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Active arts engagement the key to healthier living
In light of Australia’s looming obesity crisis, engaging with the arts is more important than ever before, especially given the…
Junction Arts Festival unveils 2014 program
Live art, live music, cross-generational collaborations and memorials to dead pets; Junction is not your usual arts festival.
Staff cuts loom at Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery as budget bites
Financial issues are forcing TMAG to reduce its opening hours and cut staff numbers, the Board of Trustees has announced.
The secret of good radio revealed
New research reveals that greater control of vocal chords is behind the best voices, but are such skills innate or…
Swift-moving melodrama promises gothic thrills
Inverting the clichés of Paris as the City of Love, Gary Abrahams’s latest play is an intense tale of murder…
Brisbane boys behave badly in rock’n’roll comedy
A new play for anyone who's ever been let down by their favourite band, or their best friends.
A son’s grief inspires Griffin premiere
Playwright Campion Decent grapples with love and loss in a new play sparked by the death of his parents.
Napthine Government acts on Agent of Change principles
Legislation designed to protect live music venues will soon be introduced to the Victorian Parliament.
Reworked myth wins Queensland Premier’s Drama Award
A contemporary take on the legend of Oedipus has been selected as the 2014-15 award winner.
Arts Minister orders opera review
Senator George Brandis has appointed a three-member panel to determine if $32 million in federal funding is being well spent.