Performing Arts

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…

Tony Awards Nominations Announced
It looks like this year’s Tony Awards will be a fight between Matilda The Musical and Kinky Boots to steal…

Jo Duffy departs Ten Days on the Island
Artistic Director’s decision not to renew her contract for 2015 comes as a surprise to Festival Board and Executive.

New money: $2 million investment in local arts
SBS Studio and Foxtel`s Local Production Fund will spend approximately $2 million per year on Australian arts programs with plans…

Fears copyright could be orphaned
A new law in the UK nicknamed the ‘Instagram act’ could see copyright lost on orphaned works.

Chippendale New World Art Prize goes to Bryden Williams
Glebe artist Bryden Williams has won the Chippendale New World Art Prize worth $10,000 and a 3 month residency Red…

Dealing with change: the arts in flux
The changes in funding and policy are rippling through the entire ecology of the arts and cultural sector.

Arts advocacy in the era of the barbecue-stopper
It doesn’t always involve conflict or the hip pocket nerve, so how do arts advocates get government and media attention?

Kaine Sultan-Babij
A recent graduate from the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, Kaine Sultan-Babij’s dances share ancient stories with a contemporary…

Which Australian estate is named after The Beatles?
New City Gallery exhibition reveals surprising insight into Melbourne's street names.