Australia
Arts boosted in NSW budget
The NSW State Budget has delivered funding for key cultural infrastructure and continuing support for local arts organisations.
Hana Maru
New kids on the Indie block, Hana Maru, launch their debut album with a bang.
The Honey Bees
An insightful and engrossing piece of theatre to add to Red Stitch’s ever-growing repertoire of local successes.
Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark
If you’ve ever wished Shakespeare had more ninjas, zombies, space-pirates and dinosaur, this is the play for you.
The Healing Party
A novel about the mother, the father and the Holy Ghost.
Two Sydney art schools set to merge
Next year Sydney College of the Arts will fold into UNSW Art and Design, and conversations with NAS are in…
East coast companies dominate 2016 Helpmann nominations
Only a smattering of works from SA and WA have been nominated, and none from the NT, while Matilda the…
On the move: latest appointments and resignations
A new principal artist at The Australian Ballet, new board members for the Wheeler Centre, and a new AD at…
PM flubs arts question on Q&A
Malcolm Turnbull struggled with the facts when asked about arts funding on Monday night.
When politics is performance art
Artists have seen their craft distorted by politicians. Now it’s time to fight back.