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You Are Here showcases Canberra’s indie arts scene
This young festival shows us that the national capital's creative communities are alive and kicking.
Actor Wendy Hughes dead at 61
News of her death, apparently from cancer, was announced by actor Bryan Brown on stage at the Wharf 1 Theatre.
Animosity in Adelaide
What has the Adelaide Festival Centre done to annoy so many of its city’s artists?
Tom Malone Prize 2014 awarded in WA
The Art Gallery of Western Australia has announced the winner of the 2014 Tom Malone Prize for contemporary glass artists.
‘An exceptional moment’
The upcoming Festival of Live Art represents an unprecedented opportunity for Australian artists.
New theatre inspired by classic tunes
Playwrights pen a playlet that’s only as long as a song for this unusual Red Stitch fundraiser.
Hannah Gadsby vs the myth of white men in hats
The stand-up comedian with an Art History degree explodes the art canon in her new ABC TV series.
Putting the art in SheppARTon
The 18th SheppARTon Festival celebrates the cultural diversity and creativity of the Goulburn Valley.
River of Fundament
As a monumental artistic vision, Matthew Barney’s latest film is admirable, but there’s little about it to actually enjoy.
Kiss of the Chicken King
Lacking both wit and poetry, this production seems an odd inclusion in an international arts festival.