Madeleine Swain
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Webinar #5 – Using social media to promote your creative business
ArtsHub and Creative Victoria's latest webinar is now available to view online.

Webinar #4 – Managing the business of creative practice: an expert roundtable
If you're a sole practitioner working in the creative industries who finds the mechanics of running your business challenging, this…

Performance review: Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Athenaeum Theatre
With two rock and pop musicals opening in Melbourne on the same night, a show about the King manages to…

Groundhog Day musical in a Melbourne exclusive
Another big musical is heading to Melbourne in 2024.

Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall on the birth of their new musical
'Bananaland' is having its world premiere as part of Brisbane Festival 2023.

Festival review: week three, Brisbane Festival
Some of the highlights of week three of Brisbane Festival.

Performance review: Eternity, St John's Cathedral, Brisbane Festival
Circa's Brisbane Festival show contemplates the eternal to impressive effect.

Book review: Cast Mates, Sam Twyford-Moore
An examination of the relationship between Hollywood and the Australian film industry, via actors who have straddled them both.

Webinar #3 – AI: A point of inflection for the arts?
Watch our third Creative Exchange webinar, co-produced with Creative Victoria, which explores your questions and concerns about AI's impact on…

Book review: The Magpie's Sister, Kerri Turner
An historical tale of circus folk and prejudice, and how understanding can lead to the unlikeliest of allies.