Performing Arts

Grants that make a difference, from triennial funding to in-kind venues
With a suite of five grant categories, and close to half a million in funds available, the City of Stonnington…

Review: Dimanche, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Inventive puppetry tells a story of environmental collapse in a family-friendly show that ventures into bleak territory.

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
From giant apes, to underground music, using the Opera House to discuss sites of conflict and report findings for Playwriting…

Theatre’s demise has never been so entertaining
Performance collective post and Hong Kong Repertory Theatre have cut up the Western theatrical canon and reassembled it as irreverent,…

Review: The Doctor, Adelaide Festival (SA)
Exquisitely written and performed, this drama about identity, gender, faith and science is mesmerising and utterly of the moment.

Review: Going Down, The Butterfly Club (VIC)
Modern-day social media spiritual guru The Truru returns in another satire.

Review: The Winter’s Tale, La Mama Theatre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
An enjoyable version of Shakespeare’s plot-heavy potboiler moves the action to 1920s Hong Kong and 1970s Australia.

Top 12 articles to empower women in the arts
We went back through the archives, here are our most read stories around empowering women in the arts and debunking…

Amplifying First Nations women and women of colour
For International Women’s Day, Dr Jackie Bailey makes a call for a renewed commitment to supporting women in collective action.

Review: Sva Kranti, Footscray Community Arts Centre/Asia TOPA (VIC)
Mallika Sarabhai’s mixed-media performance is a call to action against injustice everywhere.