Performing Arts

National Live Music Office a huge win for Australian music industry
It's been a long time coming, but Australia finally has a plan for saving live music venues.

Government funding for Queensland youth circus special school program
Arts Queensland & AusCo have given $18,000 to Flipside Circus to tailor a six-month program for Red Hill Special School.

Persona
Based on the film by film by legendary auteur Ingmar Bergman, this is dark and sinister theatrical entertainment at its…

Secret River sweeps away almost all but the Blonde at Helpmann Awards
Legally Blonde and The Secret River proved the big winners at the 13th annual Helpmann Awards.

The art of dying
Suicide and lung collapse sound lovely together, says artist Saskia Moore who has composed a symphony based on people’s near-death…

I,Malvolio has its Australian premiere at Brisbane Festival
Tim Crouch reimagines Twelfth Night when he dons the long johns for the Australian premiere of I,Malvolio at Brisbane Festival.

Aakash Odedra is Rising to make his Australian premiere
Rising star Aakash Odedra dances four solos from four choreographers in the Australian premiere of Rising at Brisbane Festival.

Australian premiere of Fabulous Beast’s The Rite of Spring / Petrushka.
Brisbane Festival premieres Fabulous Beast’s update of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and Petrushka.

World premiere performance of Freeze Frame at Brisbane Festival
Brisbane Festival headline show Freeze Frame brings the streets of LA to Brisbane in a fusion of dance, music, cinema…

Opus opens at Brisbane Festival in an Australian premiere
Circa Artistic Director and CEO Yaron Lifschitz previews the Australian premiere performance of Opus with the Quatuor Debussy.