Kate Miller-Heidke ProfileIf you've got Instagram you'll know that Vivid 2014 is happening in the city, and the festival of light offers some incredible displays of graphic design and technology. With a few world class musicians on the bill this year Vivid is an overload of pleasure for the senses, which aptly describes the performance of Kate Miller-Heidke. The roof on the inside of the Sydney Opera House was as bright as the sails outside, albeit with a little less flair. Light shone down onto the haunting white dresses that hovered above Heidke and changed colours, adding an eerie intensity.
Flanked by her husband Keir Nuttal on guitar and three back-up singers Miller-Heidke stunned, her voice carried well throughout the Opera House as she flawlessly switched between indie-pop and opera vocals. Nuttal started a few songs in the wrong key and had to restart, and at one stage asked the audience, “Is the guitar cutting out or is it just me?” “It's just you,” people happily shouted at him, so he started again, though it wasn't detracting from the show, everybody was laughing – if anything it was charming to see his wife shake her head at him and smirk.
Josh Pyke played the part of Passenger for Share Your Air to the delight of the crowd before Heidke closed out the show with Divinyls track I'm Jealous stripped bare, then Last Day On Earth, and Humiliation, during which she built loops by swinging a tambourine, tapping on Keir's guitar and then singing into it.
Digestible opera at the Opera House, world class light show happening all around you and a sneaky Josh Pyke appearance – what's not to love?
