Performing Arts
Fem Belling in Dear Blossom
A seasoned jazz and stage performer, Belling was bright, expressive, captivating, inclusive and confident.
Lord of the Flies
An all-female cast raises fascinating questions for this classic tale, but this production falters in delivering the answers.
Major arts reforms hidden beneath leadership spill
Some important things happened in Federal Parliament this week – and not just in the Labor caucus room. With the…
Awards this week
A week of nominations, finalists and shortlists has been gate-crashed by a gigantic ape.
The week in arts appointments
Who went where this week, and what will they be doing?
Artists invited to immortalise themselves in space
A new project is calling on artists to submit work that will be sent beyond the stratosphere.
Program announcements
Some of the biggest festivals in Australia have released their 2013 programs this week.
Artists asked to help save the rhinos in unique zoo project
Taronga Conservation Society Australia is calling for artists to submit designs for their community art event.
The challenges of Sydney’s latest arts precinct
The development of Pier 2/3 in Sydney’s Walsh Bay has taken another step forward, yet the area still faces unique…
'Gossip songs' resurface
The University of WA’s Berndt Museum opens its new exhibition this weekend, exploring the ‘gossip songs’ of Western Arnhem Land.