Performing Arts
Robert Lepage opera announced for Adelaide Festival 2024
Stravinsky’s ‘The Nightingale and Other Fables’ has been programmed by Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie CBE next year, with more tentpole…
Performance review: ARETHA, Sydney Opera House
A musical celebration of the life and legacy of the late, great Aretha Franklin.
Opportunities and awards
This week’s announcements include the National Photographic Portrait Prize winner, APRA PDAs, Penguin Literary Prize, Miles Franklin shortlist and more.
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music offers an impressive 2023 program
Artistic Director Jack Liebeck returns to Townsville/Gurambilbarra with five world premieres and a feast of guilty pleasures!
Theatre review: Little Brother, Big Sister, La Mama Courthouse
Schizophrenia is a worthy concept to explore, but this production fails to engage dramatically.
Performance review: Galah, Blue Stone Church Arts Space
A thrilling roller coaster ride of a show powered by a couple of carnies.
Festival review: A Divine Comedy and more, Dark Mofo 2023
From thrillingly transgressive dance-theatre to the debauchery of Night Mass, Dark Mofo remains an alluring and challenging spectacle.
Theatre review: Where Water Once Was, Blue Room Theatre, WA
An entertaining exploration of ennui and inevitable entropy.
Theatre review: Hide the Dog, Arts Centre Melbourne, RISING
The first trans-Tasman First Nations children’s production toured from Sydney to Melbourne for RISING.
Celebrating the joy of singing in the heart of winter
From professional singers to passionate amateurs, Tasmania’s Festival of Voices celebrates the human voice in all its forms.