Changing Wilds Ensemble | 85 seconds to midnight

A space for contemplation and agency at a time when every second counts. On January 27, 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to the symbolic threshold of global catastrophe. This unprecedented setting reflects a sharply heightened risk of civilisational collapse driven by escalating nuclear

roberttmcintyre May 24, 2026

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A Patch of Blue Somewhere – Rubiks Collective’s The Big Idea is absurdly brilliant

Rubiks Collective | The Big Idea 26 September 2025, ACO on the Pier – The Studio, Sydney, NSW by Matthew Shlomowitz & Vid Simoniti | World Premiere Artists: flautist Tamara Kohler, percussionist Kaylie Melville, cellist/bassist Gemma Kneale, guest pianist Alex Raineri and mezzo soprano Lotte Betts-Dean From the very first beat, literally, drama unfolded in this intimate space at ACO

Pepe Newton September 27, 2025

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Robert McIntyre presents a striking compositional voice in Our Duty to Care

Robert McIntyre and Changing Wilds Ensemble | Our Duty to Care August 2, 2025, Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC After a debut performance in April 2023, Robert McIntyre’s Our Duty to Care has quickly reached its third instalment. Taking place inside the exquisite Primrose Potter Salon at Melbourne Recital Centre, the titular song-cycle was amongst a programme of modern works by

Molly Jenkins August 6, 2025

Ossicle Duo + Rubiks Collective, superstars of their instruments

Ossicle Duo and Rubiks Collective | Displaced Bodies December 6, 2023, Melbourne Recital Centre From the time before Vivaldi and Bach till the early part of the 20th century, so, around 300 years, composers were also performers attached to churches, the aristocracy and opera houses and their compositions had to please their patrons and audiences. From the time of Beethoven

Alan Holley December 11, 2023

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Rubiks Collective Book of Hours a spectacular intertwining of artforms

Rubiks Collective | A Book of Hours 14th Sep 2023, Sylvia Staehli Theatre, Dancehouse, Carlton Vic Ticking. Time. Wind-up toys. Toothbrushes. Clocks. A harpsichord. These, combined with much more, brought the audience on a bizarre, absurdist adventure that explored time and motion through film, movement, sound, and music. A Book of Hours is a collaboration between Gerard Van Dyck (choreography/movement),

Pepe Newton September 20, 2023

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Music, She Wrote, Concert 2: Rubiks plays with time and tech

Music, She Wrote, Concert 2: Rubiks Collective March 30, 2023, ALPHA60, Melbourne Is there a group more at home in Katie Yap’s ‘Music, She Wrote’ festival than contemporary music dynamo Rubiks Collective? Having championed women composers since their inception in 2015, Rubiks are renowned for their bold and innovative programs. The second concert instalment of Katie Yap’s celebration of women

Pepe Newton April 1, 2023

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