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State Theatre Company South Australia’s 2025 season: from Parliament House to Broadway
Mitchell Butel’s final season as STCSA Artistic Director ranges from black comedy to heartfelt First Nations storytelling, with a dollop…
Adelaide Festival 2025 brings the world to South Australia
An array of international acts join First Nations artists and Australian companies for the 40th Adelaide Festival.
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Arts leaders move on from a peak body, a major gallery and the Adelaide Festival Centre in this week’s round-up…
So you want my arts job: Conductor
If you are intuitive, passionate, generous and able to understand a piece of music as a whole, perhaps conducting is…
From true crime to post-colonialism: Sydney Festival launches its 2025 season
Olivia Ansell’s final Sydney Festival as Director grapples with big questions and has factored the cost of living crisis into…
WAAPA to benefit from $30 million philanthropic partnership
A $30 million, 25-year partnership between Edith Cowan University and the Minderoo Foundation will help outfit WAAPA’s performance spaces at…
Greek-Australian poet Π.O. wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award
A champion of performance poetry and spoken word as well as his fellow poets, Π.O. has been honoured for his…
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
ArtsHub's weekly round-up of comings and goings in the Australian arts sector.
So you want my arts job: Venue Technical Manager
If you possess a broad range of technical skills, are calm under pressure and can solve problems creatively, then being…
Stephen Fry: Art is complex, terrifying, dangerous and wonderful – and quite useless
English author, actor and raconteur Stephen Fry explains why art is like wine and how he makes people smile as…