Music
Performance review: JUDY • AUSTRALIA • 1964, National Theatre
The story of Judy Garland’s dramatic concert tour of Australia in 1964 has everything you want in a musical performance.
How international festivals enrich their local arts ecologies
Four artists and four festival directors discuss the many ways major festivals support and nurture the national arts ecology.
Performance review: Devastating Beauty, Motley Bauhaus
Christopher Fieldus performs a one-person cabaret show, telling stories about their personal life punctuated with interpretations of modern songs.
Concert review: If It Be Your Will: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen, Jonesway Theatre
A tribute to the singer-songwriter through poetry and song.
Performance review: House of the Heart, Melbourne Chinese Museum
The spectacular Dragon Gallery at Melbourne’s Chinese Museum provides a lush background for a cabaret show about home, love and…
Performance review: Tale of the Fire Phoenix, Adelaide Festival Centre
An ancient tale of rebirth and transformation.
Theatre review: La Vie En Rouge, The Speakeasy Theatre
A succinct and sensitive cabaret explores sex work during La Belle Époque.
Million-dollar music program to aid flood-affected Vic regions
Music Victoria will deliver a $1 million program to support local businesses and provide job opportunities for local musicians as…
How your performing arts skills can equip you for a new career
Becoming a Stagecoach franchisee won’t just provide you with a rewarding new job: it will utilise your arts skills for…
Molly Meldrum at 80: how the ‘artfully incoherent’ presenter changed Australian music
Liz Giuffre reflects on the life of Ian 'Molly' Meldrum and his impact on Australian music journalism.