Australia
Performance review: 8/8/8: REST, RISING Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne
An eight-hour performance about rest and sleep performed in ungodly hours but tangled in its own bureaucracy.
Performance review: POV, Belvoir St Theatre
Two child actors and 36 unrehearsed adult actors participate in an engrossing mash-up of stage and screen techniques.
Music review: Fever Ray and Mo'Ju, RISING Festival, Hamer Hall
Cult act Fever Ray returns triumphantly to Australia.
Art Money pulls back in economic squeeze
Art Money, the interest-free financing platform for artwork purchases, has made the difficult decision to pause operations due to capital…
Questions raised over ‘Simpler. Fairer. Faster.’ arts funding model
Create NSW has announced a new approach to its arts funding model, but first reactions say it favours competitiveness over…
Circus artists latest to be caught up in changing insurance market
Rising insurance costs are hitting some parts of the sector hard. Among the worst affected are independent circus artists, whose…
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Performance review: The 2024 Variety Gala, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Festival Theatre
A charcuterie plate of cabaret excellence!
Dance review: Coppélia, QPAC
A charming and imaginative production of 'Coppélia' presented in a welcomed revival by Queensland Ballet.