Performing Arts

Colonial guilt and the Australian Gothic cast their shadow over 2016 STC season
A judicious mix of classics, new work, and encore productions marks Andrew Upton's swan song as he prepares to hand…

Live performance industry outperforms retail, again
Live performance industry outperforms retail, accommodation and retail trade reporting $1.51 billion in revenue and 18.54 million in attendance in…

How to land an agent...and avoid the dodgy ones
Know how to find an agent who will help who will help your career without fleecing you.

Dark Vanilla Jungle
Intense, sparse and confronting, Dark Vanilla Jungle is in every sense a discomforting night of theatre.

$10 an hour: harsh realities before Senate Inquiry
The Senate hearing on arts funding in Hobart was told the arts sector in Tasmania is close to collapse.

Stimulating audiences for Indigenous art
Nine in ten Australians value Indigenous art, but only one-quarter engage with it. A new report inspects the barriers and…

Moneybag: latest money news
Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts professionals have been announced as the 2015 participants of British Councilâs ACCELERATE.

La Traviata
An irreverent, hilarious and piercing critique of trends in the Australian arts industry.

Fringe to mainstage: how does it happen?
Every year thousands of shows open at fringe festivals and independent venues. A few go on to mainstage productions and…

In Two Minds
Dancenorth perform all too rarely in Brisbane, so their current touring production was keenly anticipated.