Performing Arts

Born in the back of a ute, Outback Theatre for Young People turns 30
The resilient theatre company is celebrating three decades of significant engagement with young people in regional and remote NSW.

Arts criticism is eroding in the digital age
Has the internet damaged arts criticism beyond repair? In her new Platform Paper, Alison Croggon argues that the web has…

Highlights from the 2020 NZ Festival program
Instead of a single artistic director, the 32nd New Zealand Festival of the Arts features three high profile curators, Bret…

Resistance Transmission, Due West Festival/Footscray Community Arts Centre (VIC)
The Riverside Yarns presentation offered intimate and generous storytelling but lacked a centre of gravity.

Remaking a suburb through dance
Indian artistic practices wind through the streets of Wyndham in a new multidisciplinary performance work.

Mojo Juju: Native Tongue, QPAC (QLD)
An extraordinary performance showcasing not only Mojo Juju’s voice and talent but also the stories behind the songs.

HMS Pinafore, Hayes Theatre (NSW)
A joyous version of the Gilbert and Sullivan musical that most fans will love.

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Shivanjani Lal receives 2019 Visual Arts Emerging Fellowship, Deborah Cheetham AO wins $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Music 2019, applications open…

Private sector giving increasing, national survey reports
A survey of 2,208 arts and cultural organisations across Australia has revealed that private sector support for the arts is…

Avoid burnout by managing your energy levels, not time
Burnout is less about time, and more about how you manage your sleep, what you eat and simply, your equilibrium…