Performing Arts
Melbourne Recital Centre expands footprint with sky-high new venue, The Beacon
A $2 million redevelopment has transformed a storage room into an intimate performance space.
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New touring initiative ORBIT creates sustainable pathways for indie dance
Three major dance organisations join forces to tackle the touring barriers facing independent choreographers.
Deaf artists lead the way at this year’s Melbourne Fringe
Deaf-led projects are hitting the spotlight at Melbourne Fringe, from a performance marrying opera and Auslan, to a panel talk…
Playing and belonging: inside the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s 2027 season
From Beethoven to Sibelius and Carmina Burana, the Willoughby Symphony Orchestra’s 2027 season is full of musical treats. For its musicians,…
Dolly Parton's genius in 3 great songs
Jolene, I Will Always Love You and 9 to 5 showcase the incredible talent of the late, great Dolly Parton.
Melbourne's State Theatre welcomes back audiences with free tickets to world-class performances
Arts Centre Melbourne celebrates the Ian Potter State Theatre's reopening by flogging free tickets.
Sydney Theatre Company's five-star hit An Iliad is touring to Melbourne
David Wenham returns to the stage in STC's acclaimed Trojan War epic, An Iliad.
Where does the artist begin and end? At Revivification at Now or Never, the answer's far from simple
Composer Alvin Lucier is dead – so why are clumps of his neural tissue powering Revivification at Melbourne's Now or…
Eddie Perfect signs on to mentor a rising young star of musical theatre
The Next Up Music Awards are open to school-aged musicians, composers and lyricists.
Melbourne's Luna Park is putting real-life artists back at the heart of its wildest attraction
As Finucane & Smith turns 30, the Melbourne amusement park is betting on the power of provocative live artists to…