Performing Arts

The importance of knowing What's On
Choosing what to do on the weekend is about to get easier with ArtsHub's new comprehensive listing service.

2014 Victorian Opera season launched
The season will include an opera adaptation of a Tim Winton novel and other Australian premieres.

New circus director flies in
Flying Fruit Fly Circus has appointed a new artistic director to lead its upcoming program.

Bell Shakespeare to wish the Bard a happy 450th
Bell Shakespeare's 2014 program celebrates the Bard's 450th with neglected works and Moliere's Tatuffe.

The pirouette ends: Olivia Bell to retire
Olivia Bell will retire from the stage on 25 November. Her 18 year career will end with the lead role…

Creativity, a treatment not a cause of mental illness
Artists are neither possessed nor victims of mental illness, but creativity can channel their demons.

Making pop-ups work
For an arts business to be viable in temporary spaces, it needs a business that thinks beyond the short term.

Dangerous ideas worth tackling
A double murderer, an ex-crime journalist turned The Wire writer, flogging, and sex are all par for the course at…

2013 ART Music Award winners announced
Nineteen winners have been announced in Australia's only national event to recognise art music, jazz and experimental music.

More prime time arts TV promised
Arts coverage has been in decline on the ABC but now the national broadcaster is back in the arts business.