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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 at 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.
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Performance review: Romeo & Juliet Suite, Sydney Opera House
Depending on which night you attend, the roles of Rome and Juliet will be played by three separate couples.
![RISING. Against a burning sun going down two figures that look like prehistoric monsters or dinosaurs face off. But are they just performers in flowing costumes?](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/Anito_Arts-House_photo-Sarah-Walker-727411.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: ANITO, RISING Festival, Arts House
Costume, puppetry, drag, dance and experimental electronic music combine to interrogate colonial wrongs.