Music review: Day Tripper, RISING Festival, Melbourne Town Hall

It’s rare for a festival to have both strong acts and organisation, 'Day Tripper' ticks all the boxes.

Appalling lack of King's Birthday Honours for the arts

Where are the artists? ArtsHub takes a look at this year's King's List Honours to gauge how the arts were…

Richard Watts receives Medal of the Order of Australia

ArtsHub’s esteemed Performing Arts Editor is recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the arts and…

The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis

It’s time we stopped framing the arts as a luxury instead of a human right threatened by the cost of living…

Dance review: Arkadia, RISING Festival, The Substation

An imaginative dance opera by choreographer Melanie Lane.

Theatre review: The Audition, Bunjil Place

Finely-crafted theatre laying bare the lived experience of refugees and asylum seekers.

Concert review: Sky Ferreira, RISING Festival, The Forum

US alt-pop singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira appeared too cool for her own good at her only RISING performance.

This week's arts news and trending topics

We break it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.

Shows on the Road (GAL)

Theatre review: Blackout Songs, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

A two-handler about alcoholism and memory.