Performing Arts
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The benefits of accommodating neurodiverse performers
Considering the accessibility needs of performers who are not neurotypical will lead to a more equitable sector.
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This week's arts news and trending topics
This week's top arts news stories and most read reviews.
![Ability Fest. Five men in black T shirts are in front of festival crowd, one on the right is in a wheelchair, smiling and holding a microphone.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Ability-Fest_463-e1720066886832.jpg?w=310)
Ability Fest returns and expands to Queensland
The music festival with inclusion baked into its DNA returns this October.
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Theatre review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Comedy Theatre
Edward Albee's excoriating exploration of an embattled marriage returns for a modern spin.
![Melt 2024 first program reveal – Club Broadway: A Wicked Halloween Ball. Photo: Supplied. A digitally rendered image featuring a witch in black at the centre, floating into an eerie green background surrounded by bats and phantoms.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/club-broadway-e1719987368287.webp?w=310)
Melt gets heated for Halloween with wicked drag
Brisbane’s 2024 Melt festival is gearing up with further program announcements including a ‘Wicked’-inspired Halloween ball.
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New one-stop platform to help locate live gigs anytime
Live Music Locator is a free to use platform that aims to tackle discoverability issues for small to medium music…
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Queering the Collection through pride and prejudice
A new audio series produced by Arts Centre Melbourne features queer artistic icons alongside archival items significant to the LGBTQIA+…
![Mark Valenzuela, recipient of 2025 Porter Street Commission, in his studio. Photo: Rosina Possingham. A middle-aged man of Filipino descent with a shortly trimmed black beard smiling. He is wearing a brown cap with a green jacket and hands in his pockets. In the background is a studio setting with an array of objects on shelves.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Mark-Valenzuela-Photography-Rosina-Possingham-e1719893500972.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Music Victoria Awards open for nominations, ATYP casting, plus winners of ceramic prize, and more!
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Circus review: The Great Moscow Circus, JÂ L Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne
The Great Moscow Circus is a great family outing this school holidays.
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Music review: Rachmaninov: The Symphonies, Adelaide Town Hall
A dazzling display of virtuosic musicianship with the ASO and conductor Andrew Litton.