Performing Arts
Inspire60: Simon Abrahams
The Creative Director & CEO of Melbourne Fringe is inspired by artistic democratisation and the way art can change the…
Art school won't take new students
One of the nation's key arts schools has announced it will not take new studio-based students in 2017 pending a…
Funding culture outside the art world
Art doesn’t just live in galleries and theatres. Community festivals offer many artists a pathway to professional growth.
Loving the night life
Night is often the best time to activate a space for a young audience.
Who are the new feminist writers?
The inaugural Feminist Writers' Festival is a forum for a feminist agenda that is seriously 21st Century.
Matthew Bourne encouraging boys to dance
An outreach program will encourage young men and boys to change their perceptions of dance as part of the Melbourne…
Opera and circus: strange bedfellows
Contemporary art form meets 17th century tradition; an unlikely pairing rich with potential.
Why I will never be a starving artist
You are no less an artist if you have a day job that doesn't require you to live on cheap…
Jasper Jones
Pitch-perfect picture-book Aussie comedy hides a dark, urgent core.
A Nest of Skunks
An insightful play which would benefit from a more realistic representation of refugees.