Performing Arts
How a life at NIDA helped shape Australian talent
In his new memoir, An Eye for Talent: A Life at NIDA, former Director John Clark remembers the institution and…
Theatre review: Request Programme
A devastating portrait of existential loneliness.
Embrace spontaneous encounters at tropical festival
The 60th Cairns Festival is a unique chance to catch Patricia Piccinini’s hot air balloons, music from classical to indie-pop,…
Theatre review: The One
An exploration along racial lines about belonging and identity.
Theatre review: AutoCannibal, Darwin Festival
Physical theatre meets the end of the world in this playfully abject one-man show.
Concert review: Bungul, Darwin Festival
A remarkable fusion of Yolŋu culture and the Western classical music tradition performed under the stars for the festival’s opening…
The arts news you may have missed
What's on, what's in the headlines, and the latest program releases – to put you ahead of the game this…
Festival turns 75 after two years of pandemic disruption
Edinburgh Festival returns to a full live event with opening performances by Australian talents.
First Nations legend who ‘bridged two worlds’ joins Hall of Fame
A proud Yolngu artist with international acclaim, Gurrumul’s songs took Country and Culture far and wide.
Theatre review: Medea: Out of The Mouths of Babes
Euripides' classic tale as seen through Medea's children is flamboyant but muddied.