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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.
Will Sydney see a floating Sphinx in 2015?
Verdi’s Egyptian opera Aida has been announced as the next instalment in the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour program.
Glass half-full for State Opera SA
Adelaide opera-goers are booking for the full Philip Glass Trilogy, rather than for individual operas as expected.
Flexibility, foresight and forbearance: mounting a national tour
From regional venues to major performing arts centres, adapting a work for touring requires patience, imagination and homework.
Dancing Blokes set for Darwin premiere
Dancers Matt Cornell and Joshua Thomson are preparing to reveal their movement-based investigation into the typical Aussie male.