On Friday afternoon, Melbourne's Iconic institution, La Mama Theatre, learnt that their application for four-year funding from the Australia Council for the Arts was rejected, despite being …
Like a number of arts organisations across Australia, The Blue Room Theatre learnt on Friday that their application to the Australia Council for four year funding from 2021 " 2024 was not su…
From a stunning new literary talent, you won't be able to put down this novel about a mother's love for her children " it will break your heart. Ava and her two young sons, Max and Teddy, ar…
In 2019, the writers of award-winning musicals Prodigal, Once We Lived Here and Virgins: A Musical Threesome, Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank, gave a musical voice to Miles Franklin's iconic he…
The National Gallery of Victoria has launched a new four-part virtual series of its popular Drop-by Drawing program. This virtual iteration of the program invites audiences to watch a video …
Bold, exhilarating, and wholly original, Laura Jean McKay's The Animals in That Country asks what would happen, for better or worse, if we finally understood what animals were saying. Out…
Calling all budding young filmmakers! National theatre company Bell Shakespeare has announced a film festival where students are in the director's seat. Open to primary and secondary school …
The Australia Council has announced the 144 arts organisations that will receive a share of $31.7M per annum in funding offered through the revised Four Year Funding for Organisations progra…
"Katrina, I had in mind a prayer, but only this came," Bruce Dawe wrote to his infant daughter, new-born, in intensive care, her life in the balance, declaring as poets must that their poems…
Home of the Arts (HOTA) has revealed the first recipients of its Rage Against the V(irus) Artist Fund who will receive up to $1000 cash toward nominated projects. Announced last month, the f…
After the unprecedented cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest this year, SBS has announced that art-pop singer-songwriter Montaigne will still get her shot at Eurovision glory, when th…
Adelaide's annual Cabaret Fringe Festival has been cancelled for 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Now in its 12th year, the Cabaret Fringe features the best of home-…
For the first time in over 70 years, the five festivals that transform Edinburgh into the world's leading cultural destination every August are not going ahead this year due to concerns arou…
Yarra Valley Writers Festival are celebrating authors and their incredible stories in a full day of live streamed talks, conversations and performances on Saturday 9 May 2020. Due to COVID-1…
Now in its eighth year, the influential and a much-loved feature of the Australian literary calendar, the Stella Prize has announced the six extraordinary books by Australian women on the 20…
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra invites music lovers to keep the music going this Thursday evening (2 April 2020) at 7.30pm with a special online premiere concert featuring a Stravinsky dou…
The Australia Council has announced a Resilience Fund of approximately $5 million for artists and arts organisations to support their livelihoods, practice and operations during the COVID-19…
Being in isolation might be a great time to try something new. In this series, we get the basics on hobbies and activities to start while you're spending more time at home. While many are ca…
Australia's largest independent arts festival, Melbourne Fringe, is moving its 2020 festival dates and offering support to artists who are facing challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis. Now t…
Annabelle Collett (1955-2019) was a South Australian designer and artist whose work embraced art, design and craft. Her fashion designs and particularly her dramatic knitwear produced under …
The Biennale of Sydney has announced initial details of how it is taking the 22nd edition online through a series of activations and experiences. From Monday 6 April 2020, online programming…
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has announced the annual Helpmann Awards will not be presented in 2020. The decision to cancel this year's presentation is in response to the COVID-19 public…
A new leadership structure has been adopted by NETS Victoria with two new advisory committees being appointed with a focus on the Artistic Program and Fundraising. Penny Teale has been elect…
The Adelaide Festival is as much shaped by people and place as it in turn shapes people and place; its identity is a weird and wild shifting thing. It is not owned by one individual, but bel…
As a response to the devastation that COVID-19 is having on the arts and entertainment industry, John Foreman's Aussie Pops Orchestra and friends have "phoned in" an isolation orchestra perf…