triple threat Nancy Denis has quite a voice. At its highest, her alto can fill every corner of a hall with a timbre as rich as a meaty cab sav. At its lowest, it reverberates through the seats to set up a vibration between your diaphragm and lungs with an effect like a Gregorian chant. The music, written by Denis as well as late violinist Carl St Jacques, spans R&B, pop, soul and hip hop. Denis sings with a huge hearted passion and breathtaking precision and vocal control.