Performing Arts

Powerful collaboration drives dance residency
First Collective Residencies by Australasian Dance Collective and BlakDance will run for two years with eight First Nations resident choreographers.

Theatre Review: Dirty Birds, Heath Ledger Theatre, WA
'Dirty Birds' explores the off-centre symmetry of sisterhood in a context of anxious absurdity.

Music review: Chopin and the Mendelssohns, Adelaide Town Hall
The Australian Chamber Orchestra made fine music with pianist Polina Leschenko.

Theatre review: A Very Jewish Christmas Carol, Southbank Theatre
A repurposing of Dickens' classic tale with a gingerbread golem and a miser called Scroogavitz.

Opportunities and awards
YIRRAMBOI 2025 commissions and ballet scholarship open, plus 2023 ARIA winners and artists shortlisted for 2024 NSW Visual Art Fellowship…

Dance review: The Nutcracker, His Majesty's Theatre, WA
This seasonal favourite tells a timeless tale.

Opera Review: The Marriage of Figaro, State Opera SA
Mozart’s delightful opera buffa gets a modern makeover.

Theatre review: Venus in Fur, Fridays Studio, WA
The play within a play narrative of this production addressed themes of intersecting power and eroticism.

Performance review: The Lost Boys, Seymour Centre
An immersive landscape inspired by J M Barrie's Neverland where the audience is invited to be a part of The…

Music programs for youths on the fringe
Addressing the widening gap in music education for youths with a different demographic in mind.