Performing Arts
South Australia to host Asia Pacific arts centres conference
Adelaide has won the bid to host the annual Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) Conference in 2016.
Hello There, We've Been Waiting For You
A truly wonderful play with complex and contradictory characters.
Jazz community celebrates Bell Awards winners
From a Hall of Fame induction, to the Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year, the awards celebrate the full…
Darwin Festival reveals 2014 sneak peak
Soweto gospel, Indonesian puppets and Brisbane burlesque are among the eight early announcements made this week.
Why the arts improve health
Many studies show people are healthier when they paint, play music or even just sit in the theatre audience but…
First Arts NSW Regional Fellowship winner announced
The recipient will be engaged at home, abroad, and in the nation's capital in an effort to further his artistic…
Arts community laments the loss of Souris
With last week’s cabinet reshuffle George Souris was stripped of his portfolio as Arts Minister. This is what you thought:
Why go back to the bush?
Thirty years ago arts enthusiasts couldn’t wait to leave regional Australia. Now some are going home.
Australia, Europe and the search for a soul
Australia benefits from its broad view of culture but cultural programming needs values and excellence not just face-painting.
Reduce arts funding, recommends Commission of Audit
The Federal Government’s Commission of Audit released today demands efficiencies from the arts sector. It wants some arts programs abolished,…