Melbourne
Live arts insurance scheme urgently needed
As Omicron hinders long awaited performing arts rebounds, the need for a Federal live arts insurance scheme intensifies.
Theatre review: Whitenoise: 12 ghosts, Theatre Works
A solo show exploring ghosts of past injustices.
Exhibition review: Weave it, Abbotsford Convent
Interactive all-ages fun of weaving and rope making.
Dance review: Death and the Discotheque, The Butterfly Club
Sonic loudness almost drowns out the delicacy of the dance in this rave setting.
Omicron hits the performing arts
As the Omicron variant spreads, major performing arts productions are struggling with cast outbreaks and hesitant audiences.
Exhibition review: Bark Ladies, NGV International
The wider perception of ‘a bark show’ has been locked in the past for too long.These paintings leap out in…
Theatre review: Let Bleeding Girls Lie, La Mama
Knots of trauma start to fray for three women.
fortyfivedownstairs plans to stick around despite development woes
The multi-arts space is threatened by a neighbouring development but has no plans to call it quits.
New music hub will grow and strengthen sector
Music Market is the latest aspect of the Victorian Government’s $22 million Music Works initiative to come to fruition.
Theatre review: SS Metaphor, Malthouse
Cabaret production does not have its sea legs.