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Big Brothers' magician, Lawson Reeves has launched his first ever solo stage show Genuinely Impossible as part of The Butterfly Club’s 2018 summer curated season. Lawson has always bee…
Celebrating 25 years of queer stories on film, Queer Screen's 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival is a glorious mix of retrospective treasures and the latest and greatest films celebrating love…
Producers Howard Panter, John Frost and GWB Entertainment have announced that Adam Rennie will perform the role of Frank N Furter for the forthcoming Brisbane and Perth seasons of The Rocky …
Showcasing three decades of video and photographic works underscoring her international status as a pioneer of experimental video art and multimedia installations, Campbelltown Arts Centr…
Diversity Arts Australia has launched a new podcast series The Colour Cycle which aims to disrupt cultural whitewashing and examines whether Australia's Arts and Cultural sector looks like A…
The Victorian Government is calling on the State’s creative community to pitch ideas for ambitious, ground-breaking projects that will boost Victoria's reputation as the creative state…
Muriel Heslop occupies a precious position in Australian cultural life. She is, perhaps, our most-loved dag. The creative team that has transformed her story into a musical have produced a d…
Details get lost over time. These days people are `passionate' about things like football or customer service. Historically, as in The Passion of Christ, the word related to suffering, not e…
Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival returns in all its wild finery this summer, bringing a wave of pre-eminent queer arts and cultural festivities from 14 January to 4 February 2018. Since i…
Who is Lawson Reeves? I'm a Perth boy at heart but am now living in Melbourne. I gained some public notoriety after my appearance on Big Brother in 2014 as the first reality magician. I have…
Who is David Harris? That would differ from every person who knows me. If we think of our lives as a collection of photos, we are all made up of different snapshots. Some people only know me…
No matter how many times you've watched the 1939 film, particularly if your only knowledge of the story is through the Stephen Schwartz musical, Wicked, you'll find it hard to resist being e…
With rehearsals commencing next week, Invisible Wall Productions and Sugary Rum Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co have announced the final cast members of the Australian Premi…
A Bob Fosse-style, vaudeville lament on love in the time of Tinder, The Butterfly Club, presents Cell, Block Tango: Showtunes on Modern Dating is a cabaret about the perils and pitfalls of a…
Presented as part of the 2018 Midsumma Festival, CRY is the first foray into portraiture and videography by Melbourne-based performance artist and writer Jessi Lewis. Challenging the noti…
Who is Danielle de Niese? A girl who has big dreams, a hard working girl, a Californian girl, a family girl… I've also been called a sponge, a listener, a diva for the digital age, opera's…
Rapid Fire International and M2 Productions presents the Australian production of Lewis Carroll’s timeless classic Alice in Wonderland, which has enjoyed highly successful seasons i…
One of the things you can say with confidence about The Unbelievables is that it definitely does what it says on the box. Over the course of the show, the audience are privileged to watch a …
The edge of one of the lakes in the Botanical Gardens plays host to The Australian Shakespeare Company's adaptation of The Wind in the Willows. Weaving a classic story with live music and co…
In January, German artist Katharina Grosse's new work, a massive 8000-square metre installation, will be unveiled at the Schwartz Carriageworks gallery as part of Sydney Festival. Grosse pla…
As the dust settles on another New Year’s celebration, and with Summer in full-swing, the Sydney Festival returns to many favourite destinations across Sydney, Parramatta and beyond…
Who is Wesley Enoch? No two people meet the same person. Wesley Enoch is a writer and director for the stage and is currently the Festival Director for the Sydney Festival. What would you…
In June last year, the annual Helpmann Award Nominations sparked concern that original Australian musical theatre was in crisis. John Frost, one of the biggest producers of musical theatre i…
I don't want to be there when it happens is a multi-media exhibition that attempts to engender empathy within and between communities, cultures, ideologies, and historical frameworks. The wo…
At a time when choreographers are constantly challenged to come up with new movement styles and arresting images, James Batchelor stands out for the individuality of his deeply intellectual …
