Performing Arts

English lit prize following Australia's lead?
A new British literary longlist proves strong female authors aren’t just an Australian phenomenon.

Writers Vic teams up with Templeberg Villa for new writing fellowship
Fancy a funded month-long writing residency in a picturesque area of Sri Lanka? Well your daydreaming might become a reality.

Hedda Gabler
Presented by the State Theatre Company of South Australia, Joanna Murray-Smith's adaptation is a thoughtfully-modernised take on the Ibsen classic.

Thus Spake Zarathustra
Although the title work was not performed until after interval, anticipation of it dominated both the programming and the audience's…

An Evening with Bryn Terfel
Terfel has a superb sense of the drama in the songs he is singing, and meticulous attention to diction and…

Bollywood superstars flood to Melbourne for film festival
Australia is helping celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).

You can make money online
Think people won’t pay for creative content because so much is available online for free? That’s not what the numbers…

NMIT runs a ruler over Swinburne
NMIT is running a ruler over plans to develop an arts precinct in Prahran on the Swinburne campus site.

New director, new vision for QAGOMA
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) welcomed its new director this week, signalling a new era for…

International outcry over Amazon's tax practices
It’s not just booksellers who have a bone to pick with Amazon as governments around the world investigate the tax…