Performing Arts
How an Australian company toured Europe mid-pandemic (plus Tubular Bells!)
Yaron Lifschitz reflects on the challenges of mounting three new works in Europe while half of Australia was in lockdown.
Building back better: Disability arts one year on from COVID
A panel of leading arts and disability advocates at this year’s Arts Activated Conference unpacked what we’ve learnt from COVID…
Circus and the art of community: The ArtsHubbub episode 16
The circus company that plays together, stays together, according to two of the co-founders of Gravity and Other Myths.
Opera Australia announces new CEO
Fiona Allan has been appointed as Opera Australia’s next Chief Executive Officer.
TextaQueen awarded $80K commission to celebrate queer South Asian diaspora
For over twenty years, TextaQueen has been using fibre-tip markers to draw out complex politics of gender, race, sexuality and…
Festival review: Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ 2021), Townsville and surrounding regional towns
The festival's third iteration is the most ambitious yet in this sprawling and collaborative venture across the region.
20 year milestone shows independent theatre's struggle
An independent remount of a work first staged 20 years ago reveals struggles faced by artists since then.
$259K Screenrights Funding propels innovative collaborations
Diversity Arts Australia and Back to Back Theatre are among the latest funding recipients to foster new projects in the…
Syncopation and improvisation celebrated to the tune of $1.12 million
The Australian jazz and improvised music sectors have benefitted from recent RISE funding announcements, but will funds flow from festivals…
Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Call outs for the Helen Anne Bell Award for Women Poets, National Arts and Disability Awards, Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants…