Festivals
POV review: live cinema refracts real life at Perth Festival
POV is a moving three-hander that features two new, unrehearsed adult actors every night.
Sydney Mardi Gras 2026: culture highlights for artsy queers
Don't let all the drama rain on your parade – here are our 12 top picks for Sydney's annual LGBTQIA+…
Midsumma Festival 2026: queer culture highlights to pop on your calendar
Melbourne's leading LGBTQIA+ pride festival puts queer art in the spotlight – here are our top picks
SXSW Sydney quietly cancels 2026 festival and all future events
After three years, SXSW Sydney is calling it quits.
Post-Orientalist Express review: spectacle, parody, and the limits of post-orientalist dance in a festival economy
A fascinating but unresolved Sydney Festival production by avant-garde Korean choreographer Eun-Me Ahn.
Adelaide Writers' Week cancelled, remaining Board members step down
A safe and successful Adelaide Festival is now the focus, as the arts sector and festival goers wait for the…
Director Louise Adler quits as Adelaide Writers Week crisis deepens
With more than 100 writers withdrawing from the festival program, Adler’s resignation, and legal letters flying, the future of Adelaide…
Rock and rolling into Mama Does Derby
Virgina Gay and Clare Watson discuss the comic horror of adolescence and a mother who redefines herself through roller derby.
Adelaide Writers Week crisis: former Adelaide Festival leaders call on Board to reinstate Randa Abdel-Fattah
The open letter to the Board of Adelaide Festival is signed by former Artistic Directors, Chief Executives and General Managers…
Adelaide Writers Week in disarray as almost 100 writers boycott over Board’s ‘censorship’ of Randa Abdel-Fattah
Helen Garner, Melissa Lucashenko and Zadie Smith are among the more than 40 writers to have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers…