7,123 stories by "Arts Review"
Following the success of Picnic at Hanging Rock, director Matthew Lutton and writer Tom Wright reunite for an adaptation of The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man, based on the re…
Who is Gabrielle Metcalf? A director, an actor, a researcher and a lecturer, or if her mother is to be believed – ‘a bold article’. What would you do differently to what yo…
Most of us think we know something about Bennelong. Probably Australia's most famous aboriginal, he was befriended by Governor Phillip, who took him to England, then set him up in a hut on B…
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that nominations for its two high profile national arts awards programs, the Australia Council Awards and the National Indigenous Arts Awa…
Following its success in 2016, Sculpture at Barangaroo returns to Sydney’s stunning Barangaroo Reserve with 14 artworks by nine established and emerging Australian artists lining the s…
As part of La Mama's 50th birthday programme, tonight (Tuesday 1 August) saw the premiere of David Williamson's latest play, Credentials. Chrissie (Kayla Hamill) is a paramedic, whose bos…
Devised and composed by Canberra composer, Sally Greenaway, with a script by Canberra writers Paul Bissett and Catherine Prosser, 7 Great Inventions of the Modern Industrial Age is the resul…
Hailed as the greatest tenor of our time, Jonas Kaufmann returns to Sydney this month to make his Australian operatic debut for Opera Australia, performing the title role in a concert pre…
The 2017 Rob Guest Endowment Awards were launched today, and applications for all awards are now open. The Rob Guest Endowment is Australia's most exciting scholarship program in performing …
Red Stitch has revealed its 2017 mystery play, announcing that it will present the Australian premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith's American Song in October. Commissioned in the United States an…
Forging an international reputation for her finely detailed glass sculptures that marry organic blown forms with intricate line work, renowned glass artist Clare Belfrage – a multi-…
For Matthew Mitcham his ticket to fame was his physical prowess. Following a sporting career as a medal-winning junior trampolinist, he turned to diving. He reached the zenith of his sportin…
Who is Ron Melrose? I’m Ron Melrose, originating music director and international music supervisor of Jersey Boys, in Australia to audition and find an exciting new cast for the show. …
State Library Victoria has announced the recipients of its Fellowships for 2017, worth a total of $200,000. The 2017 Fellows include authors, artists, scholars and historians who will exp…
A frightening portrait of a family stuck looking to the ‘other’ to define its ‘self’ New Working Group presents Louris van de Geer’s Looking Glass in a premiere…
After an extensive search Hayes Theatre Co have tracked down the remaining cast and creative team for their September – October production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’…
Two of the most revered and respected names in Australian entertainment, Todd McKenney and Georgie Parker, unite this August and September for their first concert tour, DUETS. The gifted pai…
Presenting the works of a record breaking 6282 artists in 660 free exhibitions across Adelaide and regions throughout August, the 2017 South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival has got…
Featuring more than 110 artefacts unearthed from the amphitheatres of Rome and Pompeii, Queensland Museum's new exhibition, Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum is set to take visitors on …
Who is Jolyon James? A Perth born actor director and visual artist currently occupying the role of Artistic Associate at Arena Theatre Company. What would you do differently to what you do n…
The Sydney Fringe Festival has revealed its 2017 program, opening ticket sales for more than 300 productions presented from 1 – 30 September at 42 partner venues across inner Sydney…
An attack on the hedonistic lifestyle of the 'bright young things' of the 1920s and 30s, New Theatre brings Terence Rattigan’s ‘forgotten’ and quite remarkable play, Aft…
Taking a critical look behind the scenes of the fashion industry with an exhibition that undresses the social, economic and environmental impacts of cheap fashion, the RMIT Gallery presen…
After ten years, Rajendra Moodley's hit play, The Perfume Garden is returning to Melbourne for a strictly limited season at Chapel off Chapel from 2 August 2017. Set in an outer suburban …
I'm an unlikely sailor of tall ships. Too clumsy, too prone to motion sickness, too white and nervous about symbols of colonisation. Nevertheless, in 2013 I found myself up the mast in the m…
