Performing Arts

Disability Arts: the last avant-garde?
Is it a movement or a right? A disability-led panel takes the pulse on aligning rhetoric and action when it…

Review: Encounters with Mr Handel, St James’ Church, Sydney
Meeting Herr Händel in the halls of Enlightenment was not entirely a success.

Review: Australian String Quartet – Moore Beethoven Brahms (NSW)
A soundscape, brand new quartet and two classics.

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Charles Sturt University (NSW)
Charles Sturt University’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream revels in the incongruity and farcicality of lovers and couplings.

National Indigenous Arts Awards honour young and old
The awards recognised artists working in mediums ranging from screen and stage to shell necklace making.

$225.5M for creative sector in Victorian budget
The budget includes a $6.4 million package supporting programs and events benefiting independent artists and small organisations, and $128 million…

Review: Heisenberg, Arts Centre Melbourne
MTC has managed to pull off an intriguing, optimistic rom com that succeeds in both the romance and the comedy.

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Recipient of Ramsay Art Prize announced, WA composer wins coveted award, Dal Stivens Award announced, plus more.

Review: The Three Graces, Theatre Works (VIC)
The aesthetically stylish production is strongest when it departs from realism.

Pop goes the orchestra!
Don't make the mistake of conflating populist with unsophisticated when you're discussing the repertoire of a contemporary orchestra.