Performing Arts
Commitment to community at the Brisbane Festival
Celebrating home-grown talent, the Festival also includes significant international collaborations.
Opportunities and awards
Writing and poetry prize entries now open, 2024 festival performer callouts, plus finalists of the Incinerator Art Award, and more!
Circus sector shocked as Swinburne freezes 2024 NICA intake
Swinburne’s decision to freeze the 2024 student intake for Australia’s only accredited Bachelor of Circus Arts course at NICA has…
Theatre review: Just a Boy, Standing in Front of a Girl, fortyfivedownstairs
A contemporary adaptation of 'Medea', this production will definitely provoke discussion.
Theatre review: Shhhh, Red Stitch Actors Theatre
Desire, sex and consent – but the stories seem disconnected and ineffective as a whole.
Theatre review: The Snow, State Theatre of WA
Barking Gecko Theatre presents a whimsical all-ages fairy tale from a brilliant, award-winning playwright.
Large regional arts centre to open in Geelong
Celebrate First Nations stories, live music, theatre and community creatives at the new Geelong Arts Centre.
Theatre review: Blueback, Claremont Showground, WA
This stunning puppetry show emphasises the similarities between humans and marine life.
Performance review: Risky Business, Geelong Arts Centre
Performance pieces and a conversation about living with disability raised as many questions as it answered.
Musical review: Midnight – The Cinderella musical, Comedy Theatre
Overlong and derivative, this modernised adaptation offers a dull twist on the original.