Performing Arts

Dr Professor Neal Portenza Performs His Own Autopsy Live On Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously).
Obnoxious and ingenious; chaotic and playful, Dr Professor Neal Portenza is an immensely entertaining show.

Executive to help grow Musica Viva
Hywel Sims has left his role as General Manager at Gondwana Choirs to take on a key position at Musica…

Ignoring the creators
The UN is investigating intellectual property law and the right to culture but failing to consider the rights of authors.

Ten Days on the Island changes name and focus
The biennial state-wide festival will henceforth be known as the Tasmanian International Arts Festival.

Cairns prepares itself for Delirium
A Queensland playwright’s macabre new comedy takes centre-stage at Cairns’ Centre of Contemporary Arts.

Melba defends direct funding from Brandis
The Melba Foundation says there was nothing devious about a direct funding grant bypassing Australia Council peer review.

Art in the raw
The work presented at This is Not Art is risk-taking, experimental, and sometimes unfinished – and that's what makes it…

The book on reviewing male and female authors
For the first time the Stella Count compares not only how many books by men and women are reviewed but…

A queer Feast for Adelaide
Olympian turned cabaret artist Matthew Mitcham, legendary performer Carlotta, and trans icon Buck Angel feature in this year’s Feast program.

The City They Burned
A powerful, classic tragedy with the kind of scope that has become all too rare.