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Natalie Weir originally created this work for Expressions Dance Company in 2015 under the title The Host. As she explains in her program notes, one of the meanings for a "host" is "an animal…
Lynda Draper has been announced as the winner of the prestigious $50,000 Sidney Myer Fund Australian Ceramic Prize for her work, Somnambulism, 2019. The work entails a series of busts of kin…
G'day. Welcome to the Yabba. Just passing through? It's the best little town in the world. Things a bit grim? Chin up. John Grant is well-read, but an outback misadventure strands him " cash…
If, due to illness or mishap, you couldn't be at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, then the Melbourne Cabaret Festival is possibly worth a look. Opening Galas of more recent years have shared a…
When Nora makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and children in the final scene of Ibsen's The Doll's House, a door slams and the curtain falls. Lucas Hnath's 2017 play A Doll's H…
Based on Michael Morpurgo's beloved novel, War Horse " the unforgettable theatrical event from the National Theatre of Great Britain will return to Australia in 2020 with seasons at Regent T…
Who is Chelsea McGuffin? Co Director and Performer of Wunderage. Director of Brisbane based circus company, Company2. What would you do differently to what you do now? Lots of things and not…
From the story of four generations of First Nations women to nostalgia of the 'burbs, the challenges of the #MeToo movement, contemporary Indigenous art, cutting-edge digital cultural surviv…
TodayTix, the digital gateway to arts and cultural experiences that launched in Sydney in March, will offer exclusive $45 'mobile Rush' tickets in partnership with Opera Australia for their …
Celebrating its 25th year, the Lismore Lantern Parade is an annual community arts festival held on or around the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice. Attracting in excess of 25,00…
The Producers of the Helpmann Award nominated spectacular, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, have announced the five boys who will play the role of Charlie Bucket in the Melbourne season of…
Who is Ruthie Henshall? Whoever you need her to be! What would you do differently to what you do now? If I wasn't an actress, I'd be a midwife! Who inspires you and why? Julie Walters. Her a…
Manilla Street Productions has announced the complete cast of 24 actors who have been chosen for the Australian premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton's award winning mu…
The MIFF Premiere Fund delivers seven world and Australian premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Paul Ireland's gritty reimagining of Shakespeare's…
On display from 21 June 2019, a new exhibition at the RMIT Gallery traces the lasting impact of European influence on generations of RMIT teachers and students to the present day in Melbourn…
The Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge is sweeping across the state, with more than 250,000 children taking up the challenge to read more books and open their eyes and imaginations to the…
Who is Bradley McCaw? Bradley McCaw is an award winning Australian who loves writing in the third person. He LOVES musicals so much, he has dedicated a good 10 years to his life to making th…
A new exhibition turning the spotlight on a posse of Australian contemporary artists who engage in theft as a creative strategy, the National Art School presents Caught Stealing: The Art of …
A contemporary, hybrid-experimental theatre piece which sets out to explore our perceived realities and the effects of trauma, Bearfoot Theatre presents I Hope it's Not Raining in London at …
Having been a part of the seventies ballroom dancing world, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) production of Strictly Ballroom is sheer entertainment delight that had …
Who is Rhonda Burchmore? Rhonda also known affectionately as Ruda is a compassionate, intelligent, gutsy chanteuse who loves people, animals, fishing and things of beauty whether they be lan…
Like Alan Moore's work, Lost Girls, Tom Stoppard's Travesties holds at its centre an unlikely confluence of popular figures in one location at the same time. While Moore's sublime book is co…
Joseph Campbell wrote "the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are" and Bobby Fox, we are truly thankful that you shared who you are with us on Saturday night. From the moment he walked…
Thirteen projects in Victoria have received $129,285 in funding through the Australian Government's highly competitive Regional Arts Fund, delivered in Victoria by Regional Arts Victoria. Di…
In this wonderfully chilling production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, we see the titular character arrive in Georgian London, beholden to Anthony Hope, who has rescued h…
