Performing Arts

Review: Small Mouth Sounds, Eternity Playhouse (NSW)
Australian premiere of this mostly silent play leaves audiences unsettled.

How retelling stories makes them timeless
Repetition builds the canon, which is why it’s so important to remount rarely seen works like The Torrents and Cloudstreet.

Review: Matriarch, Yirramboi Festival
Sandy Greenwood’s masterful performance brings four generations of women to life in precise, dazzling detail.

NAVA releases federal election report card
The National Association for the Visual Arts calls on all parties to invest in artistic courage.

ICYMI: this week’s arts news in brief
From Venice Biennale to a school poetry slam, the best art school named and programs launched - the week's arts…

Review: Here After, NIDA (NSW)
A meditative new work from Limitless Dance Company.

Review: Brodsky Quartet – 2019 Utzon Music Series (NSW)
Spellbound silence before rapturous applause.

WA receives regional arts investment worth $19m
The WA State Government has unveiled a Regional Arts and Culture Investment Program worth $19m to support the creative industries.

Review: Così, MTC
Mental health is a tricky topic but Così is a big-hearted if not particularly sophisticated play.

Greens launch arts policy in election lead-up
$150 million to employ artists in schools as part of a scheme to foster young people’s creativity, and restoring Australia…