Performing Arts
Nominate a First Nations arts champion
Nominations are now open for the Australia Council’s 2022 First Nations Arts Awards.
Festival empowers youths through culture
The Numburindi Festival returned this year to host three nights of song and dance for a diverse Northern Territory community.
Diplomacy meets alt-pop and dances the night away
Fusing traditional tonalities with a contemporary sentiment, alt-pop band LEENALCHI are celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and…
Opportunities and awards wrap
Applications open for Queensland Music Awards, two Indigenous artwork commissions, and the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship plus winners of the…
Securing arts money in uncertain times
As the sector seeks support for its post-pandemic future, how are sponsors and donors feeling about their capacity to give?
Exit interview: Brett Sheehy, MTC
After nine years as Melbourne Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Sheehy has stepped down from the role. What next?
How games can become our greatest artform
At his recent keynote at Melbourne International Games Week, Albert Chessa argued that there was a way for games to…
Phoenix festival rises from the Fringe
Melbourne Fringe’s program has been reinvented, with 55 in-person shows swiftly adapted for digital performance.
ICYMI: the week's arts news
Opera comes to Cockatoo Island, mental health day streaming, phone art, jazz in WA, plus more arts news.
Free jab bundle with music fest
With big crowds in close proximity, festival organisers are finding ways to ensure a COVID-safe environment.