Performing Arts
Food, fire and festivities make a Dark Mofo Winter Feast
Guest chefs cook for a gathering by fire and laser light in three nights of winter fare on the waterfront.
The Presets are set to descend into the Dark Mofo
Epic electronic music masters The Presets play Dark Mofo with fellow musical duos DZ Deathrays and Hermitude.
Satanalia brings the best of blackest nights
The Drones, Boris, MONO, The Stickmen, Barbarion and more will make Satanalia a long night of noise at Dark Mofo.
Arts New South Wales targets Renew Australia
New funding guidelines released last week by the New South Wales government appear to rule out arts projects linked to…
Performing artists wanted for ‘at risk’ teens in Victoria
Big Brothers Big Sisters is seeking performing arts mentors for vulnerable Victorian teenagers.
Australian bookseller takes the fight to Amazon
The David and Goliath metaphor is overused, but one Sydney bookseller has seriously earned the comparison, declaring a Kindle Amnesty…
Critics: hated but never unread
The relationship between performer and critic is fuelled with a lust for revenge that would be psychotic anywhere but the…
How an awards judge thinks
Get help writing and don't worry too much about slick. After 10 years of experience, an awards judge reveals how…
PM may not laugh at this week's appointments
An Australian AD heads to Amsterdam, a British producer heads here and the PM may have cause for concern.
This week’s award winners
A range of arts awards were presented to deserving recipients around the country this week, with comedians and visual artists…