Australia
Banquet review: captivating circus tackles the big issues
This innovative performance uses circus arts to explore class themes, but who's invited to the banquet?
Salman Rushdie to speak in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026
Salman Rushdie will deliver a one-night-only address in Melbourne and Sydney in 2026.
Government policy champions youth arts, so why is funding slipping?
The benefits for young people are well documented, but leaders in youth arts say greater commitment is needed.
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.
Dangerously Modern review: fearless women artists who disrupted the male canon
Rewriting Australian art history, ‘Dangerously Modern’ at the Art Gallery of NSW is equally erudite and entertaining.
Fell review: Luke George’s performance leaves you hanging
Performed in a working saw mill, Luke George rivets audiences in a highly physical and poetic work for The Unconformity…
The Unconformity review: a festival that finds its own way
One of Australia's most remote arts festivals has no problem drawing audiences for its unique embedded, and genuine, program.
National Gallery of Australia leads with 2026 program release, but doesn’t raise the pulse
Rosalie Gascoigne survey, Arthur Boyd tapestries, car culture and Aboriginal-led major exhibitions define 2026 for the National Gallery.
Arts students with disability faced harsh odds 40 years ago – what’s different now?
The Executive Director of one of our largest disability arts organisations, DADAA, identifies positive changes in tertiary arts training, but…
Melbourne Fringe 2025: a review diary
A selection of short reviews from the 2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival; rolling coverage which will be regularly updated.