Madeleine Swain

Madeleine Swain is ArtsHub’s managing editor. Originally from England where she trained as an actor, she has over 30 years’ experience as a writer, editor and film reviewer in print, television, radio and online. She is also currently President of JOY Media and Chair of the Board.

Madeleine Swain's Latest Articles

Alfred Lowe and MA Art Prize winning ceramic 'All dressed up I', a large scale blue vessel with a narrow spout and a fluffy pink scarf around it.
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Opportunities and awards

This week's opportunities and awards include Regional Arts Development Fund grants, Opera Australia Young Artist Program, winners of the Queensland…

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Career Advice

Selling Yourself – Learning Module 2, Managing You

The first video in this second module, offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big Idea in…

Pamela Rabe, will co-conceive and direct a new production of Beckett's 'Happy Days' with Nick Schlieper. A woman with black hair streaked with white is covered with bits of rubbish, cast offs of material and other detritus.
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Kip Williams signs off as Artistic Director with STC 2025 season announcement

The STC's 2025 season features some Australian classics, returning and interstate hits, plus some intriguing debuts.

Sulari Gentill, Lucinda Gifford (F), Amy Doak, Alison Goodman, Christine Keighery, Monica Vuu, Andrew Harrison (representing Rebecca Hazel, Kelly Gardiner and Carmel Shute at Sisters in Crime's 24th Davitt Awards.A group of smiling women and one man hold books and prizes in front of a banner that reads Sisters In Crime.
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Opportunities and awards

This week's opportunities and awards include grants from Carclew, the winners of Sisters in Crime's 24th Davitt Awards and more.

The opening night of Hibberd's final play, 'Killing Time' at the Carlton Courthouse. L-R: John Timlin, Jim Daly, Jack Hibberd, Don Bridges, Evelyn Krape. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bridges.
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Vale Jack Hibberd – great Australian playwright and author of Dimboola

Jack Hibberd, the author of 'Dimboola' and one of Australia's best known and most prolific playwrights, has died.

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Career Advice

Roadmap to Success – Learning Module 1, Finding Your Success

The final video in this first module, offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big Idea in…

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Talk review: Fungi Futures, Now or Never 2024

Fungi Futures invited Melbourne audiences to discover the hidden properties of fungi and their implications for the planet's survival.

Banksy. Image is a stencil on a wall of a soldier spread against the wall with his arms up while a young girl in a pink dress frisks him and a broken rifle is next to her.
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Exhibition review: The Art of Banksy: Without Limits, The District, Docklands

Banksy's extraordinary work to date is brought together in this unofficial exhibition. It's wonderful for viewers, but what would the…

Features

Webinar #7 – Working with First Peoples – a creative industries overview

The latest Creative Exchange free webinar is now available to view online.

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Career Advice

Roadmap to Success – Learning Module 1, Finding Your Network

The next in a new series of videos offering practical advice for creative businesses and produced by The Big Idea…

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