Performing Arts
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…
Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026 – top picks
MICF is gearing up to celebrate 40 years of funny – here are the shows you shouldn't miss
20 years of Arts House: reflecting on where it all began
The founding Artistic Director of Arts House takes a look back at the early days of Melbourne’s home of contemporary…
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 8-14 December 2025
The Bald Archy Prize spreads its wings, major commissions and funding opportunities for 2026, and more.
Soul of Possum review: a First Nations perspective on first contact
With Soul of Possum, playwright Brodie Murray balances a coming of age story against a moment of first contact –…
Born on a Thursday review: violence, force and fervour
Jack Kearney’s simmering Born on a Thursday draws us into a typical Western Sydney home in 1998.
Christmas Actually review: come on and let it show
Christmas Actually is a rollicking good time sure to have audience members dancing in the aisles.
Sydney’s year in theatre 2025: our three favourite shows
ArtsHub takes a look back at the year that was and revisits three of the most powerful theatre productions to…
Australian creatives awarded French Order of Arts and Letters
Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman AM and Tony Albert join the French Order of Knighthood.
Orpheus & Eurydice review: a magisterial marvel
Opera Australia’s collaboration with Circa breathes dazzling new life into Gluck’s mythology-mining Orpheus & Eurydice.