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States block Fifield's new MPA Framework
Cultural Ministers in several states are blocking changes to the Major Performing Arts framework before the Federal Government enters caretaker…
What is the future of opera?
A three-day forum in Brisbane will interrogate the operatic form and consider opera’s place in contemporary culture.
What the Arts got from Budget 2019
The Morrison Government’s 2019-2020 budget highlights the Government’s lack of vision for our cultural sector.
PREMIX: Using creative friction to build artistic spaces
ArtsHub partners with REMIX Summits to bring you a podcast on the rise of creative co-working spaces in Australia.
Review: Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, Her Majesty's Theatre
You’re terrible, Muriel. Terribly underwhelming, that is.
Lifetime achievement award for Patricia Cornelius at Green Room Awards
Just weeks after winning US $165,000 (AUD $234,000) in the Windham-Campbell Prize for drama, the Melbourne playwright has been honoured…
Chamber music supergroup assembled for Mozart’s momentous Gran Partita
Performing chamber music requires musicians of the highest calibre – sensitive, intuitive and virtuosic. Omega Ensemble searches Australia to discover…
Sam Strong will leave Queensland Theatre to support wife's career
After four successful years at the helm, Strong is putting the career of his wife, Katherine Slattery, first as she…
$80,000 federal funding for theatre’s 50th anniversary
The 50th anniversary of the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross has been supported with a federal grant to Griffin…
Exit interview: Geordie Brookman, State Theatre Company SA
Brookman looks back on the challenges and highlights of his term as Artistic Director after seven years at the company’s…