Performing Arts
The Velveteen Rabbit
Rarely has a bunch of adults playing with toys been so wonderfully compelling, for the target audience and their parents…
2013 Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships announced
The Sidney Myer Fund has announced the winners of its 2013 Fellowship. Seven artists were awarded $160,000 over two years…
What makes art taboo?
Taboo art can serve many functions: it can open up a dialogue about a sensitive topic; it can break new…
Moving from academic thinking to workplace thinking
Moving from academic thinking to workplace thinking can be an exciting challenge, but there are still some hurdles to overcome.
Castor and Pollux
Pinchgut Opera’s production of this 1754 opera does its composer, the Frenchman Jean-Philippe Rameau, proud.
Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra dedicated this performance of Handel's Messiah, with soprano Siobhan Stagg, to the late Dame…
Actors, writers, directors, musicians turn photographers to change the world
A host of creative folk have picked up their cameras and snapped away in an attempt to provide opportunities to…
Mariage Blanc
This bawdy, surrealist excursion into youthful lust and prudishness is held back by the inconsistency of its tone.
SubUrbia
Eric Bogosian’s study of prematurely defeated 20-somethings is brought to stunning, wrenching life in this Exhibit A: Theatre production.
Charles Dickens performs a Christmas Carol
A good story combined with a good story-teller can turn the most adult of us into gawping children. This production…