Performing Arts

Opportunities and awards
Music support for WA creatives, Elvis poetry competition, plus winners of Ensemble Theatre Award, and more!

Performance review: Never Mind the Buzzers, Here’s RocKwiz LIVE!, West Gippsland Arts Centre
The original TV show has become a popular touring franchise.

From bohemia to the outback: Opera Queensland launches its 2025 season
In-demand international coloratura soprano Sumi Jo goes bush for Opera Queensland’s Festival of Outback Opera in 2025.

Theatre review: Sweat, Wharf 1 Theatre
A play about hardscrabble small-town Americans by a Pulitzer-winning playwright is grimly prescient.

Performance review: The Wharf Revue: The End of the Wharf As We Know It, Seymour CentreÂ
After 25 years, The Wharf Revue – famous for lampooning Australian politicians – is presenting its final show.

So you want my arts job: Assistant Director
If you are willing to be an extra set of eyes and ears for the director, working as an assistant…

Theatre review: August: Osage County, Belvoir Street Theatre
Belvoir Street tackles one of the century’s great American plays in its final offering for 2024.

Musical review: Jesus Christ Superstar, Capitol Theatre
Go for the voices, not the storytelling.

Performance review: Peter and the Starcatcher, Arts Centre Melbourne
The prequel to 'Peter Pan' is fun for all the family.

What should I do to prepare for a monologue performance?
Monologues are the purest form of storytelling for an actor. So how do you prepare for them?