live performance

Port Fairy Folk Festival 2026 line-up first announcements
Before its landmark anniversary in 2027, PFFF has announced the first line-up of acts for the Labour Day weekend in…

‘More than half the town’: Canberra Theatre Centre at 60
For 60 years, Canberra Theatre Centre has been more than just a venue – it’s been a part of people’s…

Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics
Creative Australia reinstates Khaled Sabsabi, authors join AI backlash, regional funding discrimination, and more.

A million moments in mid-air: why Gravity & Other Myths, and our sector, need a new way forward
Touring live performance in today's world is getting harder, perhaps there's a better way of organising funding for the touring…

Performance review: Elements of Freestyle, Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House
A fusion of urban arts and classical music with multigenerational appeal.

Theatre review: Happy-Go-Wrong, fortyfivedownstairs
This exploration of chronic illness fuelled existential angst doesn’t make the leap from fringe festival circuit to the fortyfivedownstairs stage.

Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics
Stay up-to-date with our weekly summary of the most-read arts news stories on ArtsHub. This week: grief rave, ADC loses…

Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics
Stay up-to-date with our weekly summary of the most-read arts news stories on ArtsHub. Today: how artists are funding their…

Performance review: La Clique, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Award-winning phenomenon La Clique celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

New song cycle commemorates 25th anniversary of the Childers Backpackers Hostel fire
‘The Palace’, a collaboration between the community of Childers, Queensland music ensemble Topology and writer/director Rod Ainsworth, has its world…