"It was a night when three stars 'slipped out' and a trio of icons took to the stage - all in the person of Barry Humphries... Behind this outrageous trinity was the best little chamber orchestra in the world, the ACO, under the deft hand and bow of Humphries' old friend Richard Tognetti... This was an evening when possums young and old went home happy." Mt Druitt Standard
"Humphries, a beguiling raconteur, revisited the musical enthusiasms of his youth, notably those classical composers who flirted with jazz in whose scores the young Barry heard an irresistible combination of the sophisticated and the illicit." Sydney Morning Herald
"Tognetti's arrangement of two movements from Ravel's Violin Sonata No 2 was much more imaginative: glittering, percussive sonorities evoking Grainger's haunting orchestrations of Debussy and Ravel... Fans of Humphries will adore the show: it is brilliantly funny." The Australian
"You get a rather tangy musical stew when you mix the Australian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Richard Tognetti, pianist Dejan Lazic and the incomparable Barry Humphries, in all his guises, and together they were responsible for a memorable night of theatre." Daily Telegraph
"Barry Humphries and his personalities are a wonder of cultural nostalgia." Trespass Magazine
"Guest Pianist Dejan Lazic... had a star quality of his own, shining in his performance of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which he played with panache and precision..." Australian Stage Online
See these reviews in full at www.aco.com.au/humphries-reviews
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