Performing Arts
How the New Normal needs to become the Future Normal
While COVID brought us new conversations around digital pivots and hybrid working models, the real future normal is how to…
Theatre Review: Whistleblower, The Last Great Hunt (Perth Festival)
Fast-paced, high-stakes interactive improvisation, featuring audience volunteers, as slickly delivered live-stream directed work.
The magic is back: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child returns to the stage
Actors discover muscle memory propelling them across the stage after 49 weeks off, and also discuss the impact of J.K.…
ICYMI: The week's top news in the arts
Sculpture by Sea needs help, life drawing on opera stage, WA's Fringe World outcome, QSO goes bush to perform, La…
Theatre Review: The Sum of Us (Perth Festival)
Yirra Yaakin’s The Sum of Us is a tale of a strong family bond, ageing, queerness and the dance we…
Opera Review: Bluebeard’s Castle, Opera Australia
This is a power-packed psychological opera squeezed into just 60-minutes, and manages to strike a contemporary #MeToo chord and questions…
Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Queensland Music Awards announces new Innovation Award, NSW Musical Theatre Fellowship seeks applicants, Photo 2021 Perimeter prizewinner announced, and more.
Q&A: Artist Wiliiam Yang on growing up gay and Chinese
He has been described as "the storyteller", blurring the boundaries of performance, photography and text to explore sexuality and identity…
2021 Kat Muscat Fellowship shortlist announced
The shortlist for the 2021 Kat Muscat Fellowship is comprised of a diverse group of writers whose work explores trans’…
Theatre review: The Boy Who Talked to Dogs, Slingsby/STCSA (Adelaide Festival)
The real-life story of dog-whisperer Martin McKenna, whose life took him from misery in Limerick to a new life in…