Performing Arts
On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
A major orchestral announcement and a change at the top of a major festival are among this week's moves.
Musica Viva launch new artist development program
The FutureMakers program is designed to empower leading young virtuosi and help them become leaders in their field.
Candide
An outbreak of exciting, dangerous theatre in Brisbane challenges the very nature of the current cultural, moral, philosophical and political…
Have performers become disposable?
Branch Nebula’s new work is one of several recent productions to shift the focus away from professional actors on stage.
Industry responds to ‘heartbreaking’ new AusCo grants program
Arts peak bodies and the MEAA have responded critically to this week’s announcements.
Blood Brothers
This intimate and polished production boasts a sensational cast of performers and packs a massive emotional punch.
Grant rounds halved as AusCo adjusts to Budget cuts
The Australia Council has bit the bullet in the wake of Budget cuts, cancelling half its grants rounds and the…
The future of arts advocacy
The power of arts advocacy in recent weeks has implications beyond arts funding for the entire civic narrative.
The arts sector's formidable machine
If nothing else, one good thing to come out of the artquake caused by the funding cuts in the last…
Senate Inquiry hears of lost opportunity, independence
Lost opportunity, for artists, audiences and public good is the persistent theme of the thousands of submissions to the Senate…