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Young people give most to arts sector – but is it giving back?

The most active contributors to the arts are sometimes the most unseen when it comes to funding and support.

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Rebuilding the performing arts: an economist weighs in

One of Australia's best economics brains looks at the good and bad news for the arts as a keynote at…

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Festival review: Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ 2021), Townsville and surrounding regional towns

The festival's third iteration is the most ambitious yet in this sprawling and collaborative venture across the region.

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20 year milestone shows independent theatre's struggle

An independent remount of a work first staged 20 years ago reveals struggles faced by artists since then.

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Federal Government injects further $35M; Support Act relief extended to all performing arts

Additional funding for Support Act and the Sustainability Fund hopes to keep the live performance sector afloat.

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Digital performing arts – not just for COVID, but the future

Live arts from home seems like a sugar hit for the times, but evidence shows we’re signing up for longer…

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Australian Performing Arts Exchange moves entirely online

The annual conference and arts market will now take place entirely online.

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Changes made to Playing Australia cautiously welcomed

The Australia Council has reintroduced multi-year investments and streamlined the application process for the Regional Performing Arts Touring program.

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Review: ‘Outlines’ is a lockdown gift from Sydney Opera House

Four substantial new digital works from Australia, the UK and Korea are freely available to stream. Chris Boyd applauds the…

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Musical Review: West Side Story, QPAC

Touches of brilliance in this staging of a classic but lacks menace and urgency.

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