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Playwrights gather for national festival

The inaugural Australian Playwrights’ Festival takes place in Paddington NSW next month.

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Indie arts spaces defy COVID gloom

From Canberra to East Gippsland, the indie theatre sector shows no sign of calling it quits.

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Omicron hits the performing arts

As the Omicron variant spreads, major performing arts productions are struggling with cast outbreaks and hesitant audiences.

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Theatres band together on no vax no entry

A group of Sydney theatres has decided on their own COVID policies in the interest of safety.

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Theatres opened, threatened and revealed

As one theatre reopens, others are under threat. Elsewhere, plans for the country’s biggest regional arts centre are revealed.

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Vale Doug MacLeod

MacLeod, whose career spanned children's books and musical theatre to television comedy, is much missed.

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Heritage hall to become indie theatre hub

A heritage-listed Canberra hall will become the new home of four independent theatre companies.

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Events insurance scheme announced in VIC

The much-needed insurance scheme will support festivals, conferences, sports and community events; a $20M live music fund was also announced.

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Broadway hits relaunch the city

Moulin Rouge!, Disney’s Frozen, and a renewed take on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child breathes magic back to Melbourne…

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Vale Bert Newton

The TV personality passed away on Saturday aged 83, after a long and storied career.

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