Performing Arts
How RISING will dance up a winter storm
Over 12 nights, the winter arts festival RISING will transform familiar parts of Melbourne into wild new worlds.
How a sideways career move aided an international tour
Belvoir’s Executive Producer Sue Donnelly discusses the company’s upcoming UK tour of epic play Counting and Cracking.
Opportunities and awards wrap
AWGIE Awards open for applications, $300,000 sculpture commission opp and participants of Arts House disability-led residency plus the churchie finalists…
Greens pitch artist’s wage (again)
10,000 artists and arts workers could receive nearly $800 a week for one year based off the Greens' latest pledge.
Dance review: Petrushka (Game, Set, Match)
Love and ballet play out on a tennis court in this new work choreographed by Scott Elstermann.
Opera review: Voss
Australia’s own ‘grand opera’ fills the stage for one night only thanks to State Opera South Australia and Victorian Opera.
Musical review: 9 To 5
The cult classic movie returns as a feminist-lite musical.
Why musicians are jumping into variety shows
Maybe it’s time for variety shows to make a comeback, and SUPERGROUP is just one example heading in this direction.
The arts news you may have missed this week
What's on, what's in the headlines, and the latest program releases – to put you ahead of the game this…
How Eurovision helps define Europe’s boundaries (and why Ukraine will likely win)
Robert Deam Tobin gives a geo-political context as to how Ukraine’s 2022 entry could be heading for Eurovision success.