Australia

Applause: latest funding and prize winners
Miles Franklin Literary Award winner revealed, Hear For You Film Festival winners announced, Shortlist for Hindmarsh Prize announced, and many…

Review: Calamity Jane, Belvoir
Shows are almost always better when you can barely tell the difference between the stage and the stands – Calamity…

ArtsHub Monthly Briefing: August
Politics, policy and passion set the tone for August 2018.

Beyond benchmarks: what matters in Australian culture
Why have we turned culture's value into something to be scaled, measured and benchmarked?

More skills and training required as mature dance sector grows
As our population ages, older Australians’ access to dance practice and training will become increasingly important.

How clean is your desk? The unwelcome reality of office hygiene
The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many…

Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, Festival Theatre
A festival of kitschtastic razzle dazzle and innuendo-laced, once ground breaking musings on sex, gender, love and ageing.

Real-to-reel: bringing contemporary craft to the big screen
Craft is a global movement – it’s a human movement – and a new Festival of short film leverages our…

Full circle: Tasdance’s new Artistic Director on coming home to Launceston
Almost two decades after leaving Tasmania, Adam Wheeler returns with an enriched skill set. He talks about telling stories, rejecting…

Artist Mirka Mora dies aged 90
Mora, whose life was as colourful as her paintings, helped foster Melbourne’s bohemian culture following her arrival from France in…