Performing Arts
ICYMI: NSW $11.9M funding, NT Writers Festival dates and more
Sampa the Great to headline Vivid Live, Yarra Valley Writers Festival program, Bell Shakespeare on tour, plus more arts and…
Musical theatre after the pandemic: imagining its future
Five women who are directing or music directing Australian musical theatre productions share their experiences of COVID, its impact on…
Opera Review: Ernani, Opera Australia
Spectacular voices and a clever production overcome this early Verdi opera’s preposterous plot.
Creating new theatre in the heart of Canberra
The New Works program at Canberra Theatre Centre is offering free access to the Courtyard Studio for either a week’s…
What's Budget 2021-22 got for the arts?
The short answer is not much more. The longer answer looks at flat funding for the Australia Council and previously…
New series RISING Podcast 2021: the audio guide to Melbourne’s winter festival
A new festival deserves a new approach to the way artists share and discuss the ideas that inform their work.
How a long-term approach to artistic development has benefitted Canberra’s artists
A considered approach to developing artists’ careers over many years is a cornerstone of practice at The Street Theatre.
How festivals are coming out of COVID
After 2020’s postponements, festivals are back with a renewed focus on the local, exciting audiences across the nation.
The funding that builds career resilience
COVID-19 venue closures in the performing arts could have left some artists out in the cold. But award-winning Canberran playwright…
Theatre Review: A Room of One’s Own, Belvoir
Belvoir’s production of Virginia Woolf’s classic polemic on women in literature is a sophisticated and stimulating exploration of the role…