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Can regional performers build careers without moving to the big city?
Scary Strangers Comedy Festival is a first for the Blue Mountains. But its founders are already thinking about the bigger…
A global contemporary dance festival is about to land in Australia, and it's a big deal
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels makes its Southern Hemisphere debut in January. Here's what you need to know.
Food, people and photography come together at Savour the Tweed
The Tweed Valley is known for its food. This October at the Savour the Tweed festival, a regional arts project…
Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: 3 standout shows now blasting down to Melbourne Fringe
The emerging writers in the Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab take a look at three shows about to hit stages in…
Hadestown proves live theatre can sell out the cinema – meet the Australian director behind the lens
As Hadestown heads to Australian cinemas, director Brett Sullivan reveals how he captured the magic of the Broadway cast.
Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab: more of the best fringe acts of 2026
The emerging writers in the Sydney Fringe Reviewer Lab round up more festival highlights.
Adelaide can’t live on festivals alone – and that’s why State Theatre Company SA is stepping up
Artistic Director Petra Kalive is making Adelaide's leading theatre company weirder, fresher and more Australian.
How the National Film and Sound Archive preserves film history – and loans it out
The National Film and Sound Archive takes ScreenHub inside its vast collection, and reveals how 16mm and 35mm film gems…
Have theatre audiences forgotten how to behave? Modern theatre etiquette explained
Amid a wave of complaints from stage actors about plummeting theatre audience behaviour, ushers and experts share their ground rules…
Developing an operatic take on Helen Garner’s The Spare Room
Composer Jane Hammond and librettist Therèsa Borg discuss what 40 years of friendship brought to the project.