Features
Canberra Youth Theatre takes drastic steps to ensure its survival
The long-running company will not stage any productions in 2025 and is also cutting back and consolidating its training programs…
16 top-starred book reviews of 2024
Which books earned the coveted five-star rating from ArtsHub's reviewers this year?
The future of Australian small press
With the pausing of the Small Press Network earlier this year, many saw it as a death knell for independent…
The best Australian audiobooks of 2024
More people are listening to audiobooks than ever before and Australian audiobooks are thriving.
Australia's Spotify Wrapped 2024: the year in Aussie music
Once again, Spotify Wrapped has revealed global listened habits. No local artists made Australia's top five most streamed this year.
Unpacking the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, and its bounceback
Sensitivity over the spectacular makes for a more nuanced survey of the region.
Darwin Symphony Orchestra to tour Territory-wide in 2025
The DSO’s 2025 season will see Jonathan Tooby’s last hurrah as Artistic Director/Chief Conductor, but not before the Orchestra undertakes…
A fond farewell to a Goldner era
After 30 years of playing music together, the Goldner String Quartet has called time with a final Farewell Concert on…
Midsumma and Mardi Gras programs ensure a queer summer ahead
Asexual comedy, drag kings, lesbian drama, trans theatre and in-your-face gay cabaret feature in the programs of Sydney and Melbourne’s…
Amplify, NZ’s new cultural policy, is timely and needed, but not ambitious enough
A draft creative and culture strategy has been released for public consultation in Aotearoa New Zealand, but James Wenley asks,…