Australia
Review: THEM, La Mama Theatre (VIC)
THEM challenges dominant depictions of refugees but its focus on humanity can slip into melodrama.
Review: Billy Childs: Rebirth, Melbourne Recital Centre/MIJF
A jazz legend pulls out all the tricks in a virtuoso ensemble.
Busting opera wide open: the Pinchgut revolution
Ditching the curtain, delivering surpluses, and winning international awards, Pinchgut is a young company changing the face of opera in…
3 different immersive experiences
The Creative State Summit highlighted immersive works including hotels becoming sets and abandoned buildings becoming canvases.
What do you do with bad reviews? Celebrate them!
Instead of ignoring their worst reviews on TripAdvisor, Mona plastered them on billboards in order to generate further interest in…
So you want my arts job: Google Arts and Culture lead
In this new series we look at some of the best jobs in the arts and ask how people got…
On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New AD for Musica Viva, Theatre Network NSW farewells founding Director; City of Parramatta appoints Group Manager of Cultural Strategy;…
Book Review: Halibut on the Moon by David Vann
Halibut on the Moon is a tragic biographical fiction on divorce, the nuclear family, maleness, guns and suicidal depression.
Diversify your arts: from rhetoric into action
Your organisation's strategic planning at grant application time should place diversity as a central consideration.
Book Review: Real Differences by SL Lim
SL Lim confronts the reader with some of the fissures in our society, but does not make the mistake of…