Music
![Angel Strings. Image is a cosmic view of swirling colours on a large screen on a dome, with a crowd seated below and looking up at the dome.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Angel-Strings-Planetarium-Pink-Landscape-MISH-GONSAL.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Angel Strings and K Mak, Scienceworks Planetarium, Melbourne Fringe Festival
A successful marriage of cosmic imagery and ethereal music.
![The Visitors. Image is three First Nations singers with face paint and a bare tree trunk, wearing dark, grey and brown robes.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Charlie-Kinross.jpeg?w=310)
Opera review: The Visitors, Arts Centre Melbourne
Victorian Opera's adaptation of Jane Harrison's novel and play leads audiences to new ways of thinking about opera and Australia’s…
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Arts organisations say they want to be ‘cultural leaders’ – but are they living up to their goals?
Should our leading arts companies take a stand more often?
![Howard. image is head and shoulders shot of middle-aged man with grey hair, beard and moustache, with a grave expression.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/unnamed-3.jpg?w=310)
Musician returns Order Of Australia medal over Voice referendum result
Shane Howard, the singer-songwriter of ‘Solid Rock, Sacred Ground’, has returned his Order of Australia medal in protest at the…
![WOW. Image is of a group of people all wearing extreme, colourful and wildly inventive costumes.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/381456929_710926461078171_2418852542636553779_n-e1696995920202.jpg?w=310)
World of WearableArt goes beyond imagination
2023 World of WearableArt: BEYOND was an exploration into a boundless realm where artistry, innovation and imagination intertwined.
![Melbourne Fringe. Two women with bustieres and frill collars, plus high ponytails face the camera.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/HIGH_PONY-I-Got-Shot-By-Charlie-1-e1696998216984.jpg?w=310)
Performance Reviews: HIGH PONY, LOOPS, Black Widow, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Four Melbourne Fringe Festival works show the range on offer, from comedy to circus, cabaret and street tours.
![Sunset Boulevard. Woman in flowing white dress on the stage in front of an empty theatre, surrounded by house lights and footlights.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/53245236268_05c241baa1_k.jpg?w=310)
Phantom’s Sarah Brightman to star in new Australian production of Sunset Boulevard
‘All right Mr DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up’: Brightman to play deranged silent picture star Norma Desmond in lavish…
![Jacqui Dark. Head of smiling woman with green eyes and blonde wavy hair against black backdrop.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/Jacqui-Dark-headshot-e1696550197981.jpg?w=310)
Vale Jacqueline Dark
The 'indefatigably upbeat' Australian mezzo-soprano died this week, aged just 55.
![Tender. A tangle of naked bodies on a steel cube against a black background.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/tender.jpg?w=310)
Performance review: Tender, the Vault, Sydney Fringe Festival
This circus cabaret hybrid explores a disassembling of gender constructs in its fluid meld of bodies.
![the little mermaid. Woman with long red hair and mermaid costume stands on stage.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/10/IMG-3188.jpg?w=310)
Musical review: The Little Mermaid, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, WA
Better than Broadway, this production was perfectly cast, exquisitely choreographed and aesthetically executed.