Performing Arts

Overcoming common roadblocks to getting started
With any new idea, creative direction, or career path, there are common blocks that stand in our way. Madeleine Dore…

A creative state to be proud of
In the lead up to the Victorian state election on 24 November, the Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley MP…

The numbers don't add up: a response to the MPA Framework
Instead of taking the opportunity to make our funding frameworks fit-for-purpose, we're being asked to finesse an inherently flawed system…

Review: MSO – Beethoven 5, Hamer Hall
A famous performance of classical music’s most famous composition.

Review: The Overcoat, Downstairs Theatre
Aspirations, egos, classes and tones all clash in The Overcoat – a title as innocuous as it is tragic.

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
Yirra Yaakin's Artistic Director steps down, MELT: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture appoints Guest Director, and more.

More international tourists flock to art than wineries, casinos or sport
International arts tourism has grown at a higher rate than overall international tourism over the last five years, according to…

Review: The Wharf Revue 2018: Déjà Revue, Sydney Theatre Company
The familiar awfulness of Australian politics is clearly a curse but the familiarity of the revue itself is a mixed…

Review: Twelfth Night, Southbank Theatre
MTC’s take on Shakespeare’s tale of desire, love and disguise has a stellar cast but is worth going to for…

Review: Broadway Bound, New Theatre
Laughter and intensity are blended in the third part of Neil Simon's trilogy.