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Applause: latest funding and awards announced
SAM reveals shortlisted artists for 2018 Indigenous Ceramic Award, Works on Paper Prize winners celebrated, artists announced for MCA's Primavera…

Shit arts administrators say
A snarky account is generating glee in the Twitterverse.

Every artist is an entrepreneur: How studying business helps
ArtsHub asks a creative entrepreneur how a business degree has helped his career.

When the pen is mightier than the casting couch
Gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, shape, ability – everything that defines a character can be dictated by the playwright. It's time…

Review: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, QPAC
Hannaford excels as Carole King. She’s energised, mournful, ecstatic, introverted, forgiving and gutsy.

Why YA gothic fiction is booming - and girl monsters are on the rise
In contemporary YA Gothic, girl monsters, who can constitute a threat to others and themselves, disrupt the tired plotline of…

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New executives at QLD Symphony Orchestra, Multicultural Arts VIC and Australian Festival of Chamber Music, plus changes at ATYP, Pantera,…

Review: Melancholia, Malthouse Theatre
Malthouse Theatre’s Melancholia is an ambitious adaptation of Lars Von Trier’s 2011 film of the same name.

10 ways to get on top of your emails
To finally gain mastery over our inboxes we have to deal with the root causes and not just the symptoms…

Review: Polygraph, Theatre Works
An engrossing and visceral exploration of how truth and trauma can bind lives together and tear them apart.