Australia

Queensland Theatre’s loss is Belvoir’s gain
After almost six years as Executive Director, Sue Donnelly farewells Queensland Theatre to rejoin Belvoir.

Politically charged artwork wins this year’s Telstra Award
The winners have been announced for Australia’s most prestigious award for Indigenous art, and the top work goes to an…

The Hamlet Apocalypse
The Hamlet Apocalypse is a testament to the power of live theatre.

The healing power of hip hop
The core values hip hop include social justice, self-worth and community. Consequently it’s increasingly being used as a therapeutic tool…

British artist bans PM from buying his art
What do fresh air, English soil and shit have in common? All have been canned, bagged and sold in the…

Tarnanthi curator talks race relations and the power of art
ArtsHub takes a journey to APY Lands with curator Nici Cumpston and talks politics, understanding and impact in the lead…

Ballarat and Melbourne prepare for a new White Night
The popular dusk to dawn arts event will return to regional Victoria and the state’s capital in 2018.

The Merchant of Venice
The dialogue in this production has power not only because of the genius of the writer, but the quality of…

Australian Festival of Chamber Music
It’s not every Music Festival that can conjure up breaching whales on the boat trip to a concert on Orpheus…

Belvoir’s brutally comic Hir explores a transitioning America
A patriarch de-throned, a family and a nation in chaos; Taylor Mac’s wry new comedy explores the tectonic shifts in…