Performing Arts

Review: What Every Girl Should Know, Brunswick Mechanics Institute (VIC)
Monica Byrne’s play is a subversive, feminist take on the familiar Catholic schoolgirl setting.

Our new podcast: the ArtsHubbub
The ArtsHubbub – ArtsHub's monthly podcast takes a look inside Australian arts, and the minds of Australian artists. Each episode…

Review: Ballet at the Quarry – Light and Shadow, Perth Festival (WA)
WA Ballet’s triple bill includes some stellar moments, alongside some clunky choices.

Arts, activism and audio: The ArtsHubbub episode two
In the second episode of our monthly podcast we speak about politics in art and the importance of reaching an…

Review: Hecate, Perth Festival (WA)
The first ever adaptation of Macbeth in the Noongar language of southwestern WA is ambitious, important and highly entertaining.

Artist censored from Hong Kong protest exhibition
Badiucao is again at the centre of a censorship debate, left questioning the ambiguity the protest intentions, and structures of…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Yhonnie Scarce receives $60,000 Yalingwa Fellowship, 12 authors make the 2020 Stella Prize Longlist, Hatched Curatorial Fellowship announced, and latest…

Are arts grants applications blocked by classist language?
Applying for a grant shouldn't require a specific language but for some there is a class barrier that prevents application.

Is professionalism a dirty word in the arts? (from the archives)
Has too much talk of brand and career management muddied the path of professional practice as an artist? Artistic growth…

Can you ever have too much Beethoven?
University of Sydney’s David Larkin asks, is Beethoven at risk of overexposure?