Darwin Festival
Darwin Festival 2025: collective visions, creative collaborations and musical treats
The 2025 Darwin Festival features eight world premieres, an array of acclaimed works and a rich mix of musical offerings.
From cyclone tragedy to cultural celebration: Darwin Festival celebrates 45 years
In its 45th year, Darwin Festival commemorates the destruction wrought by 1974's Cyclone Tracy with the world premiere of a…
How to pitch your work to a festival director
Three Australian festival directors offer tips on pitching your art for inclusion in their events.
Dance review: The Other Side of Me, Darwin Festival
The NT Dance Company's world premiere is truth-telling powerfully expressed by two dancers representing one First Nations man.
New Darwin Festival AD launches inaugural program
Running from 10-27 August 2023, Darwin Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the best of Territory culture alongside curated…
Darwin Festival rejects $200,000 sponsorship offer
The Festival Board has rejected a sponsorship offer from an arts and environmental coalition on the basis it may adversely…
A tale of two Darwin Festival Artistic Directors
Outgoing Artistic Director Felix Preval and incoming AD Kate Fell sit down together to discuss programming, population, and the unique…
Theatre review: AutoCannibal, Darwin Festival
Physical theatre meets the end of the world in this playfully abject one-man show.
Who won this year's iconic Telstra NATSIAA?
Yolŋu artists continue to dominate NATSIAA, but weaver Margaret Rarru Garrawurra surprises with a powerful work for the top win
Concert review: Bungul, Darwin Festival
A remarkable fusion of Yolŋu culture and the Western classical music tradition performed under the stars for the festival’s opening…