Performing Arts
The best and worst theatre in 2025
Melbourne-based theatre critic Kate Mulqueen rounds up her best and worst shows of 2025.
Castlemaine State Festival
Castlemaine State Festival 2026
Australia’s longest-running regional arts festival celebrates its 50th anniversary with ten days of music, performance, exhibitions, talks, workshops and site-specific…
Creative Australia
Playing Australia Project Investment
The program supports costs associated with touring to regional and remote areas of Australia. There is no limit on the…
The 10 funniest comedy shows I saw in 2025
From hit festival shows to streaming specials, here are the comedy shows that stood above the rest in 2025.
Bell Shakespeare
Ambition and the Aftermath
A riveting conversation series about ambition in Shakespeare’s plays and in our contemporary world
What can opera offer young people?
Opera is traditionally associated with older demographics. Why should Gen Z and millennials care about it, and what can opera…
Bell Shakespeare
Play In A Day: Volpone, Or, The Fox
Actors and director have one day together as an ensemble before standing script-in-hand in front of an audience, the bare-bones…
Bell Shakespeare
Play In A Day: Henry VI Part 2
Actors and director have one day together as an ensemble before standing script-in-hand in front of an audience, the bare-bones…
Bell Shakespeare
Ambition and the Aftermath
A riveting conversation series about ambition in Shakespeare’s plays and in our contemporary world.
Bell Shakespeare
A Deep Dive into Julius Caesar
Australian academics delve into Shakespeare's Julius Caesar