Australia

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
STC Patrick White Playwrights Fellow, Australia Council grants, CircuitWest's Pinnacle Presenters Awards, plus more announced this week.

Review: Bonachela / Nankivell / Lane, Arts Centre Melbourne
At its best, this triple bill celebrating Sydney Dance Company’s 50th anniversary is bold, inventive, joyous and memorable.

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
Craft Victoria, the Victorian Opera, ABC and Salamanca Arts Centre all appoint new executive positions, among other jobs filled this…

Review: La Bayadère, His Majesty’s Theatre (WA)
Excellent dancing brings credit to this massive collaborative production of the 1877 ballet.

Review: Cathedral of Sound, Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Cathedral of Sound offered a program of two marvellous soundscapes of the highest standard.

The merits of building a career outside the spotlight
Much attention is focused on those who have built a name for themselves in the arts, but careers in this…

Labor arts policy welcomed by sector
A national Indigenous theatre company, restored funding for the Australia Council, and a focus on the centrality of the artist…

Australia Council announces grant round results
Close to 200 projects will be funded to tune of $5.8 million in the latest Australia Council grant round.

Why museums still matter
For Museum Week, we ask curators, digital storytellers and Museum Directors how their organisations stay relevant in a busy age.

Opera and the doing of women
A united call to action for cultural leadership and systemic change in opera co-authored by Sally Blackwood, Liza Lim, Peggy…