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![A darkened stage with four performers dressed in black in a simple formation, some are on the floor, others are standing.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Nocturnal_HERO_Hannah-Bethany-Laurent_RESIZED.jpg?w=310)
Dance Review: Nocturnal, Subiaco Arts Centre
Four performers plumb the depths of mind and body through states of darkness in this contemporary dance work.
![A throng of punters watch on as three musicians perform on stage. Two of them are indistinct on the dark stage but Asha Puythi is well lit. With her arms outstretched, her colourful poncho resembles butterfly wings.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/ShannynHiggins_AshaPuthi_LR-11-e1718061679575.jpg?w=310)
Music Review: Day Tripper, RISING Festival, Melbourne Town Hall
It’s rare for a festival to have both strong acts and organisation, 'Day Tripper' ticks all the boxes.
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Appalling lack of King's Birthday Honours for the arts
Where are the artists? ArtsHub takes a look at this year's King's List Honours to gauge how the arts were…
![A grey-hair Anglo-Australian man wearing a black suit with a dark red pocket square smiles at the camera. Behind him is a green lawn and trees.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Rochard-Watts-OAM-e1717938691511.jpg?w=310)
Richard Watts receives Medal of the Order of Australia
ArtsHub’s esteemed Performing Arts Editor is recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the arts and…
![Woman dressed in black seated on floor playing black guitar.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/pexels-karolina-grabowska-4471894.jpg?w=310)
The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis
It’s time we stopped framing the arts as a luxury instead of a human right threatened by the cost of living…
![A dancer stands posed, arms outstretched and slightly crouched. She holds an arrow in her teeth. Behind her is a dramatic, green-tinted photograph of the sun depicting several solar flares.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/20211117-GregoryLorenzutti-NewWork-0041-Enhanced-NR.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Arkadia, RISING Festival, The Substation
An imaginative dance opera by choreographer Melanie Lane.
![Two figures stand on a dark stage, one is wearing a suit jacket and very close to the camera with only the upper body visible. Another stands further back, with curly black hair, black clothing and a solemn expression.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/IMG_4201-e1717734893229.jpeg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Audition, Bunjil Place
Finely-crafted theatre laying bare the lived experience of refugees and asylum seekers.
![Sky Ferreira. Photo: Patrik Sandberg. A young Caucasian woman with long blonde curls and a shiny silver dress, turned side-ways towards the viewer with a cool look and bold red lipstick.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/skyferreira_credit_patrik-sandberg-e1717717067850.jpeg?w=310)
Concert review: Sky Ferreira, RISING Festival, The Forum
US alt-pop singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira appeared too cool for her own good at her only RISING performance.
![Photo: Eric Nopanen, Unsplash. Woman lying on the ground near grey radio.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/01/eric-nopanen-8e0EHPUx3Mo-unsplash1.jpg?w=310)
This week's arts news and trending topics
We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
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Theatre review: Blackout Songs, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
A two-handler about alcoholism and memory.