Melbourne
$1 million bequest will support music programs for families and children
Melbourne Recital Centre has received its largest bequest to date, and one of the most significant, from the Betty Amsden…
Review: The Bleeding Tree at Arts Centre Melbourne
Angus Cerini’s award-winning play is magnificent, horrific and remarkable.
Melbourne Festival to seek new artistic director for 2020
The current Artistic Director of Melbourne Festival, Jonathan Holloway, will step down from the role after completing his fourth festival…
Review: Hungry Ghosts by Jean Tong
A complex life split between homeland and adopted home where big issues tangle themselves with the everyday.
Review: The Calling – Adam Simmons
In The Calling, Simmons, with the aid of Sally Blackwood shows a far more developed sense of narrative. The raw…
Review: Stomp playing at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre
A new, vibrant cast touring Australia for the next month.
Creating art from autobiography
Using personal storytelling to inform performance art can have a profound effect on both the audience and artists who are…
Review: Personal at Art House
This multi-language solo performance by artist Jodee Mundy sheds light on a diverse community and should be incorporated into the…
Private collectors can't save Australian art on their own
Will the likes of Buxton Contemporary, Tarra Warra, White Rabbit and MONA sustain contemporary art development in Australia as funding…
Review: Tosca presented by Opera Australia
A brilliant musical realisation of a deeply moving tragedy if in a very peculiar interpretation.