Performing Arts
![A man bare chested but wrapped in a white cloth is immersed in a body of water. His reflection can be seen above him in Horizon by Bangarra Dance Theatre.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/hori.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Horizon, Arts Centre Melbourne
'Horizon' is a new dance collaboration that explores Indigenous and Māori culture.
![A group of dancers are performing in 'Plagiary'. There is text above them as they dance.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/2024.08.29_Plagiary_NoworNever-791.jpg?w=310)
Dance review: Plagiary, Arts Centre Melbourne
'Plagiary' shows that while humans can respond creatively to AI, AI can’t replace human creativity... at least not yet.
![The opening night of Hibberd's final play, 'Killing Time' at the Carlton Courthouse. L-R: John Timlin, Jim Daly, Jack Hibberd, Don Bridges, Evelyn Krape. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bridges.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/457061733_1212033913162820_554698131392335101_n_a52d64.jpg?w=310)
Vale Jack Hibberd – great Australian playwright and author of Dimboola
Jack Hibberd, the author of 'Dimboola' and one of Australia's best known and most prolific playwrights, has died.
![Christopher Hillier, Sky Ingram, Anna Dowsley and Nicholas Lester in modern resort lounge gear sitting and standing on steps on production of Così fan tutte.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Christopher-Hillier-as-Don-Alfonso-Sky-Ingram-as-Fiordiligi-Anna-Dowsley-as-Dorabella-Nicholas-Lester-as-Guglielmo1.jpg?w=310)
Opera review: Così fan tutte, Her Majesty’s Theatre
State Opera South Australia’s 'Così fan tutte' features a musical ‘six of the best’.
![Dancer/choreographer Luke Murphy, looking sweaty and slightly dishevelled, holds an old-fashioned alarm clock up to one ear, in a scene from the dance-theatre production Volcano. He wears a dark suit jacket over a grey coat, and stands in front of a background of dingy wallpaper to which sheets of blank paper are pinned.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Volcano_AtticProjects_Emilija-Jefremova_004.jpg?w=310)
Festival review: Volcano, Brisbane Powerhouse
On a glassed-in stage, two men reenact their memories in an endless loop – but what if those memories aren’t…
![Jo Davies is a grey-haired, fair-skinned, middle-aged woman wearing a grey and black scarf, a grey cardigan and a black shirt. Jo Davies has left Opera Australia under dramatic circumstances as of today.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Jo-Davies-credit-Kirstie-Young.webp?w=310)
Opera Australia Artistic Director quits over ‘differences of opinion’
Jo Davies has abruptly left Australia’s national opera company less than a year after commencing her role.
![Peering inside the set design for the final Slingsby production, 'A Concise Compendium of Wonder'. In the photo, a man peers through a small doorway into the interior of the model.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Building-internal-e1724983491391.jpg?w=310)
Slingsby Theatre Company’s 2026 production to be its last
The South Australian company will wind up in its 20th year with a final, ambitious work.
![Jessica Cottis, a fair-skinned woman with long dark hair tied back behind her head, conducts the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. She wears a black jacket over a white shirt, and holds a white baton in her raised right hand.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Jessica-Cottis_crMartinOllman-1.jpg?w=310)
Celebrating connection and story: Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s 75th anniversary season
Jessica Cottis, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the CSO, discusses her 2025 season and the importance of commissioning new…
![Culture Business. Image is a group of business people sitting around a table comparing notes and networking.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Group-around-a-table.jpg?w=310)
With a softening economy, Culture Business could give you the edge
In a competitive funding and philanthropy market, getting tips by international leaders is a boon for Australian arts professionals.
![Sam Clark has died aged 40. Image is a Caucasian man with slicked back hair, a clipped greying beard and a big smile. He is wearing a white shirt, dark tie and a grey suit jacket.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/457064513_18453549745019414_1119334909274534026_n-e1724875840412.jpg?w=310)
Vale Sam Clark
Sam Clark's impressive theatre career included producing and acting at Brisbane's Metro Arts, before launching a successful New York company.