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Breaking down silos builds good cultural leadership
‘Some of my most meaningful mentors have been from entirely unrelated industries,’ says Tina Walsberger, Edinburgh International Festival’s Marketing and…
Eight new dance commissions compete for $50,000 Keir Award
The biennial Keir Choreographic Award is dedicated to the commissioning of new choreographic work and promoting innovative, experimental and cross-artform…
Keeping fresh and focussed in a long term role (from our archives)
It's the perennial question: how do you stay motivated in a job that you love after years? This classic article…
Exit interview: Melbourne International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway
As his fourth and final MIAF enters its last week, Holloway reflects on his time in Melbourne and what working…
Cultural Ministers agree to new performing arts framework
Brisbane’s Circa have been invited to become a Major Performing Arts company as the MPA Framework itself is set to…
Clare Watson’s contract extended at Black Swan
The Board of WA’s State Theatre Company has renewed the Artistic Director’s contract for another three years and publicly committed…
Sauce, Dublin Fringe Festival (Ireland)
Two women in a bind discover that friendship adds piquancy to their lives in this fast-paced, comedic two-hander.
Shadows/Champions of Dance, Dublin Fringe Festival (Ireland)
Dublin Fringe continues with Derek Byrne’s debut play based on a real-life encounter at a cruising spot, and a madcap,…
Admin/Villains, Dublin Fringe (Ireland)
A one-man show about loneliness, longing, and social media-enhanced isolation, and a dance theatre piece exploring call-out culture through a…
So you want my arts job: Fight Director
Nigel Poulton is an award-winning, internationally renowned fight director, weapon and movement specialist, stunt performer and actor. He shares some…