7,123 stories by "Arts Review"
Forty musicians from three generations of Manganiyars, a caste of desert instrumentalists from Rajasthan, will perform in an illuminated 36-window 'jewel box' in the visually and musically s…
Who is Nigel Featherstone? A writer of contemporary adult fiction, though I branch out into other areas, such as writing the libretto for a new Australian song cycle. Proudly based in reg…
Zone of Nowhere is the headline exhibition in the visual arts programme for the Perth International Arts Festival. The exhibition is the first solo exhibition held in Australia by the South-…
Cambridge University's award-winning ambassadors for musical excellence, The King’s Singers have ventured to Australia to present a series of concerts in Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and Me…
Films nominated for Best Picture are often hit and miss " sometimes some are very good, often many are mediocre, reflecting popular notions about "good cinema". We tend to forget how much th…
Exploring the emergence of an 18th-century Gothic sensibility in literature, art and music, Dark Imaginings: Gothic Tales of Wonder is a new exhibition to be displayed at the Noel Shaw…
The Vatican might call it Daemonicus Impilium Populus, but either way the devil came down to Melbourne on Saturday night with a wonderful show that was as anarchic as it was sweet. Gyton Gra…
Who is Nicole Car? An Australian operatic soprano currently singing around the world. I'm the wife of an extremely talented French Canadian baritone and mother to a beautiful almost one year…
Sometimes, hearing 'you can't do that!' can be the perfect provocation to show what you're really made of. A new exhibition opening at Melbourne Museum this Friday will highlight six Melbour…
The Sydney Comedy Festival has unveiled this year’s program filled with over 210 side-splitting shows delivered by a smorgasbord of comedy stars for the 14th annual comedy extravaga…
Following an acclaimed season at the Geelong Performing Arts Centre, Stephen Sondheim's glorious musical masterpiece A Little Night Music will play the National Theatre Melbourne this week b…
Sydney's nightlife will get a major boost with the City of Sydney awarding more than $360,000 in funding for live music venues and small businesses to expand their programming and encourage …
Who is Lindy Lee? A Chinese-Australian artist, working between Australia and China mostly. What would you do differently to what you do now? Nothing, I'm stupid like that. Who inspires you a…
As The Power Station once said "Some Like It Hot and some sweat when the heat is on" – well the crew from Fuego Carnal like it hot but they don't sweat! From the thunderous introductio…
The Board of Arena Theatre Company has announced the appointment of Sharon Custers as the company's new Executive Director. Sharon has over 20 years' experience in the performing arts indust…
Now in its 14th year, Sculpture by the Sea returns to transform the famous white sands of Cottesloe Beach with the annual free-to-the-public outdoor sculpture exhibition from 2 March 2…
The energetic and compelling new stage show, Madiba the Musical – a Celebration of the Life of Nelson Mandela will make its Australian premiere in Melbourne in October before tou…
"Why would anyone write an opera about a nose?" asked the Presenter (Antoinette Halloran) towards the conclusion of the performance. Well, Dmitri Shostakovich did. He wrote an opera called T…
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has today released a draft Industry Code of Practice for consultation with its members and the broader Australian live performance industry. The Code aims to…
As the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras enters its second and final week, Australian Arts Review takes a look ten events worth checking out this week. The Bedlam Cabaret – Mar…
Who is Goldele Rayment? I'm a theatre & opera director, as well as a teaching artist and Artistic Director of Company of Rogues. What would you do differently to what you do now?  …
The Company of Rogues return to Marrickville's Red Rattler Theatre for a fearlessly rainbow-flavoured edition of The Bedlam Cabaret on Wednesday 28 February as part of the 2018 Sydney Gay Le…
Going to a Bob Downe show at the Adelaide Fringe for me is like staple food. For those who are not quite sure what that means – staple food is food eaten routinely. If there’s on…
Professional arts courses that had been ruled ineligible for student loans and student assistant payments have been returned to the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Student Loans list…
A gritty, song-filled chronicle giving voice to the personal impact of modern warfare and the costs that are born by families, Canberra’s The Street Theatre teams up with The Goulbu…
