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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, Dino Dimitriadis in association with Red Line Productions presents Michael Cristofer’s The Shadow Box at the Ol…
Who is Nicci Wilks? Nicci has been working in the performing arts for over 30 years performing at festivals and theatres around the world from the Pitjantjatjara lands to 42nd St. She has cr…
It's Australian TV's diamond year, and to celebrate the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is hosting a special evening of retro treasures, blasts from the past, and a lineu…
The work of Charles Blackman is celebrated as part of ongoing series drawn from the collection and archives of Heide Museum of Modern Art. Making History: Charles Blackman focuses on a key f…
When I was young and taken to the local Presbyterian Church, there would be a fair held every year, which included a colouring competition for the kids. The submissions would be pinned up to…
From acclaimed playwright Nakkiah Lui (Blak Cabaret, ABC's Black Comedy) comes the Melbourne premiere of Blaque Showgirls –Â a witty and provocative satire that cashes in on cultural…
George Gittoes defies categorisation as his life defies belief. Equal parts artist and warrior, he is world-famous for waging war on war with art, circus, photography and film, and has be…
Who is Ashley Dyer? At the moment, I’m a performance maker. In recent times, in dance and theatre, I’ve worked on various projects with former and current prisoners, refugees…
Experience the love, lust and betrayal of Puccini's war-time extravaganza Tosca, as State Opera of SA in association with Adelaide Festival Centre presents this powerful and moving story …
In a shitty flat sit two shitty people, shitty lives hanging out all over the place, Attic Erratic presents the world premiere season of Blessed at The Coopers Malthouse – as part o…
A major solo exhibition of one of the most influential artists of the past century, David Hockney: Current has opened at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). Curated by the NGV in collabo…
Ensemble Theatre has announced the two winners of the 2nd Sandra Bates Director's Awards at an exclusive function in the theatre's waterfront foyer bar. Supported by the Seaborn, Broughto…
Marking the first time the renowned artist has presented a major work in Australia, Nick Cave's spectacular and seminal work HEARD·SYD – featuring 60 Sydney-based dan…
Who is Candace Miles? She is the ultimate slasher; actor, performer, writer, singer, musician, and one part of girl-power theatre ensemble Three Birds Theatre. What would you do differently …
What a diverse range of experiences you can have over a week in the Melbourne Theatre scene. Last Friday Anti-Hamlet had too much happening. Shining City takes rather the opposite approach. …
A dark comedy about brilliant people, Artefact Theatre Company presents Pulitzer Prize-nominee, Theresa Rebeck's smart and provocative comedy, Seminar at Chapel off Chapel this N…
Writer and Director Mark Wilson uses William Shakespeare's Hamlet as a departure point for his new work Anti-Hamlet. Those having certain tastes – say, some for contemporary Australian…
Presented as part of the Sydney International Art Series 2016-2017, Nude: art from the Tate collection tells the story of the nude through more than 100 powerful artworks spanning two cen…
Exploring issues of belonging, history, and national identity, Bowerbird Theatre presents a return season of Deceptive Threads at fortyfivedownstairs from 10 November 2016. Deceptive Threads…
Who is Graham Coupland? An ex-Sydneysider who migrated South to embrace the food, wine and arts culture of Melbourne. And when not eating, drinking and working, occasionally likes to play gu…
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Robyn Archer as its new Laureate. She joins David Malouf, who became the inaugural Laureate in 2014. Robyn Archer " a performer and writer of m…
Listening to a collection of songs inspired by the last 100 years of Irish poetry may not sound like the most riveting way to spend an evening. But that is to underestimate the creativity an…
Anna Bolena tells the story of the last days of Anne Boleyn's life. Originally his mistress, Anne is now Henry VIII's second wife and Queen of England. Unfortunately, she has been unable to …
David Bowie virtually invented it. Madonna was the mistress of it. Reinvention. Publicly peeling away layers of identity revealing personae of varying degrees of style and substance. It's wh…
Who is Annette McLernon? Someone who makes things happen with not much. I lived in London during the Thatcher years – I think that time influenced me. I saw a lot of creativity flouris…
