Performance review: Being Alive: The Music of Stephen Sondheim, Hayes Theatre

A show for fans of Stephen Sondheim and musical theatre.

Theatre review: Blackbird, KXT on Broadway

A harrowing play about the loss of innocence.

A million moments in mid-air: why Gravity & Other Myths, and our sector, need a new way forward

Touring live performance in today's world is getting harder, perhaps there's a better way of organising funding for the touring…

Opportunities and awards

Lifetime Achievement nominations for Queensland performing arts professionals, new poetry in translation prize, music fund recipients and more.

A Play in Two Days with Hilary Bell

Whether you’re just starting out or looking for a refresher, in this practical course multi award-winning playwright Hilary Bell will…

Crafting Comedy Gold with Tim Ferguson

This one-day course with screenwriter and comedian Tim Ferguson will show you the secrets of writing comedy for page, stage…

Opera review: Aphrodite, Carriageworks

A collaboration between the Sydney Chamber Opera and Omega Ensemble that favours cerebral engagement over emotional impact.

Learn stand-up comedy in Melbourne this October 2025 with Lawrence Mooney

Theatre review: Blackrock, The MC Showroom

Nick Enright's 'Blackrock' is sadly as relevant today as it was in 1995 when it was first performed.

Theatre review: Happy-Go-Wrong, fortyfivedownstairs

This exploration of chronic illness fuelled existential angst doesn’t make the leap from fringe festival circuit to the fortyfivedownstairs stage.