Performing Arts

Homebake 2013 cancelled
Poor ticket sales and a fan backlash over the event changing its venue and format have led to the festival's…

Live streaming takes theatre to the bush
600 kids are scheduled to enjoy a single performance in a 90-seat theatre thanks to live streaming.

Bus money to overcome arts barrier
The cost of travel is the most significant inhibitor to arts experience for schools but an initiative plans to change…

A funny thing happened on the way to iTunes
Australian stand-up comedy has been very successful on DVD; will it have the same success online?

Willoughby Young Composer Award Winner Announced
An Australian composer inspired by poetry has won this year's Willoughby Young Composer Award.

Programming based on age a ‘death sentence’
Arts organisations need to be pragmatic when it comes to programming based on the increasing baby boomer demographic.

Stage and TV partnership creates major new playwriting commission
The production team behind 'Go Back to Where You Came From' is backing a new writing commission for independent Aussie…

The Tribe
"Love Us. Kill Them." A stark manifesto for society through time meets a complex response from Renegade Productions.

Dancers strut their stuff at a pop up dance festival
Perth is taking pop up culture to the stage with STRUT's 'Eyes Wide' dance festival.

Brahms 4 & Steven Isserlis
The Australian Chamber Orchestra was larger than usual, with its core of strings augmented by winds, brass and percussion, eight…