Australia
Comedy review: Tight Mums, Loose Units, Trades Hall, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Hysterical tongue-in-cheek Tight Mums dishing the dirt on married life and divorce.
Book review: Fake Heroes, Otto English
Fake Heroes features 10 notable people from history's pages, and reveals what they were really like.
On the move: latest sector appointments
Yirra Yaakin farewells long-serving GM, MAV announces new Chair, and more arts appointments news.
Summer blockbuster puts new twist on age-old tales
The enchantment of fairy tales will be captured at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art with over 100 artworks, from installation…
Is reading in crisis?
Outtakes from the VOLUME Symposium find that it’s time for urgent action, as national reading rates decline.
Vale Jacqueline Dark
The 'indefatigably upbeat' Australian mezzo-soprano died this week, aged just 55.
This week's arts news and trending topics
What's in the headlines and what people are talking about in the arts this week.
How to apply for sick pay as a creative
Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee has finally expanded to include artist and creative workers, with the pilot extended until March 2025.
Queering our public spaces
An inspiring project, co-designed by queer youth, places art in the heart of the Yarra Ranges with a new public…
Performance review: Tender, the Vault, Sydney Fringe Festival
This circus cabaret hybrid explores a disassembling of gender constructs in its fluid meld of bodies.