Performing Arts

The Golden Age
Intellectually there is much of interest, but The Golden Age doesn't resonate as much as one would hope.

The arts community's diversity problem
The arts are how we tell stories about ourselves, yet our sector is failing to embrace cultural diversity, both internally…

Touring exhibitions receive $1.6 million funding
The Federal Government's Visions of Australia program will enable seven exhibitions to visit 76 venues across Australia.

2015 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award-winners announced
Two Tasmanian festivals, an Indigenous artist, and an art facilitator have shared $175,000 in prize money.

Ladies in Black
A comedy of mid-twentieth century manners, Ladies in Black is a paean to an optimistic future.

Elegy
A deftly understated drama about a very human tragedy, simply and compelling staged.

Super for arts professionals: getting the right advice
The erratic work life of arts professionals means many in the sector are unprepared for retirement – but they don’t…

Minister moots new specialist high school for art
The Federal Minister for the Arts will investigate opening a new specialist secondary school, as part of a push to…

Songs for the Fallen
A glittery and fabulous tribute to the original party girl and fabulous French Femme, Marie Duplessis.

From babes to babies
A drag cabaret artist and a comedian with heaps of vagina jokes are not performers you would expect in children's…