Performing Arts
Busting opera wide open: the Pinchgut revolution
Ditching the curtain, delivering surpluses, and winning international awards, Pinchgut is a young company changing the face of opera in…
What do you do with bad reviews? Celebrate them!
Instead of ignoring their worst reviews on TripAdvisor, Mona plastered them on billboards in order to generate further interest in…
So you want my arts job: Google Arts and Culture lead
In this new series we look at some of the best jobs in the arts and ask how people got…
On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New AD for Musica Viva, Theatre Network NSW farewells founding Director; City of Parramatta appoints Group Manager of Cultural Strategy;…
Diversify your arts: from rhetoric into action
Your organisation's strategic planning at grant application time should place diversity as a central consideration.
Review: True West, Limelight on Oxford (NSW)
Funniest when it’s also at its most serious, Sam Shepard’s classic explores sibling rivalry and the dying West.
Review: Disparate Scenes for Millennial Dreams, Meat Market Stables (VIC)
Three new works that capture the millennial mood in a seamless blend of the metaphysical and the banal.
Australia’s Culture Building Boom: Museums
Australia’s cultural sector is under scaffolding as it faces a building boom. In this new series, we look first at…
New faces announced to shape Victoria’s arts future
Creative Industries Minister Martin Foley has announced 20 artists and sector leaders to develop the state’s new arts strategy.
ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
Aboriginal art in NYC, success at Perth Festival, objections to proposed amalgamation of WA orgs, and new projects for Barangaroo,…