New South Wales

Pandemic pushback by programming bold and big
Chatswood Culture Bites is a new festival-come-season that has programmed over 300 artists to help audiences re-emerge with vigour.

Exhibition review: Eucalyptusdom, Powerhouse Museum
An exhibition exploring both the museum's and Australia's relationship to the iconic gum tree.

Theatre review: Hamlet, Bell Shakespeare
A surprisingly respectful adaptation that allows the original words to shine.

Exhibition review: Solastalgia, Broadhurst gallery
Four Australian women artists explore the changes and disruptions of climate change.

Did the Biennale of Sydney 2022 deliver?
A biennale that breaks the model and questions its viable future.

Northern Rivers companies focus on flood recovery
After devastating floods at the end of February, artists and arts organisations in the Northern Rivers are now focused on…

Opera Review: La Juive, Opera Australia
There are few entry points for new audiences to this opera, which is unfortunately bleak for our times.

Theatre review: Opening Night, Belvoir
Stage adaptation of a film that explores ageing and gender in creative spaces.

Exhibition review: From impulse to action, Bundanon
Curator Sophie O’Brien captures both the genesis and future of Bundanon as an important site for cultural production and experimentation.

Major new arts precinct opens at last
After three years of construction and exceeding its original estimated cost, one of Australia’s most significant arts precincts is ready…