Performing Arts
TextaQueen awarded $80K commission to celebrate queer South Asian diaspora
For over twenty years, TextaQueen has been using fibre-tip markers to draw out complex politics of gender, race, sexuality and…
Festival review: Pop Up North Queensland (PUNQ 2021), Townsville and surrounding regional towns
The festival's third iteration is the most ambitious yet in this sprawling and collaborative venture across the region.
20 year milestone shows independent theatre's struggle
An independent remount of a work first staged 20 years ago reveals struggles faced by artists since then.
$259K Screenrights Funding propels innovative collaborations
Diversity Arts Australia and Back to Back Theatre are among the latest funding recipients to foster new projects in the…
Syncopation and improvisation celebrated to the tune of $1.12 million
The Australian jazz and improvised music sectors have benefitted from recent RISE funding announcements, but will funds flow from festivals…
Opportunities and Awards Wrap
Call outs for the Helen Anne Bell Award for Women Poets, National Arts and Disability Awards, Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants…
Advocacy that’s local, informed and connected: from research to action
In times of crisis, how can we use research for big picture change?
No laughing matter: how comedians are coping with lockdown
More than any other art form, comedians create a feedback loop with their audience. So what happens when it’s impossible…
Theatre review: Durkh a Modne Gloz, Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, Melbourne
An engaging fusion of Yiddish poems and cabaret, but the experiment didn't always work.
Federal Government injects further $35M; Support Act relief extended to all performing arts
Additional funding for Support Act and the Sustainability Fund hopes to keep the live performance sector afloat.