Victoria
Exhibition review: Emerging Artist Award 2024, fortyfivedownstairs
Topical and engaging, the Emerging Artist Award showcases early-career talent regardless of age.
$1.2 million boost for public art recognising women
The Victorian Government has committed funds to public art focused on women in Victoria.
Theatre review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne
The MTC's take on Williams' 20th century classic impresses, but lacks genuine menace.
Theatre review: La Belle Epoque, Theatre Works
A multimedia play that interweaves different art forms to tell the story of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Performance review: Popera: Sex, Death & Politics, The Butterfly Club
Uma Dobia plays a feminist icon in 'Popera', ready to stamp out opera’s entrenched sexism in sparkly knee-high boots.
Music review: Dan Sultan x MSO, Hamer Hall
This masterful collaboration demonstrated the immense power of elevating First Nations voices on the orchestral stage.
Theatre review: Elegies: A Song Cycle, fortyfivedownstairs
A new production company makes its premiere with a slick and funnier than expected rendition of songs about losing loved…
Circus review: Cirque Bon Bon, The Athenaeum
All the circus acts you know and expect, but with a Guinness World Record holding performer thrown in as well.
Midsumma in dire need of new office after being forced to vacate
Midsumma’s team was issued a 30-day notice ending tomorrow for their Hanover House location, despite being assured of tenancy until…
Theatre review: Macbeth (An Undoing), Malthouse Theatre
The Scottish play returns with a few modern twists and a (muddled) feminist focus on Lady Macbeth.