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Major funding secured for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s Pathways Program

The AFCM obtained the funding from The Ian Potter Foundation after a record-breaking 2024.

Asia TOPA's newly announced Nightlife program is a dynamic blend of performance art and club culture. A person wearing a fringed cowboy hat, facemask and fringed and laced-up dress poses dramatically, arms raised, before a culturally diverse crowd of young adults.
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Pop-up clubs and performance art announced for Asia TOPA’s Nightlife program

Returning after a five-year hiatus, the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts reflects the many ways people now experience culture, including…

Samuel Gaskin in the 2025 Midsumma Festival production 'HONŌUR'. The New Zealand born musician poses dramatically, hands raised and face painted, against a colourful backdrop.
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Midsumma and Mardi Gras programs ensure a queer summer ahead

Asexual comedy, drag kings, lesbian drama, trans theatre and in-your-face gay cabaret feature in the programs of Sydney and Melbourne’s…

Reko Rennie's retrospective is just one of the many activities available in Melbourne this weekend.
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5 things to do in Melbourne this weekend

A deadly festival, foot-stomping celebration of Tina Turner, a 15-metre Rolls-Royce and much more in Melbourne this weekend.

The light installation 'Karla Bidi' will run for the duration of Perth Festival 2025. Six people stand with their backs to the camera beneath a starry sky, on the banks of the Swan River. A bright beam of light rises from the riverbank into the sky before them.
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Responding to and celebrating place: Perth Festival’s 2025 program revealed

Anna Reece discusses some of the highlights of her first Perth Festival as Artistic Director.

Stephen Rea in 'Krapp's Last Tape', one of many international productions in the 2025 Adelaide Festival. The lugubrious, lined, character-rich face of Irish actor Stephen Rea, who sits at a table bearing an old-fashioned reel-to-reel tape recorder.
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Adelaide Festival 2025 brings the world to South Australia

An array of international acts join First Nations artists and Australian companies for the 40th Adelaide Festival.

'A Modern Murder' at Sydney Festival is sure to be a 2025 program highlight. A blonde woman in a short-sleeved red dress and red hat smiles flirtatiously from the dock in an old-fashioned courtroom. A swarm of photographers and radio-men crowd around her.
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From true crime to post-colonialism: Sydney Festival launches its 2025 season

Olivia Ansell’s final Sydney Festival as Director grapples with big questions and has factored the cost of living crisis into…

support of their latest album, 'Romance'.
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Fontaines DC, PJ Harvey and Hania Rani announced as first acts for Perth Festival 2025

Contemporary music will play a significant role in the 2025 Perth Festival, judging by the first three acts announced for…

The late Ryuichi Sakamoto will perform in a virtual performance at Asia TOPA 2025. A white-haired Japanese man in dark glasses and a black shirt poses for the camera with his raised hands held to his lips.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto performs from beyond the grave for Asia TOPA 2025

Melbourne’s Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts returns in February 2025, with the first two program highlights revealed today.

Silhouette of figures on stage with orange back lighting. Touring live theatre
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Performance exchange – the new way of touring?

It's a 'Disaster' waiting to happen – and that's a good thing for all involved. Find out how the NZ…

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