Victoria

Performance reviews: Ruff Trade and Trans Woman Kills Influencer, Midsumma Festival
‘Trans Woman Kills Influencer’ leans into the modern day, while Steven Dawson’s ‘Ruff Trade’ is a devilishly good tragedy set…

Performance review: Alchemy Consort: It Lights the Whole Sky, National Gallery of Victoria
Choral music performances that explored the connection between humanity and natural phenomena.

Exhibition review: Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition, Melbourne Museum
An easy one-hour amble through a well-trodden historical event with less focus on the Titanic’s artefacts than the exhibition title…

Backlash after divisive comments from Victorian bookshop owner
The owner of a Victorian independent chain of bookstores, under fire for her tweets, apologises after community furore.

Performance review: Tempo, Arts Centre Melbourne
The Fruities jump back onto our stages with a music themed performance.

Theatre review: Slippery, The Butterfly Club, Midsumma Festival
Mayhem ensues when a polyamorous love square becomes a triangle and one of the lovers returns as a ghost to…

Creative development – a work in progress
What should creative development opportunities entail and look like today? ArtsHub attempts to find out.

Through the queer lens
Midsumma Festival and PHOTO 2024 join forces to present 'Queer PHOTO', with works that are bold, reflective, tender, intimate and…

Performance reviews: The Search and Trevor Ashley: The (First Annual) Farewell Show, Midsumma Festival
At Midsumma Festival this year, Jess McAvoy presents an unforgettable performance in ‘The Search’ and Trevor Ashley revealed the dark…

Melbourne Art Fair gearing up for ‘mammoth edition’
The 2024 Melbourne Art Fair program will feature large-scale installations, site-specific dance, conversations, experimentations and more.