Performing Arts

The Light in Winter festival sparks international collaboration
Indonesia’s Papermoon Puppet Theatre has partnered with Melbourne’s Cake Industries to create Anachron for The Light in Winter festival.

Celebrating Solstice at The Light in Winter
A winter solstice celebration of light, art and food will form a fitting finale to The Light in Winter festival.

Intelligent rap show is definitely by design
Canadian performer Baba Brinkman fuses hip-hop with Darwinism and biology with beats.

Patrick White’s legacy celebrated in STC honours
Two playwriting awards totalling $32,500 in prize money were presented in Sydney on Friday night.

ArtsHub 2014: a conference to help arts thrive
Inform, Inspire, Innovate: That’s the brief for the inaugural ArtsHub industry conference.

Understanding the business-arts nexus
The benefits arts gain from business are well understood but the reverse value is just as great.

Sex drama shows Victorian prudery in new light
A pornographic 19th century novel attributed to Oscar Wilde and friends has been adapted for the stage.

Next Wave Artistic Director finishes on a high
The Melbourne-based organisation's 2014 festival has been a critical and financial success.

Opera fury over weight slur
British critics are under fire after making unkind comments about a female performer's weight.

Arts key to Closing the Gap in Indigenous health
Research shows the arts are key to Closing the Gap, raising fears Budget cuts to arts and language will damage…