Australia
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
This week, the Sydney Writers' Festival appoints its new Artistic Director.
Leading Australian theatre talents drive Powerhouse Parramatta's illuminating new exhibition
Powerhouse Parramatta reveals full program, with theatremaker Kip Williams tapped for new exhibition The Dark.
Sydney Theatre Company's five-star hit An Iliad is touring to Melbourne
David Wenham returns to the stage in STC's acclaimed Trojan War epic, An Iliad.
Where does the artist begin and end? At Revivification at Now or Never, the answer's far from simple
Composer Alvin Lucier is dead – so why are clumps of his neural tissue powering Revivification at Melbourne's Now or…
Best opportunities, grants & awards for creatives this week
Opportunities for 24 to 30 August 2026 include new fellowships, funding and arts prizes.
Nathan Beard wins National Photographic Portrait Prize for intimate study of ageing
The National Photographic Portrait Prize is now open at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.
Eddie Perfect signs on to mentor a rising young star of musical theatre
The Next Up Music Awards are open to school-aged musicians, composers and lyricists.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch at 25: John Cameron Mitchell on his cult hit
As he returns to Australia, John Cameron Mitchell celebrates a film that's greatest legacy may be its refusal to belong…
Melbourne's Luna Park is putting real-life artists back at the heart of its wildest attraction
As Finucane & Smith turns 30, the Melbourne amusement park is betting on the power of provocative live artists to…
After the Siren: Australian queer AFL romance novel has been optioned for the screen
Darcy Green's After the Siren is a sports romance novel about players from a fictional Brunswick AFL team.