Australia

Capturing the spirit of punk on screen
Adelaide Film Festival is honouring free-thinking filmmakers and 40 years of rebellion in their 2017 program.

Robot sculpture, coming to a gallery near you
Artists have already done a lot with robots, but it’s safe to say that there’s more to come - especially…

Tectonic
Dancenorth's latest work features the most effective curtain drop ever.

Casting a fresh eye over cripping up
How long before we start to view the performance of disability in the same way we now view blackface?

Drawing Sale up to 50% off at Eckersley’s Art & Craft
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1984
A stark, confronting depiction of government suppression and violence as a warning against complacency.

Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival
Stradbroke Island welcomed its 10th annual Chamber Music Festival over a winter weekend with great weather.

Applause: recent winners
State Library Victoria celebrates a new resident; Melbourne Museum is honoured; emerging SA writers awarded and Macquarie Group shortlist announced.

Our theatre should tell Australian stories and reflect Australian lives
Contemporary Australian writing and the Australian canon should be the focus of our theatre culture, argues playwright Andrew Bovell.

Near-parity is nearly something to celebrate
The 2016 Stella Count reports that women authors have achieved near-parity in the nation's reviews pages, closing an 8% gap…