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RISING announces mass participatory project for its 2024 festival

The first event for next year’s winter festival RISING will see audiences become the artists in a major participatory experience.

Performing Lines Sector Day Tasmania, large group of people sit and stand for a photo call.
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Performing Lines Sector Day 2023

The annual conversation and discussion day for Tasmania-based creatives explored key initiatives and issues, while also welcoming new creatives to…

Six anonymous artists, their identities hidden by silver costumes and face masks, pise against a black background, They may be the band TISM. They may not be. Who knows? That's part of TISM's appeal.
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2024 Australian arts festival programs come into focus

From Adelaide Cabaret Festival to Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, here are more festival highlights for 2024.

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MPavilion 10 off and running

The 10th annual MPavilion has now been revealed in Mebourne's Queen Victoria Gardens.

Nude Spencer Tunick. Image is lines upon lines of naked people behind each other on rising levels, standing in front of a curved glass structure.
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Nude in the name of art on Brisbane’s iconic Story Bridge

Visual artist Spencer Tunick’s 2023 Brisbane-based work ‘Tide’ is a prequel for bigger things to come in 2024.

Hobart Festival of Comedy. Image is of a man wearing a lot of makeup and sporting a huge open mouthed grin, while standing in a blue strobing spotlight.
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Hobart to host new comedy festival in 2024

Building on Hobart’s strong local comedy scene and presented by the team behind Dark Mofo, the new festival will run…

Pitch. Image is a silhouetted figure stands against a photo of the Milky Way in all its cosmic splendour.
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How to pitch your work to a festival director

Three Australian festival directors offer tips on pitching your art for inclusion in their events.

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Summer festival season heats up as programs launch nationwide

Adelaide, Perth and Sydney Festivals launched their 2024 programs this week, with Mona Foma waiting eagerly in the wings.

Trans. Woman with green top and long brown hair sits in armchair looking at camera with hand under chin. Behind her are a pot plant and a lamp.
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Activists will tell you that trans roles should go to trans actors – I disagree

When a certain children's author is played by a trans performer and a trans character is played by a cis…

Perth Festival. Digital projections of bandicoots are shone onto a red-lit avenue of trees. A large crowd makes their way down the path between the trees.
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How a year-round festival programming plan aims to offer arts workers greater job security

By rolling out a range of special projects year-round, Perth Festival aims to provide more secure longer-term contracts for staff…

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