The weather-inspired classical music piece has been upgraded to reflect how the climate will be in the future, with everything from violent storms to wildfires to complete silence when rising sea levels drown cities.
Eight unmissable gigs to see at Live at the Bowl this January
Words by Eva Marchingo
The outdoor summer concert series is reinvigorating Melbourne’s live entertainment scene.
From January, Melbourne’s beloved Sidney Myer Music Bowl will be transformed into a hotspot (the good kind) of the best live acts in Australia.
A joint initiative by Arts Centre Melbourne and the Victorian government, Live at the Bowl will play host to a series of Australian events and performances held over several weeks.
This season of celebration will help us rediscover the joy of live music and shared experiences, this time in a COVID-Safe environment. Expect to see social distancing, an abundance of hand sanitiser, QR codes for mobile phone registration, and regular cleaning, all to keep punters safe.
Festival shows cancelled in wake of COVID clusters
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Days out from its opening Sydney Festival has been forced to cancel three acts due to hard border closures enforced in reaction to the city s COVID-19 clusters.
The withdrawals come as the Sydney Opera House has made the wearing of masks compulsory for all scheduled performances from Saturday.
Sydney Festival artistic director Wesley Enoch.
Credit:James Brickwood
Masks will be required inside the Opera House s foyers and theatres for all patrons aged 12 and over.
Regent Theatre, Mudgee, State Heritage listed
Roxy Theatre, Parramatta, built in 1930, State heritage listed
Theatre Royal Lithgow, closed for more than a decade, was recently up for sale with no takers
Yass Liberty, art deco theatre currently for sale
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The owner of the Enmore and Metro theatres wants to revive NSW s oldest theatre under a model that could extend the working lives of other dormant theatres across the state, including Parramatta s Roxy Theatre.
One week after the Minerva Theatre in Kings Cross was heritage listed, potentially saving the 1930s art deco building from redevelopment, Century Venues has stepped up its push to reopen the Victoria Theatre in Newcastle.
Olympic champion Freeman welcomes change to Australian national anthem Friday, 1 January 2021
Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has led welcomes for a change to the Australian national anthem which has been introduced today. What a way to start the year , Freeman 400 metres champion at Sydney 2000, wrote in a social media message. A phone call from our Prime Minister to say that we are One and Free! Thank you!!!
A stanza of the anthem has been altered from young and free to the words one and free in a move announced by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. While Australia as a modern nation may be relatively young, our country’s story is ancient, as are the stories of the many First Nations peoples whose stewardship we rightly acknowledge and respect, said the Prime Minister.