There is a new musical premiering in Sydney, written by two young composers and aimed at creating fresh material for future performance by secondary schools. Just A Second is a musical written by Alice Chance and Will Yaxley. Together, they are striving to provide fresh, relevant musical theatre for young people and Just a Second is aimed…
The Marais Project has commissioned a number of new works in 2014 to celebrate its 15th anniversary year. The first of these new pieces is by composer and viola da gambist Alice Chance whose work “Mathematics of Motion” will receive its world premiere at the Marais Project’s season launch, “Rameau”. Philip Pogson caught up with…
Have You Heard the One About…? Have you heard the tale about the slave story-teller from ancient Greece? Whose fables mysteriously travelled from ancient Greece all around the world? We all know the story of the hare and the tortoise, but Aesop’s Fables play a much richer part of our cultural history than just this famous tale. Over one…