Performing Arts
Cultural Places: For a new demographic
"'New demographic' is a term blissfully unknown in the academic literature; Google Scholar, the standard source, contains not a single…
Art in the aftermath
In the aftermath of terrible disaster, art and artists often play a role in providing relief for trauma victims and…
Honorific!
Next year French President Jacques Chirac will most likely exit the presidential office for good. He will be remembered, he…
Cultural icons - what happens when they're gone?
Cultural icons are mortal like the rest of us, but who ought to decide what happens to their legacy after…
Art smart?
The Creative Industries have been touted as the saviour of cities and economies. But is their prevailing definition too narrow?…
Opera Queensland remembers John Dingle
Opera Queensland will dedicate its October season of 'Lucia di Lammermoor' to the memory of John Dingle, the Company’s Chorus…
All music is world music
The venerable philosopher Confucius stated “if one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, or if its…
Quiet please...
In recent years increasing numbers of actor/audience conflicts and difficulties have led writers, actors, social commentators and web loggers to…
Bigger than bling
It's taken root everywhere in the world. What is the reason for hip hop's phenomenal success and is it really…
To have and to have not
One of the current buzzwords in the cultural world centres around the notion of a rising “Pro-Am class, aka the…