The case for the major performing arts framework
Yaron Lifschitz is partly right. He is asking the right question but focussing on the wrong answer. There has been a lot of upheaval and distrust in the Arts sector being born of disappointm…
Yaron Lifschitz is partly right. He is asking the right question but focussing on the wrong answer. There has been a lot of upheaval and distrust in the Arts sector being born of disappointm…
Intimate love stories; an epic tale of female rebellion; confronting examinations of sexuality and obsession; the satirical dissection of Hollywood double-standards, rock-stardom and small-t…
Twelve small towns across regional NSW will play host to professional theatre, cabaret and children's shows thanks to a new NSW Government arts support program. Minister for the Arts Troy Gr…
Considered one of the most significant contemporary artists working at the intersection between art and film, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) presents the first Australi…
Contemporary dance, classical music and lauded theatre works are headed to regional and outer-metropolitan Victoria in 2017 with support from the Victorian Government's Touring Victoria p…
Poetry? For today’s readers? Yes, and not just for those who buy their poetry collections religiously either: this book is for everyone. Frustrated by the perception that Australian po…
Just when you think you've seen every possible connotation of circus, along comes a show that blows you out of the water. Circus 1903 is that sort of show. This brilliantly realised concept …
The selection of the romantic burnt-out Dome at Mt. Stromlo Observatory, with its magnificent valley views enhanced by a spectacular sunset, was an inspired choice by dance-maker, Alison Ple…
Kicking off on Friday 17 February, the 2017 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras features a bumper program of more than 80 events, exhibitions, music and theatre – in a glittering cele…
Following a recent five-star season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the sold-out festival sensation Hot Brown Honey makes its Arts Centre Melbourne premiere from 6 to 11 December 2016 in a…
You walk into Pip & Pop's new Perth exhibit as a giant would in an Adventure Time cake-based utopia sprinkled with glittery fluorescent unicorn crack. Floating in PICA's v…
F. begins with a nubile figure gently rippling under golden light. Actually it begins before this, with a subterranean hum filling the space before she steps out as the audience find their s…
A blessing of unicorns travelling from Rundle Mall to the East End will herald the official launch of the 2017 Adelaide Fringe program this evening. With more than 1100 events, the 2017 Adel…
The outrageously hilarious sell-out original musical comedy performed by an all Melbourne cast, Suitcases, Baggage & Other Synonyms has returned to the stage at Chapel Off Chapel for a s…
Who is Dan Mitchell? I have worked across the arts for 30 years throughout Australia and Europe. Over my career I have worked with, and created for companies such as Circus Oz, Ehos Opera…
You could say that a canonical play is one where you're the problem if you don't like it. The formula critical judgement + physical repetition = classic fixes its value ahead of time. A cano…
Sydney's premier cultural institutions have announced the 49 artists to present work in the inaugural edition of The National: New Australian Art – opening on 30 March 2017 and running…
Permission to Speak was remarkable. The audience sat on four sides of a square. Well, less a square as it was a double traverse. Each side watching the other – a vague outline of fi…
Vic Theatre Company presents the first professional staging in Melbourne of The Gathering – a new work by Belinda Jenkin and William Hannagan at fortyfivedownstairs from 30 No…
Considered one of Handel’s most beloved operas, Pinchgut Opera presents Theodora at Sydney’s City Recital Hall for a limited season of performances from 30 November 2016. A…
Who is David Whiteley? I think Bob Dylan was quoting Rimbaud when he said “I is another.” Yeah, well I’m someone else. What would you do differently to what you do now? If …
Red Stitch Actors' Theatre has announced its 2017 Season featuring two world premieres by local female playwrights, developed through the Red Stitch INK program, four Australian premieres…
Seven accomplished Australian artists are recipients of the 2016 Australia Council for the Arts Fellowship grants. Australia Council Chief Executive Officer Tony Grybowski congratulated t…
Who is Nick Deutsch? I am an Israeli born Australian, married to a French woman currently living in Germany. I'm a musician, food and wine enthusiast, father to a beautiful daughter, current…
The hilariously side splitting Avenue Q has returned to Perth for a strictly limited season, bringing audiences a show that is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. Winner of the trip…