Jessica Nicholas
Jessica Nicholas is an arts and music writer, specialising in contemporary jazz and world music.
Catastrophe and drama collide in this lavish production
John Cranko’s 1962 Romeo and Juliet is most admired – among those who do admire it – for the ensemble grandeur of its large set-piece scenes.
- Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Sonia Nair and Jessica Nicholas
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This is one of the finest ensemble performances I’ve seen. It’s hard to believe it’s a debut
Never Closer is a love story – also a ghost story – set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles
- Cameron Woodhead, Bridget Davies, Tony Way and Jessica Nicholas
Silent moments on public transport anchor this excellent show
Glimpses of reality on public transport prove compelling, a celebration of jazz underlines its power to unite, three mates step into a dispute over taste but get personal, and a 73-year-old Japanese guitar virtuoso wows his fans.
- Cameron Woodhead, Bridget Davies, Marcus Teague and Jessica Nicholas
Tales of love and redemption in Dante and Beatrice
Tales of love and redemption in Dante and Beatrice, an American folk group proves they’re worth the wait, while an electro-funk Indian-Australian fusion group blend contemporary sound with traditional.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
It starts with a play-within-a-play. Then things get tricky
Love, loss and duty collide in this genre-bending production of Eighteen Lives.
- Sonia Nair, Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
The festival that helped us step out of the world, just for a moment
Once the gates opened on this festival of world music, arts and culture, the burdens of the everyday simply fell away.
- Jessica Nicholas
This is a red-letter event for any committed theatregoer worth their salt
Red Stitch is offering the vanishingly rare opportunity to see Ray Lawler’s Doll Trilogy, which gives deeper context to the beloved Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
- Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way, Jessica Nicholas and Marcus Teague
With a severed mannequin head and a high-energy gig, Kesha is taking control of her own story
The 38-year-old American singer-songwriter’s The Tits Out Tour feels like a reclamation of her identity and music.
- Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas, Nadia Bailey and Marcus Teague
This is about the best version of Pirates of Penzance you could see
Featuring one of the most parodied songs in the English language, this is the most joyous Gilbert and Sullivan work around.
- Bridget Davies, Nadia Bailey, Andrew Fuhrmann, Jessica Nicholas and Sonia Nair
Can love conquer all in this collision of tennis and relationship drama?
Australian Open is a queer domestic comedy that serves up aces of absurdity, rapid-fire volleys of wit, and heavy groundstrokes of camp and cringe.
- Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Jessica Nicholas, Sonia Nair, Andrew Fuhrmann and Will Cox