Australia

Finding the poetry in an AI world
What does poetry look like in an algorithm-dominated world? The Library of Non-Human Books is attempting to answer that question.

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Malthouse Theatre (VIC)
There’s never been anything quite like this iteration of Wilde’s sparkling comedy in which Jon Haynes and David Woods perform…

Could changing courses change your life?
If you’re getting cold feet about the course you’ve chosen, it’s not too late to change your preferences. It could…

Review: Torch the Place, Arts Centre Melbourne (VIC)
Benjamin Law’s theatre debut sparks joy – and a pile of other feelings.

14 ideas for how to work less
Busyness, working long hours and constant hustling can contribute to exhaustion and burnout – and might not make our work…

WAAPA celebrates 40th anniversary with epic performance program
From classical to contemporary, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts’ 40th anniversary program showcases cutting edge talent from the…

Review: Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds, Perth Festival (WA)
A Perth Festival Commission with Paul Kelly and James Ledger creates a soundscape at times intimate and fragile, at others…

Review: Ian Strange - Suburban Interventions, John Curtin Gallery (WA)
Ian Strange restores empathy to suburbia, in the wake of economic and environment destruction, in this first survey exhibition of…

New organisation to rise from the ashes of Playwriting Australia
A wide-ranging report into the future of PWA has recommended it merge with Australian Plays and create a new entity…

The critic transformed into poet
As a literary journalist and critic, Thuy On was surprised to find she was compelled to write a book of…