Performing Arts
Martyn Coutts
An inter-disciplinary artist from Melbourne who deals with interactive and mediated experiences.
Popping and locking in the playground
Who needs to build a set when you have swings, see saws and slides to display high energy dance? Dancers…
The arts under Abbott
With opinion polls favouring a Coalition election victory, what might an Abbott government mean for the arts?
EMPIRE: Terror on the High Seas
Toby Schmitz's new play places the audience aboard the 'Empress of Australia' on a voyage through history, colonialism and murder.
Sneak preview: Theatre Slam gives a Fringe Taster
This monthly theatrical showcase was given over to a delicious sampler of upcoming Melbourne Fringe shows.
This week’s appointments and departures
The coming and goings in the arts industry this week.
Program announcements this week
A heady mixture of theatre, music, film and snakes in this week’s program announcements.
Arts leaders Accelerate international conversations
Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts leaders have been selected to take part in the British Council’s ACCELERATE.
This week's award winners
Tasmanian artists, crime fiction writers and community arts and development contributors all awarded this week.
Name change follows artist's departure from Back to Back project
An eleventh hour name change to a forthcoming work from Back to Back Theatre reflects the uncertain nature of devised…