Australia

Regional arts is not all about touring
Isolated communities are keen to showcase their own creative strengths not just receives visits from touring companies.

'Always was, Always will be': the art of Reko Rennie
Reko Rennie will use his Australia Council National Indigenous Arts Awards to create work that is highly political and he…

How can art transform your town?
In late 2012, Regional Arts Victoria challenged small towns across our state to imagine: ‘How can art transform your town?’…

Kudos: this week's winners
Nominations are in for the St Kilda Film Festival, and the City of Literature celebrates the Premier's Award for Unpublished…

The Shoe-Horn Sonata
The swansong of two veterans of the Australian stage return to a play performed twenty years earlier, deepened by a…

Dead Time
This is a fresh production still finding it’s feet, and although it’s a little loose, it’s interesting enough to check…

Vale John Pinder
Renowned for his support of Australian comedy and circus, and closely involved with multiple festivals, Pinder passed away on Tuesday.

Victorian arts funding: No black hole, just a slow-burning star
The Shadow Arts Minister claims there's a $13.5 million cut to arts funding but the industry says arts funding for…

The Waiting Room
The cast themselves are uniformly brilliant, bringing the play from humour to heartbreak and back in the blink of an…

Artists respond to budget cuts by offering free tickets
Finucane & Smith’s upcoming Collingwood season is #FREEFORARTISTS.