Australia

Creative Australia trials $3.88 million program to support small to medium sector
An additional $3,880,000 investment over two years from the Federal Government will support 12 small to medium companies across the…

Opportunities and awards
Music support for WA creatives, Elvis poetry competition, plus winners of Ensemble Theatre Award, and more!

Performance review: Never Mind the Buzzers, Here’s RocKwiz LIVE!, West Gippsland Arts Centre
The original TV show has become a popular touring franchise.

From bohemia to the outback: Opera Queensland launches its 2025 season
In-demand international coloratura soprano Sumi Jo goes bush for Opera Queensland’s Festival of Outback Opera in 2025.

Book review: Mean Streak, Rick Morton
This exhaustive record of the illegal and self-serving behaviour of people in high places is as compelling as it is…

Epic LEGO x Star Wars exhibition to make grand world premiere in Melbourne 2025
Celebrated LEGO artist Brickman sets off on another challenge to recreate iconic 'Star Wars' moments in a brand new exhibition.

Exhibition review: Glen Downey, Isabella Hayes, Kate Pullen, Dan Go, Nyssa Braid, Off The Kerb Gallery and Studios
Independent Melbourne art gallery again proves its finger is on the pulse.Â

Film review: Welcome to Babel
A fascinating portrait of a man with a mission and the history that inspired it...

Book review: Orbital, Samatha Harvey
This year's Booker Prize-winner has garnered a lot of praise, but does it actually deserve it?

Theatre review: Sweat, Wharf 1 Theatre
A play about hardscrabble small-town Americans by a Pulitzer-winning playwright is grimly prescient.