Performing Arts
From drug baby to the stage: Troy Rogers' triumphant return to Frankston Arts Centre
Acting classes at Frankston Arts Centre were a bright light in Troy Rogers' troubled childhood. Now he returns, this time…
Theatre on the silver screen: ‘Not till you’ve seen one do you understand how accessible it is’
National Theatre's stage-to-cinema program brings some of the world's biggest actors and productions to Australia.
Arts Centre Melbourne workers secure 13% pay rise after historic strike action
Workers secured a major pay and conditions settlement – could it set a new benchmark for arts wages?
Queensland Symphony Orchestra at 80: honouring the past and looking to the future
Beethoven and Mahler meet Australian composers, First Nations and Pasifika voices in Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s 80th anniversary season.
Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife nominated for International Opera Award
Leah Purcell’s long-running reimagining of Henry Lawson’s iconic short story receives international recognition.
Victorian Labor Party pledges to better support local music if re-elected
The pledge arrives as the Victoria Labor Party prepares its campaign for the November election.
To survive, Australia’s performing arts needs urgent action
The performing arts and entertainment industry is at a crossroads, but there are practical steps we can take to secure…
All sound and fury, this Lord of the Flies stage play signals far too little
Currently showing in Melbourne, Director Steven Mitchell Wright’s cacophonous production of Lord of the Flies loses sight of the novel's…
Let's hope Ballkids bounces back onto stages soon – it deserves to be seen far and wide
Tennis is the backdrop of a beautiful friendship in Ballkids, the award-winning two-hander starring Mich McCowage and Izabella Yena.
Dead As a Dodo descends into the underworld: ‘That's what puppetry brings – an easy way in’
Arriving this week at Brisbane Festival, the international hit Dead as a Dodo uses puppetry to draw audiences into a…