Performing Arts

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
National Theatre Live does justice to Edward Albee's classic. If only he'd been able to see it...

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New CEO for Salamanca, changes to Australia Ballet Board, ABC looses Chang, NORPA announces new associates, and from Arts House…

Why we need more independent producers
Independent artists need independent producers; they also need to reconsider some of the negative stereotypes they have about the producer's…

Queensland Theatre’s loss is Belvoir’s gain
After almost six years as Executive Director, Sue Donnelly farewells Queensland Theatre to rejoin Belvoir.

The Hamlet Apocalypse
The Hamlet Apocalypse is a testament to the power of live theatre.

The healing power of hip hop
The core values hip hop include social justice, self-worth and community. Consequently it’s increasingly being used as a therapeutic tool…

Ballarat and Melbourne prepare for a new White Night
The popular dusk to dawn arts event will return to regional Victoria and the state’s capital in 2018.

The Merchant of Venice
The dialogue in this production has power not only because of the genius of the writer, but the quality of…

Australian Festival of Chamber Music
It’s not every Music Festival that can conjure up breaching whales on the boat trip to a concert on Orpheus…

Belvoir’s brutally comic Hir explores a transitioning America
A patriarch de-throned, a family and a nation in chaos; Taylor Mac’s wry new comedy explores the tectonic shifts in…