Performing Arts
Exhibition Review: Space YZ, Campbelltown Arts Centre (Sydney Festival)
At a time when many of our art schools nationally face perilous cuts and closures, this exhibition curated by Daniel…
The challenge of programming festivals for more than one city
The Artistic Directors of major festivals in Perth, Darwin, Brisbane and other mainland capitals only have to satisfy their local…
$5M philanthropic gift to Sydney Festival – the largest in its history
RØDE Founder donates $5 million to the Sydney Festival, with a message to philanthropists that the arts need their help.
Facebook censors disabled artist's activist project
Fake history fuelling harassment, or a brilliant activist project that confronts individual perceptions? Facebook removed link this week to a…
Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Sydney Theatre Company announces resident artists for 2021, Clifroy prize winner announced, Darwin Fringe Festival call out, plus more opportunities…
Turning to the streets – art in COVID times
From pop up galleries in empty shops, using trams and traffic barriers, billboards and pocket urban parks and laneways -…
Must see performing arts of 2021: Part One – theatre and musical theatre
Our Performing Arts Editor Richard Watts selects some of the shows he’s most excited to see in 2021.
How COVID could change your workplace in 2021
The pandemic has undoubtedly changed the way we work, but how many of the changes we've become accustomed to will…
Eight new year's resolutions for hope in the arts
2020 showed us all that we can survive, and in some cases thrive. Eight leaders in the arts offer their…
Theatre Review: Twelfth Night, Virginia Plain/New Theatre
'Even so quickly may one catch the plague?' Love is a virus in this independent production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night,…