Australia

Why we need opportunities for artistic transparency
This women-only event at Bankstown Arts Centre will explore the realities experienced by many Western Sydney female artists.

Why haven’t more companies explored live streaming?
Streaming theatre, opera and dance productions live into cinemas has succeeded overseas, so what's holding local companies back?

Value of the arts demonstrated in new Australian study
Young people’s anxiety levels decrease and their resilience increases when they engage with theatre, new research shows.

Artists invited to exhibit works in ancient Jurassic rainforest
Sculpture at Scenic World is calling for artists to create artworks that will be showcased in an ancient rainforest in…

On Kate Jennings: Writers on Writers by Erik Jensen
While it may be a love letter, this is also an essay about memory and its unreliability.

Applause: recent winners
International scholarships awarded in Adelaide; Melbourne Fringe reveals 2017 award winners; arts organisations share in funding, and many more.

Community, country and sector: fighting for change
Rather than accept the new status quo after funding cuts, we should fight for change, said speakers at the Australian…

Career spotlight: Literary editor
If you are a lover of words, a spotter of dangling modifiers, a proofreader extraordinaire, maybe the editor’s life is…

Megan Washington & Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Megan Washington presented a great musical palette but failed to engage with the audience.

Hay Fever
A rollicking and ridiculous rendition of Noël Coward’s comedy of bad manners.