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So you want my arts job: Voice Coach
From inhabiting dialects to teaching actors to croak like a pelican, Charmian Gradwell's job as STC's Voice, Text and Dialect…
Flights of fancy: When art meets science
A new song-cycle explores an important Australian invention, the now ubiquitous black box flight recorder.
The Blue Room celebrates 30 years by looking to the future
Perth’s home of independent theatre has nurtured the careers of countless artists over the last three decades. Now its management…
Four year funding applications submitted: what next?
After a gruelling application process, the 162 organisations invited to apply for four-year funding from the Australia Council for the…
Learning from our art mistakes (from the archives)
We learn by failing, but rarely talk about it. Here, artists and arts workers from diverse sectors reflect on what…
Decision to axe UWA Publishing met with outrage
The 85-year-old university publishing house is to be closed – a move which has alarmed and angered the literary sector.
Born from chaos, Barking Gecko Theatre is 30 years strong
Given the current state of arts funding, Artistic Director Luke Kerridge is taking hope from the turbulent birth of Barking…
Perth Festival dedicates first week exclusively to First Nations
A celebration of place and people, the 2020 Festival acknowledges millennia of cultural practice and the strength and breadth of…
Sydney Festival becomes Australia’s single largest commissioner of new work
Festivals play a vital role in commissioning and co-commissioning work from small to medium companies and independents. Without them, the…
Skilling up actors for the long haul
A new website designed to help actors plan and prepare for a long-term career has been launched in Sydney.