Victoria

Budget hole as Arts Vic moves the goalposts for funded companies
Small-to-medium organisations have been shocked by the sudden introduction of new eligibility criteria prohibiting triennially-funded companies from applying for project…

The art of dying
Suicide and lung collapse sound lovely together, says artist Saskia Moore who has composed a symphony based on people’s near-death…

Simone Young Conducts Mahler 5
The title of this concert overlooked the other half of the program: the Australian premiere of a major new work…

White Night to return in 2014
After a successful first run, Melbourne's White Night is set for another all-night cultural extravaganza next year.

Celebrazione!
Italian baroque violinist Stefano Montanari joined the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra for this memorable concert.

NICA signs historic four-year, $12.9 million funding agreement
New funding ensures National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) will continue to offer a Bachelor of Circus Arts in 2014…

ACO – Barefoot Fiddler
Patricia Kopatchinskaja's prowess on the violin shone in this performance with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

The Man in Black
When Tex Perkins grabs hold of the microphone and states, ‘I am Johnny Cash,’ you believe every syllable.

Foxfinder
Red Stitch's production of Dawn King's play is a thoroughly laudable production; intriguing, well-executed and enjoyable.

Sunday in the Park with George
There is not one weak link in this Victorian Opera production of Sondheim’s and Lapine’s musical about Georges Seurat.