Performing Arts

Wake in Fright
Renee Palmer’s production of this caustic Australian classic feels more of a curiosity than a gripping drama.

New direction for NT art centre
24HR Art changes its name and emerges as Northern Centre of Contemporary art with a new director at the helm.

Cinderella
Opera Queensland and New Zealand Opera have teamed up to produce a delightfully entertaining production.

Regional Victoria inspires multicultural voices
Melbourne-based ANE Writers group will undertake a week-long residency in Skipton later this month.

Unique creative spaces up for grabs
Applications are now open for subsidised accommodation in five City of Sydney properties.

aMBUSH commits to affordable Australian art
aMBUSH gallery keeps Australian art accessible with their newly live online stockroom.

Less philanthropic support for performing arts
Private sector support for Australia’s major performing arts companies fell in 2012 by 1.6% ($1.1 million) compared with 2011.

Queensland Theatre Company receives Reconciliation Award
Queensland Reconciliation Awards has announced the Queensland Theatre Company as this year’s winner of the Community Award.

Joy Fear & Poetry
An unsuccessful attempt at presenting an unrestrained, unconstructed view of what it means to be a child today.

Beautiful children and possum-skin cloaks
A new exhibition by local Koorie children is now on show at Melbourne Museum’s Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre.