Performing Arts
The VCA Dance 40th anniversary celebrates the future of dance
VCA Dance is celebrating 40 years of outstanding dance education and training and the accomplishments of its alumni at a…
Applause: latest success stories
Schenberg Art Fellowship recipient revealed; Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist; STC Patrick White Playwrights' Fellow announced; Blake Prize winner lauded,…
Helpmann Awards to be held in Melbourne for first time
Australia’s prestigious Helpmann Awards will leave Sydney and call Melbourne home for the first time next year.
Education programs put emerging playwrights centre stage
Education plays are giving emerging playwrights the opportunity to write original work, connect with younger audiences and create a name…
The art of writing an opinion piece
A strong opinion piece can enlighten and embolden a reader, while a poorly constructed argument can be noxious. So how…
On the Move: Latest sector appointments and departures
A new Senior Curator at Monash Gallery of Art, Adelaide Fringe appoints Head of Industry and Artist Fund, and more.
Review: De Stroyed at fortyfivedownstairs
The writing, life and person of Simone de Beauvoir reimagined and expanded in a nuanced exploration of the vicissitudes of…
Ending the street fight
This week’s Meeting of Cultural Ministers has the opportunity to be ambitious and end the fight between sectors and art…
Is the sector over-reliant on volunteers?
When you call a plumber do you stop and think "is this person getting paid?" No, because we have labour…
Electrical fault identified as cause of La Mama blaze
Arson has been ruled out as the cause of the fire which gutted the heritage-listed Carlton theatre on Saturday morning.