Performing Arts

Is Adelaide on the cusp of something big?
The so-called ‘second tier’ of Adelaide was laid waste during the 1990s but a new generation is reclaiming the territory.

Play on: challenges for sustaining performance organisations
The management achievements of the ACO and ABO are a model for other arts organisations but can they sustain it?

Festivals shrink as ticket sales decline
New data confirms what the recent cancellation of the Big Day Out foretold: the era of juggernaut festivals is drawing…

The night of the Triffid
Ex-Powderfinger bassist John Collins’ new live music venue Triffid will open in Brisbane later this year.

Is this the exhibition of the future…or just a web page?
How Vegemite-loving flies prompted the thong dress is just one of the stories in the NFSA’s first online exhibition.

Confessions of a Control Freak
Belinda Raisin's cabaret character study successfully explores the inability to reconcile expectation with reality.

Why design is big business
Beyond its aesthetic contribution, design is a major force in the Victorian economy and one of the key drivers of…

Romantic Masterpieces: Brahms & Elgar
With a graciousness of tone and rapid engagement, cellist Truls Mork gave a charismatic and connecting performance.

Offspring Ensemble: Plekto
Each piece of music was weird and wonderful in its own way – not one of them conventional, or made…

Closed for Maintenance
This is a work with three or four moments of total brilliance, a few problems and a large amount of…