Performing Arts
Novelist David Mitchell and composer Michel van der Aa team up for multimedia opera
David Mitchell and Michel van der Aa have joined forces to create multimedia opera ‘Sunken Garden.’
Arts careers not as precarious as you think
Artists often complain about precarious careers and unreliable incomes but they are better off than many other modern workers.
Thomas Adès directs 2013 Metropolis New Music Festival
The prodigious Thomas Adès directs and curates this year's Metropolis New Music Festival in Melbourne.
Creative Australia fails tertiary education
New Arts Minister Tony Burke should address the glaring omission of tertiary education in the National Cultural Policy.
Hayman Kent
Hayman Kent performs as part of ‘The Comedy Zone’, in this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Broadway’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s producers invite Capote’s ashes to opening night
Truman Capote's cremated remains were invited to Broadway debut of Breakfast at Tiffany's, but didn't attend.
How art and money can enjoy getting into bed together
Business is not the big bad wolf of the creative industries, and it’s time we stopped huffing and puffing.
Angelina Jolie visits Congo and Rwanda as part of sexual violence campaign
Actress Angelina Jolie has joined foreign secretary for Rotherdam William Hague on a trip to Congo and Rwanda on a…
Uncertain future for Tasmania's Makers' Workshop
Burnie City Council has sold off the Makers' Workshop as part of a land deal with the University of Tasmania.
This week’s arts appointments
While parliament was reshuffling the arts didn’t want to be left behind. Here are this week’s appointments.