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New performance venue Lango at Footscray Community Arts. An artist's render of the outdoor performance space, showing the stage and the three overlapping architectural shells arcing above it.
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New performance venues in Melbourne and Brisbane

A revitalised indie theatre complex in Brisbane’s Petrie Terrace is one of several new performance venues.

Readers and Writers Against the Genocide group photo in May 2025. Image: RWAG.
Opinions & Analysis

Why I started Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG)

'As a literary community, we trade in creative freedom, free speech and the contestation of ideas,' says RWAG founder Aviva…

The Colleano family, subject of the film, The Colleano Heart. Image: The Colleano Heart.
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The Colleano Heart review: a remarkable Aboriginal success story 

Shapeshifting for decades to avoid detection as Aboriginal, The Colleano Heart follows a remarkable family of circus performers who won…

Boorloo Contemporary at East Perth Power Station (seen here in 2025) returns for Perth Festival 2026. An industrial-looking building lit up by brightly coloured projects, and photographed from the air at night; a large crowd is gathered in the building's expansive courtyard.
Interviews

Perth Festival 2026 makes the most of its city’s cultural infrastructure shortage

Artistic Director Anna Reece reveals how her second Perth Festival takes over the city’s public and private spaces.

Banquet. Photo: Viva Circus.
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Banquet review: captivating circus tackles the big issues

This innovative performance uses circus arts to explore class themes, but who's invited to the banquet?

disguised robber with stolen diamonds in their hand. The Louvre heist
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The Louvre heist: how will the thieves hide these jewels?

A jewellery insurance expert and a professor specialising in art crimes, explain what comes next following the Louvre heist.

elderly man dressed in dark colors looking serious with one eye patch. Salman Rushdie
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Salman Rushdie to speak in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026

Salman Rushdie will deliver a one-night-only address in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026.

youth arts: a photo of two teenage girls standing in an art gallery space looking at two contemporary art paintings that hang on two different walls of the gallery.
Features

Government policy champions youth arts, so why is funding slipping?

The benefits for young people are well documented, but leaders in youth arts say greater commitment is needed.

An underground stretch of road in a tunnel. The yellow-tinged photograph shows vehicles moving through the tunnel at speed, with details blurred to suggest their rapid movement. The photo illustrates Artshub's On the Move column of arts industry appointments.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Steve Bastoni, Lachy Hulme and Daniela Farinacci in a promotional image for Melbourne Theatre Company's 2026 production, 'West Gate'. The actors' faces are shown several times, calm, shocked and grieving. An image of the West Gate Bridge has been lightly superimposed over the photograph.
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2026 season announcements: our rolling guide to the performing arts

Orchestras, recital centres, theatre companies and more: we're compiling a list of 2026 season announcements, to be updated regularly, for…

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