Performing Arts

'No budget' to pay Christmas entertainers
Retail giant caught recruiting performers who later discover they are expected to work for free.

Can we be creative without even trying?
Against received wisdom, researchers find the unconscious is not necessarily the great origin of creative accomplishment.

The Australian Screen Industry - Fact Sheet
The Australian screen industry makes a significant contribution to Australian culture and accounts for the largest proportion of GDP from…

Are you arts leadership material?
Leadership in the arts sector involves leading the process that connects a work of art with an audience, or links…

Calpurnia Descending
There is possibly no better theatre company to examine diva behaviours than the raucous, original Sisters Grimm.

Opportunities and risks in booming co-productions
Artists and audiences both benefit from co-productions, but is there a risk more co-productions will mean fewer individual opportunities?

Louder Than Words
The dancing is more than superb and the dancers deal with the somewhat similar yet contrasting styles of choreography brilliantly.

Why Melbourne needs a circus festival
A handful of shows in the Melbourne Festival or Fringe is not enough; the art form needs a dedicated festival…

The Phantom of the Opera
A curate's egg that's mostly good

Quiet Faith
A kind, honest and intriguing look at progresive Christianity in Australia, how it is experienced and represented.