New South Wales

2024 Bankstown Biennale tackles differences through shared stories
Bankstown Arts Centre's third First Nations-led Biennale centres equitable multiculturalism through the theme 'Same Same/Different'.

Opera Australia launches 2025 season with four musicals and homegrown talent
The national opera company’s 2025 season features a mix of accessible and canonical works.

All was fair at the fair – a counterview on Sydney Contemporary
Last week ArtsHub published one insider's view of the recent art fair; it prompted this alternative view from the owner…

Theatre review: The Queen's Nanny, Ensemble Theatre
This play about the British royal family brings nothing new to the table, but will appeal to those who enjoy…

Exhibition review: ZAHALKAWORLD, NAS Gallery
A stunning piece of curation, delivered with such ease, while allowing the viewer to linger over, and rethink, tired national…

Music review: Mzaza: The Birth and Death of Stars, Riverside TheatresÂ
Mzaza’s current Australian tour sees the world music favourites deliver a powerful concert experience with strong theatrical elements.

An insider's take on the success of Sydney Contemporary art fair
This year's Sydney Contemporary art fair was creatively a bit dull, but a solid income earner for the majority of…

Grief, hilarity, classics and culture are celebrated in Belvoir’s 2025 season
Artistic Director Eamon Flack has launched a season of nine plays for Belvoir’s 2025 subscription season.

New Ghost Festival riffs off The Rocks' eerie past this Halloween
Get your ghost on, and head to Australia's oldest precinct to celebrate Halloween this year with a new festival.

Performance Space expands partnership with UNSW
With a vision to elevate experimental arts, two of Sydney’s iconic arts organisations come together in a new residency program.