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Quarterly Asia TOPA series to launch ahead of 2025 festival
The first Asia TOPA Radar event will showcase works by the Pacific Sisters, Luke George and Daniel Kok, and Thukral…

Opportunities and awards
New award for playwrights, regional artist development, plus winners of The Reading Prize 2023, Performing Arts WA Awards, and Prime…

Dance review: Infinitely Closer, Festival Theatre
A boundary-pushing experiment with a powerful impact.

Performance review: 我咽下一枚铁做的月亮 I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron, Dunstan Playhouse
Poetry revealing the despair of a factory worker was turned into songs that tugged at the heartstrings.

Knowledge sharing through Asian Australian studies
The Asian Australian Studies Research Network will present its biennial identities conference as part of this year’s OzAsia festival.

Butoh – the art of darkness, movement and now … food
A dance form originating from the desire to interrogate the darker side of humanity, butoh continues to evolve ... now…

Just a buzz word? What sustainable fashion means today
Looking at sustainable fashion through transparency, innovative design and ethical practices, plus what we can all do to dress more…

Theatre reviews: Love Letters and A friendship of life and death, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Ambitious shows aiming to bridge cultural understandings showed good intentions, but needed more development.

Opportunities and awards
Major $300,000 commission calling for artists, HOTA ArtKeeper returns, plus winners of Patrick White Literary Award and Artspace studio artists…

New look at photography
Bringing together works from the NGV collection over nearly 140 years, ‘Photography: Real and Imagined’ considers the depth and breadth…