Performing Arts

How to be the best Chairperson you can be
If you’ve ever thought of becoming Chair of an arts organisation, Kate Larsen has tips to be an effective leader.

ICYMI: rounding up the week’s arts news
From record box office numbers, to funding advice for artists, history unveiled and a salute to those we lost in…

The art of adaptation
Adapting a critically acclaimed, non-linear, sci-fi-infused anti-war novel is no easy task. Playwright Fleur Kilpatrick explains how she tackled the…

From Collingwood Arts Precinct to community heart
With this new arts site in inner Melbourne, Marcus Westbury promises a flexible space that will hold its value.

Applause: latest funding and awards announced
2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award winners revealed, Australian Publishers Association's Hall of Fame recipients revealed and more.

A new Anzac for the arts
As Anzac Day approaches, New Zealand’s Big Idea CEO Annie Ackerman and Australia’s ArtsHub Content Director George Dunford consider the…

7 tips for going on parental leave
Make the transition to becoming a mum or dad easier with our tips for taking your parental leave.

Six ways you can get better at receiving feedback
Kathryn Burnett has some great advice on making yourself vulnerable, taking on strong opinions, blunt people and clumsy criticism. Here’s…

Review: A Little Piece of Ash, Kings Cross Theatre
Megan Wilding’s first full-length play delivers piercing, effortless emotion.

Review: 2019 Four Winds Easter Festival – Soundshell Saturday and Sunday
From the very start this Festival’s engagement with the Indigenous community has been genuine and true, sensitive to the connection…