The abrupt announcement that board member Danielle Norrish will replace Natalie Jenkins as Executive Director of Black Swan State Theatre Company has shocked the sector.

Instead of making works parochial, specificity makes them unique.

A national Indigenous theatre company, restored funding for the Australia Council, and a focus on the centrality of the artist are among the key platforms of Labor’s Renewing Creative Australia.

At its best, this triple bill celebrating Sydney Dance Company’s 50th anniversary is bold, inventive, joyous and memorable.

Repetition builds the canon, which is why it’s so important to remount rarely seen works like The Torrents and Cloudstreet.