Australia

Unveiled: Castlemaine, White Night, Melt, Mardi Gras and more
From regional Victoria to the Cairns Civic Theatre, here are the latest program announcements.

Piano profits music for charities' ears
Trucking magnate Lindsay Fox's share of profits from The Exclusive Piano Group, the national distributor for Steinway & Sons, will…

Where are the women?
Arts organisations are tackling gender imbalance and creating initiatives of their own to put women at the top.

New Book Council more mystery than thriller
ArtsHub looks at the likely people, money and objectives behind the Book Council of Australia announced by the Prime Minister…

Creating and critiquing children’s theatre
Other than an awareness of the audience’s age, is there any difference in how theatre-makers and theatre critics approach work…

Puppetry pulls many strings
An emphasis on children's theatre or partial puppet productions does not necessarily mean weakness in Australian puppetry.

Would you swap dollars for video game points?
Profit share agreements may be old hat, but an Australian video game studio has coined a new way of working.

ABC loss is ACMI gain
The new CEO and Director at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image comes with extensive arts and film experience.

Why Melbourne needs two contemporary art centres
You don't have to be a grammar Nazi to understand the importance of prepositions to the Buxton Centre of Contemporary…

Successful Arts-Business Partnerships
What makes a business-arts partnership work? Great examples provide some clues.