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'We were right in the firing line': an extract from Elizabeth Ann Macgregor's The Power of the Real
In this extract from her forthcoming memoir The Power of the Real, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor looks back on a critical…
Take another bow: Encore celebrates Australian icons
From Archie Roach’s denim vest to Kylie’s hotpants, the Australian Performing Arts Museum's latest exhibition offers up an Aladdin’s cave…
'We can all feel it': Australia’s craft sector says it's time for a national making agenda
The MADE 2026 symposium asked what the craft sector could achieve if it started speaking as one national voice.
Art for Takayna is the country's wildest artist residency
Every year, Bob Brown Foundation leads artists and creatives into the wild Takayna region of Tasmania, encouraging connection with the…
Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: the best of the festival so far
The writers in Sydney Fringe Festival's Reviewer Lab have been busy. Here are 6 shows that have caught their attention.
Studio tips for makers to blitz the end-of-year demand
How do you manage rising costs and still ramp up studio production for the end-of-year push… and its much-needed cash…
Patrick Brammall and Brendan Cowell on Last Seen: ‘It works in a way that we don’t expect’
For stars Patrick Brammall, Brendan Cowell and Chloe Jean Lourdes, the new thriller Last Seen is set apart by its…
Deadman’s Land and the audacious quest to make an adventure film for $30,000
'We put everything we had into this,' says Australian filmmaker Peter Cullen about Bad Virtue Productions' new action-adventure film Deadman's…
From sheepshearing to the world stage: Lewis Major’s unlikely dance journey
Leading Australian choreographer Lewis Major is on a mission to make contemporary dance less intimidating.
No One Gets Out of Here Alive dances with death: ‘We want it to go beyond words’
Playing Brisbane Festival and then Bleach Festival, No One Gets Out of Here Alive is a dance-theatre work about an…