Overview
Black is indeed the new black at The Studio at Sydney Opera House, who just released their “little black book” of 10 new productions to warm up the wintry months from July to October. Pick up your copy from an Avant Card rack near you, or visit sydneyoperahouse.com to check out the full listings.
We kick off with two sets of Message Sticks concerts, the first from rising Indigenous superstar
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
, while the second sees a fifteen-piece Tiwi women’s choir unite with five jazz musicians to create
Ngarukuruwala: We Sing Songs.
Then Legs On The Wall return with the beautiful physical theatre piece
Bubble
;
Kwartet Punakawan
introduce us to the music of our nearest neighbours in an Indonesian Pusaka concert, before we kick out the seats for two chances to dance at our
Latin Block Party.
Quirky Japanese avant-pop arrives in the form of
Tujiko Noriko
supported by FBi’s Stuart Buchanan; ex-Go-Between and living legend
Robert Forster
showcases his new album The Evangelist with acoustic and electric sets then
Instructions For Modern Living
lands from New Zealand with some seriously left-field multimedia theatre.
US piano genius Marilyn Crispell headlines our fifth annual
Jazz:Now
festival until cabaret legend Meow Meow returns with her biggest production yet –
Vamp
.
Download the current Studio Program as a PDF