Australia

Regional touring faces Brandis’ chopping block
Touring exhibitions that draw half a million visitors annually across regional and remote Australia are under threat as a result…

Cinderella
This surreal retelling of the classic fairy tale is dark and inventive but lightened by some delightful romantic pas de…

Sofie Laguna wins 2015 Miles Franklin Award
Former YA author awarded $60,000 in prize money for a book described as ‘an extraordinary novel about love and anger’.

Gala launch of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival
If the launch of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival is anything to go by, Melbourne audiences will be laughing till their…

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
There is still movement at the station, though it is a quiet time of the year.

Arts Captain's Calls suit the plan for a docile, ignorant public
The National Program for Excellence in the Arts threatens to return us to the days when artists were punished with…

The Sugar Syndrome
Complex, insightful and challenging – everything theatre should be.

Mahler 4
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra dish up a sumptuous feast of Prokofiev and Mahler.

Kudos: Fellowships dominate this week's winners
From emerging curators and playwrights to established glass artists and residency programs - professional practice is awarded this week.

On the Move: latest appointments and resignations
This weeks moves in the performing and visual arts.