performing arts
What can opera offer young people?
Opera is traditionally associated with older demographics. Why should Gen Z and millennials care about it, and what can opera…
Slam poets prepare for the 2025 Bread & Butter Poetry Slampionship at Sydney Opera House
A regular slam poetry night is moving to the stage of the Sydney Opera House to decide the 2025 Bread…
Sweet Charity review: capturing hearts at QPAC
The all-Australian cast shines in this production of the Tony Award-winning musical Sweet Charity.
20 years of Arts House: reflecting on where it all began
The founding Artistic Director of Arts House takes a look back at the early days of Melbourne’s home of contemporary…
Born on a Thursday review: violence, force and fervour
Jack Kearney’s simmering Born on a Thursday draws us into a typical Western Sydney home in 1998.
Christmas Actually review: come on and let it show
Christmas Actually is a rollicking good time sure to have audience members dancing in the aisles.
Sydney’s year in theatre 2025: our three favourite shows
ArtsHub takes a look back at the year that was and revisits three of the most powerful theatre productions to…
Orpheus & Eurydice review: a magisterial marvel
Opera Australia’s collaboration with Circa breathes dazzling new life into Gluck’s mythology-mining Orpheus & Eurydice.
RISING 2026 names global street-dance legends as first stars of festival line-up
Melbourne’s winter arts festival RISING 2026 is set for a shake up with the announcement of legendary The Royal Family…
Melbourne's majestic State Theatre set to reopen six months ahead of schedule
Home to opera and ballet, Arts Centre Melbourne’s famed State Theatre will reopen its doors in October 2026.