Arts Wednesday - Eastside Radio

Arts Wednesday - Eastside Radio Paul & Anthony bring you an Arts program every Wednesday 10.30. Arts news, reviews plus interviews Sometimes it is a reflection of the interview on the day.

The program focuses on the local art world; everything from visual art, dance and theatre, to everyone from artists, curators, and gallerists, to archeologists, musicologists and politicians and their government sponsored community art programs. We enjoy an eclectic mix of music that interweaves itself through the show: some electronica, new jazz, classical, world, and ambient sound scapes. Getting too the crux of what it is they - the guest - does, and thinks; their passions and what inspires them...and if we are lucky, according to their scheme like seers they they will tell us what the the future holds, and perhaps even, advise for the young at heart.

We experienced a lot of new and experimental dance forms in this quadruple bill. This constant revision and re-examining...
05/09/2026

We experienced a lot of new and experimental dance forms in this quadruple bill. This constant revision and re-examining of the genre must inevitably lead to new and unique forms and styles. Sydney Dance Company – please keep doing this innovative and essential work.

Friday 4 September 2026 (20.30 session) Neilson Studio at SDC Sydney Dance Company Photos by Daniel Boud Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Read more reviews from Arts Wednesday here: Current is the centrepiece of Sydney Dance Company’s celebration of 40 years at the wharf, performed in their ...

What we witnessed was virtuosic brilliance, a vast emotional range and technical perfection. Every note was played from ...
02/09/2026

What we witnessed was virtuosic brilliance, a vast emotional range and technical perfection. Every note was played from memory. It was like watching and listening to one mind with four hands. All those years sitting side by side on the piano stool was definitely worth it. Lucas & Arthur Jussen

Monday 31 August 2026 Sydney Symphony Orchestra Sydney Opera House Photos by Ken Leanfore Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Read more reviews by Arts Wednesday here: In the competitive world of concert pianists, Lucas and Arthur Jussen have carved out a unique niche for themselves: a rare find....

All up, a sexy, flirty hilarious night out at the circus. Guaranteed to send you home with a huge grin on your dial.Seas...
28/08/2026

All up, a sexy, flirty hilarious night out at the circus. Guaranteed to send you home with a huge grin on your dial.
Season runs at Entertainment Quarter till 11 October

Thursday 27 August 2026 EQ Moore Park Fool’s Paradise Festivals Sydney Fringe Festival Photos by and Belinda Roland Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) It’s a brisk full moon night and the crowd is gathering at the Entertainment Quarter. Anticipation is building, fuelled by the ...

I can’t use the word magic enough to describe this play. It is other-worldly, a child’s world, where things are colourfu...
27/08/2026

I can’t use the word magic enough to describe this play. It is other-worldly, a child’s world, where things are colourful, joyous and noisy, a world where conflict is melodramatic (even pantomimic). A world where you laugh and tear up in equal measures, where you hope all things will turn out right and the good people will prevail. And they do.
Season at Belvoir St Theatre runs to 20 September

Wednesday 26 August 2026 Belvoir St Theatre Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image Photos by Brett Boardman Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) I wasn’t there for the original 2010 production of The Book of Everything, but many of the cast members – Matthew Whittet as Thomas, John Leary as Jesus,...

Two Blood is not a work for the faint-hearted, but a slap in the face to dance tradition. Australian Dance Theatre seaso...
14/08/2026

Two Blood is not a work for the faint-hearted, but a slap in the face to dance tradition. Australian Dance Theatre season runs at Carriageworks until 15 August then goes on tour to Wyong and Melbourne.

Tuesday 13 August 2026 Australian Dance Theatre Carriageworks Photography by Morgan Sette Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Two Blood is a fierce dance work from Australian Dance Theatre that explores what it means to live in Australia, focusing on that experience from a migrant perspective. It...

The evening as a whole would not have been as rich an experience without the drama and just the music. Bravo Augusta McK...
13/08/2026

The evening as a whole would not have been as rich an experience without the drama and just the music. Bravo Augusta McKay Lodge and Paul Dyer for your artistic bravery.

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra season runs to Tuesday 18 August

Wednesday 12 August 2026 City Recital Hall Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Augusta McKay Lodge (Guest Director) Photos by Keith Saunders Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Anna Maria della Pietà was a young girl abandoned or orphaned in Venice in the early 1700s. She was in the care of the Osp...

This brand new opera is a courageous and determined production that has been created with love and devotion by all the c...
08/08/2026

This brand new opera is a courageous and determined production that has been created with love and devotion by all the creatives and cast. The Drover’s Wife – The Opera deserves to become a fixture in the operatic cannon, not just in Australia but on all the great stages throughout the operatic world. Bravo Opera Australia!

Friday 7 August 2026 Joan Sutherland Theatre Opera Australia Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The Drover’s Wife is a story that has endured over 130 years through many iterations, to become firmly embedded in the Australian psyche. From Henry Lawson’s short story (1892), Russel Drysdale’...

This was one of those rare concerts where what you expect (brilliant virtuosity and musicianship) is surpassed beyond yo...
06/08/2026

This was one of those rare concerts where what you expect (brilliant virtuosity and musicianship) is surpassed beyond your wildest imaginings. The Australian Chamber Orchestra performed as one brain with 25 bows, a fully integrated musical organism.
Add to this high level of musicianship the solid clarity and purity of Trio Mediæval and the improvisational skill of Arve Henriksen, and we are operating on a whole new plane.

Wednesday, 5 August, 2026. City Recital Hall, Angel Place Australian Chamber Orchestra Trio Mediæval Arve Henriksen, trumpet Photos by Charlie Kinross Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Every year as the leaves begin to change colour, Artistic Director Richard Tognetti migrates north for the Eu...

This is a political work designed to perhaps offend and attract controversy, but equally to find adoration. Throughout t...
01/08/2026

This is a political work designed to perhaps offend and attract controversy, but equally to find adoration. Throughout the history of art there have been many paintings that operate in similar ways: Eugene Delacroix’s, Liberty Leading the People, or, Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808, or, Diego Velazquez’s Las Meninas.

Review by Anthony Frater (Arts Wednesday) On the 30th of July 2026 the Art Gallery of New South Wales announced the winner of its annual People’s Choice award as part of this year’s Archibald Prize. The winner is a painting by Michael Zavros called, Alex with his tefflin in the sea. The physical...

Sydney Dance Company's Engine was a collection of remounted, imported and premiering works. The contrasts and the versat...
25/06/2026

Sydney Dance Company's Engine was a collection of remounted, imported and premiering works. The contrasts and the versatility of the three artistic visions showed the strength of the ensemble and the elite level of the art form on display from the soloists. Each work told complex stories relevant to contemporary audiences while at the same time providing beautiful sensual entertainment that stimulated our minds and all our senses.

Wednesday 24 June 2026 Sydney Opera House Sydney Dance Company Photos by Pedro Grieg and Wendell Teodoro Review by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) Read more Arts Wednesday reviews here: A single bird emerges from the dawn mist while the other inhabitants of the forest slumber. One by one they awaken an...

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