Performing Arts
Programming with lived experience
From tackling the question "Where are you from?" to multilingual performances, these initiatives champion for visibility and understanding.
What’s in store in 2024 for the performing arts (part two)
What do the MTC, The Australian Ballet and the SSO have in store for 2024? Read on!
Theatre review: Measure for Measure, Queens Gardens, Townsville
Style and substance succeed in this little-staged Shakespeare play.
A string quartet playing classical works from memory
The acclaimed Vision String Quartet will embark on an extensive concert tour for Musica Viva on its first visit to…
Opportunities and awards
Prize entries open for 2024, design winners announced and Brisbane honours local ballet legend, plus more!
Theatre review: Unprecedented, HotHouse Theatre
Campion Decent’s latest play is a verbatim response to the 2019-2020 bushfires: a moving, angry and surprisingly funny work about…
Musical review: Wicked, Lyric Theatre
A crowd favourite, this musical makes its way back to Australia for the third time in 15 years.
Performance review: Tubular Bells for Two, Arts Centre Melbourne
The seminal album as played by two blokes with over 20 instruments.
Pathways for artists
Dealing with rejection, getting started, developing scripts, finding teams, writing grant applications... How do we support artists on the brink…
Ballet review: echoes of VAN GOGH, His Majesty's Theatre WA
Achingly beautiful in every aspect – the must-see production of 2023.