Victoria
Performance review: 8/8/8: REST, RISING Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne
An eight-hour performance about rest and sleep performed in ungodly hours but tangled in its own bureaucracy.
Music review: Fever Ray and Mo'Ju, RISING Festival, Hamer Hall
Cult act Fever Ray returns triumphantly to Australia.
Music review: Day Tripper, RISING Festival, Melbourne Town Hall
It’s rare for a festival to have both strong acts and organisation, 'Day Tripper' ticks all the boxes.
Richard Watts receives Medal of the Order of Australia
ArtsHub’s esteemed Performing Arts Editor is recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the arts and…
Dance review: Arkadia, RISING Festival, The Substation
An imaginative dance opera by choreographer Melanie Lane.
Theatre review: The Audition, Bunjil Place
Finely-crafted theatre laying bare the lived experience of refugees and asylum seekers.
Concert review: Sky Ferreira, RISING Festival, The Forum
US alt-pop singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira appeared too cool for her own good at her only RISING performance.
Regional Arts Victoria
Wild City
Wild City is a collaborative sculpture workshop that considers wild animals as citizens in human landscapes Bio-diversity | Sustainability |…
Theatre review: Blackout Songs, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
A two-handler about alcoholism and memory.
Exhibition review: Ivan Durrant: Marmalade Skies Through Opal Eyes, Hamilton Gallery
An exhibition that focuses on Ivan Durrant's commitment to colour and observations of the world around him.