Australia

Opportunities and awards
Music support for WA creatives, Elvis poetry competition, plus winners of Ensemble Theatre Award, and more!

Performance review: Never Mind the Buzzers, Here’s RocKwiz LIVE!, West Gippsland Arts Centre
The original TV show has become a popular touring franchise.

From bohemia to the outback: Opera Queensland launches its 2025 season
In-demand international coloratura soprano Sumi Jo goes bush for Opera Queensland’s Festival of Outback Opera in 2025.

Book review: Mean Streak, Rick Morton
This exhaustive record of the illegal and self-serving behaviour of people in high places is as compelling as it is…

Epic LEGO x Star Wars exhibition to make grand world premiere in Melbourne 2025
Celebrated LEGO artist Brickman sets off on another challenge to recreate iconic 'Star Wars' moments in a brand new exhibition.

Exhibition review: Glen Downey, Isabella Hayes, Kate Pullen, Dan Go, Nyssa Braid, Off The Kerb Gallery and Studios
Independent Melbourne art gallery again proves its finger is on the pulse.Â

Film review: Welcome to Babel
A fascinating portrait of a man with a mission and the history that inspired it...

Book review: Orbital, Samatha Harvey
This year's Booker Prize-winner has garnered a lot of praise, but does it actually deserve it?

Theatre review: Sweat, Wharf 1 Theatre
A play about hardscrabble small-town Americans by a Pulitzer-winning playwright is grimly prescient.

Exhibition review: Carbon_Dating, Caloundra Regional Gallery, Sunshine CoastÂ
A group exhibition exploring Australian native grasses.