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A photograph of a smartphone showing the Support Act Wellbeing Helpline number: 1800 959 500.
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Support Act's Wellbeing Helpline is now open to all creative arts workers

A win for accessibility, developed with the help of Federal Government support via Creative Workplaces.

An ANAM performance in a large room. The audience sit facing a pianist and violinists.
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6000 voices urge the Victorian Government to save South Melbourne Town Hall

A letter signed by 6000 people calls for the Allan Labor Government to step in and restore the Victorian-era building.

Entrance to an outdoor festival at night with fire on both sides of a large signage with the words ‘FIRELIGHT’.
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What’s in the City of Melbourne’s draft Budget 2025-26 for the arts?

Firelight Festival and Now or Never will both return this year, plus investments in Melbourne Fashion Week and Melbourne International…

Nagi, a middle-aged Japanese-Australian woman with black hair, in a kitchen cooking and smiling at the camera. She is making plagiarism claims against another cookbook author.
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Baking bad: what a cookbook stoush tells us about creative plagiarism

When does inspiration become 'plagiarism'? The latest stoush between famed cookbook authors serves as an important case study.

'The Door in Question' is part of Sleepless Footscray Festival. A moody and atmospheric photograph of a person wearing a white VR headset; they are framed by a window, making us feel almost voyeuristic as we look at them. Behind the seated figure are sheets of paper stuck on the wall, including old pages and photographs from a book.
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Immersive review: The Door in Question, 47 Paisley St, Footscray

A heady mix of VR, interactive AI and immersive theatre take over a series of empty rooms and suburban streets…

Help young people flourish and thrive as artists, while taking your own passion for the performing arts in a new direction as a Stagecoach Performing Arts Australian franchisee.
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5 reasons why running your own performing arts school might be your best career move yet

Channel your love for the performing arts in a new direction, and nurture the creative dreams of the next generation…

A scene from STC's 2025 production of Beckett's 'Happy Days'. A woman with her bottom half hidden in a mound of dirt. There's a black plastic bag next to her, and on her other side is man with his back to us, holding up a newspaper. He too is visible only from his waist up.
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Theatre review: Happy Days, Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company

Lead actor and co-director Pamela Rabe shines in this staging of a classic Samuel Beckett play. 

Two panels. On the left is a blonde woman wearing black. On the right is the cover of ther book 'Always Home, Always Homesick.' It features mountain ranges in shades of mauve.
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Book review: Always Home, Always Homesick, Hannah Kent

Hannah Kent's first non-fiction book retreads the grounds of her Iceland-set bestseller, 'Burial Rites.'

Two young boys in a vehicle made out of spare parts play as part of the DreamBIG Children’s Festival's Big Weekend at Adelaide Festival Centre.
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Festival review: DreamBIG Children's Festival BIG Family Weekend, Adelaide Festival Centre

The DreamBIG Children’s Festival celebrated 50 years of inspiring children’s imaginations through art.

A man with grey beard and hair and wearing a lime shirt under a dark waistcoat is sitting at a table in front of a typewriter. Other random objects surround him including a fan.
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Performance review: Whalebone, Adelaide Festival Centre, DreamBIG Children's Festival

A show that explored the impact of technology while celebrating human creativity.

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