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Winners announced at NSW Premier's Literary Awards
A total of $305,000 was awarded across 13 prize categories on Monday night at the State Library of NSW.
Who are the new guard?
Among the gloom of last week there’s a bright note: some companies have received multi-year organisational funding for the first…
Risk taking needs to happen in the board room
In the old model artistic directors came up with risky ideas and boards applied brakes. But smart governance likes a…
Shock and anger as sector responds to funding crisis
The news that 62 organisations have lost operational funding has sent shock waves through the Australian arts community and its…
Government spends $12 m in mysterious Catalyst windfall
Another 45 successful Catalyst grants were quietly announced on Friday but no one knows where the money is coming from.
Between two worlds
Canberra’s Segue Festival aims to strengthen cultural ties between Europe and Australia, providing benefits for artists and audiences alike.
Doing it again: should you remount your work?
Independent theatre practitioners discuss the challenges and benefits of restaging already successful productions.
Little Shop of Horrors
‘Feed me!' demands the monstrous plant Audrey II, and so beguiling is this production that you’ll probably want to, just…
Arts budget 2016 doesn't hurt (much) but doesn't heal
For the arts, the 2016-17 budget is steady as she goes: it neither inflicts major damage nor helps heal the…
Vale Derek Ives
The Australian circus community is in mourning following the death of clown, rigger and friend Derek Ives on Thursday.