“Under Cover of Darkness was a rare and priceless jewel to be treasured” Limelight review ★★★★1/2

Arriving at the gorgeously restored Glebe Town Hall for a performance by the Castalia Vocal Consort, one could have been forgiven for thinking they’d stepped back in time and found themselves in a BBC costume drama. Were we to experience one of Dudley’s extravaganzas at Kenilworth Castle in 1575, or a soirée in a Jacobean home? The grand interiors and main hall of the Victorian Free Classical structure designed by Ambrose Thornley Jnr provided a setting that landed somewhere between the Elizabethan court and the private estates and homes, which once hosted the clandestine performances of Catholic composers Robert White and William Byrd.

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