Performing Arts

Opportunities and awards
New Tasmania commission opportunities, plus young instrumentalist winner, ACT Book of the Year finalists and more!

Australian musical Driftwood set for New York workshop season
Driftwood the Musical will have an encore season in Melbourne and Sydney before its lead creatives head to the US…

Comedy with a twist
If you've had your fill of sketch-based comedy or solo stand-ups with a mic, how about a show with a…

Comedy reviews: Jordan Gray, Anna Piper Scott, MICF
Two trailblazing trans comics taking this year's Melbourne Comedy Festival by storm.

'A shambles': NZ arts education needs urgent attention
The lack of priority for the creative fields across Aotearoa is causing more and more concern, says Andrew Wood.

Comedy reviews: Circus Oz, Jeff Green, Mark Watson, MICF
An ensemble of high flyers and two English comedians take to the stage.

AusGov Office for the Arts
Live Music Australia
The Live Music Australia program is open for applications from 30 March 2023 to 26 April 2023 for projects starting…

Collaboration places Tasmanian artists in Singapore
An initiative spearheaded by Arts Tasmania and Asialink Arts aims to deepen engagement between Tasmanian creatives and arts organisations in…

Performance installation review: NEWRETRO, ACCA
Lucy Guerin’s retrospective at ACCA presented an immersive and comprehensive dive into her experimental choreographic world.

Comedy review: Taylor Griffiths, No Thoughts, MICF
Take a meandering trip around Melbourne and see whose paths you'll cross.