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Salamanca Arts Centre campaigns for Tasmanian Icon status
Home to many artists and arts organisations, Hobart's heritage-listed Salamanca Arts Centre has not received recurrent government funding for over…
RISING launches 2024 festival program
Provocative theatre, a notorious rap group from Western Sydney and an Aboriginal rock ’n’ roll musical are among the highlights…
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Our weekly round-up of comings and goings in the cultural sector.
Tax incentives will boost Australian theatre investment, says LPA
A similar UK scheme has been described as a 'lifeline' for theatre productions post-COVID.
Aesthetics, happiness and social cohesion: celebrating art’s most important values
Everybody NOW!’s 2023 production ‘Roller Coaster’ had measurable benefits in terms of social wellbeing, empowerment and connection, a new report…
How to evolve an art form
Former Irish dance champion Brent Pace, an Italian-Australian boy from East Keilor, is trying to push the art form in…
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
A Festival AD/CEO steps down, new Board appointments, Associate Artistic Directors announced and more arts news.
Hugo Weaving to star in new Irish-Australian co-production at STC
Weaving and Irish actor Olwen Fouéré star in the Australian premiere of Thomas Bernhard's 'The President'.
More companies celebrate significant anniversaries in 2024
Brisbane's Circa and Sydney's Legs on the Wall are among the companies celebrating significant anniversaries this year.
On the move: latest arts sector appointments
New appointments at Writers SA, HotHouse Theatre, NIDA and more.