Performing Arts

How VET courses can overcome barriers to performing arts training
Socio-economic disadvantage and other structural barriers can prevent people from gaining access to arts education and working in the arts…

Freedom to choose frees students from pigeon-hole practice
Emerging artists need to have space to experiment and broaden their practice.

Sydney auditions held for world renowned UK speech and drama institution
Aspiring performers will have an opportunity to study at London’s coveted Royal Central School of Speech and Drama when auditions…

ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
PM endorses War Memorial plans, Rockhampton gallery's new brand, Ziggy Marley and Lizzo hit local stages, major solo exhibition for…

At last, the convergence of art with technology in a disruptive degree
A brand new Master Degree at UNSW Art & Design deep dives into Visualisation, Simulation and Immersive Design while smashing…

Born in the back of a ute, Outback Theatre for Young People turns 30
The resilient theatre company is celebrating three decades of significant engagement with young people in regional and remote NSW.

Arts criticism is eroding in the digital age
Has the internet damaged arts criticism beyond repair? In her new Platform Paper, Alison Croggon argues that the web has…

Highlights from the 2020 NZ Festival program
Instead of a single artistic director, the 32nd New Zealand Festival of the Arts features three high profile curators, Bret…

Resistance Transmission, Due West Festival/Footscray Community Arts Centre (VIC)
The Riverside Yarns presentation offered intimate and generous storytelling but lacked a centre of gravity.

Remaking a suburb through dance
Indian artistic practices wind through the streets of Wyndham in a new multidisciplinary performance work.