Performing Arts

Melt gets heated for Halloween with wicked drag
Brisbane’s 2024 Melt festival is gearing up with further program announcements including a ‘Wicked’-inspired Halloween ball.

New one-stop platform to help locate live gigs anytime
Live Music Locator is a free to use platform that aims to tackle discoverability issues for small to medium music…

Queering the Collection through pride and prejudice
A new audio series produced by Arts Centre Melbourne features queer artistic icons alongside archival items significant to the LGBTQIA+…

Opportunities and awards
Music Victoria Awards open for nominations, ATYP casting, plus winners of ceramic prize, and more!

Circus review: The Great Moscow Circus, JÂ L Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne
The Great Moscow Circus is a great family outing this school holidays.

Music review: Rachmaninov: The Symphonies, Adelaide Town Hall
A dazzling display of virtuosic musicianship with the ASO and conductor Andrew Litton.

Theatre review: Recollection, fortyfivedownstairs
How do you capture and preserve the smell of someone once they are gone?

Musical review: Beauty and the Beast the Musical, Her Majesty's Theatre
A fun night out for the whole family thanks to theatrical magic and big budget spectacle.Â

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

Australian musicians in dire straits yet Triple J won’t shift its commercial focus
Why does the taxpayer-funded Triple J consistently play commercially oriented pop at drive time instead of Australian indie?