Dance review: Be Here and Qwerin, Ten Days on the Island

Two dance performances in St David’s Park explored place, past and possible futures.

Bachelor of Creative Industries (Acting and Performance)

Off the main stage

Many of this year's Mona Foma events were local in origin or involved protests on a topical issues.

Significant object heads home to Tasmania after 230 years

After a 230-year absence, a rikawa has returned to Tasmania for an exhibition with deep cultural significance.

Theatre review: The Director, reUnion district, Launceston

The Director merges the realms of theatre and funeral directing, alongside the tragic and the comic.

How funding woes inspired a new home for live art

Launceston’s Assembly 197 is a new approach to art-making that celebrates the spirit of community and collaboration.

Dance review: Body Body Commodity, Earls Arts Centre, Launceston

The lines between object, body and product blur as five female performers animate and interact with a mass of pastel…

Fringe festivals power ahead across three states

As Adelaide Fringe opens, new Fringe Festivals are also springing up in Hobart and on the Mornington Peninsula.

How international festivals enrich their local arts ecologies

Four artists and four festival directors discuss the many ways major festivals support and nurture the national arts ecology.

After 20 years, Lindy Hume has programmed her final festival

Having curated 12 international arts festivals in 20 years, Hume says it’s time for a change of direction.