Performing Arts
CinemAfrica
When 'Tsotsi', the powerful film about the quest for redemption in the life of a black teenage African thief, won…
Outsider Art
In Sydney’s south, an exhibition is being held at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery of works which once would have been described…
Actor in sex horror death shock
Theatre 'shockers' will tend to divide audiences and critics alike: some will speak positively about almost anything that makes granny's…
To Smoke or not to Smoke? That is the question!
The issues surrounding the banning of smoking in public and the more recent flurries about banning on-stage smoking have been…
Artists with borders
After September 11 and the ensuing ‘war on terror’, the United States and many of its Western allies went into…
Artists clustered around creative industries
In the past artists were supported and directed by patrons. Today it is clients and arts boards that dictate an…
A necessary refuge
One would be hard pressed to look at any of the world’s media sources nowadays without coming across a story…
Victory for abusive artists
On the evening of January 31st, 2006 the Blair government suffered a shock defeat over its plans to combat racial…
Purple Heart Poetics
April is National Poetry Month in the United States. We don’t have a national book, or national painting, or national…
Swapping violence for viola
When you think of words synonymous with Palestine, ‘music’ and ‘violin’ are probably not ones that spring to mind. But…