Performing Arts
![A group shot of primary school students seated in a classroom.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/MusicInMe_Rush11122023_Claudio-Raschella-33-e1724287346695.jpg?w=310)
Schooling music for the young
'Music in Me’ is a mentoring program that teaches the teachers.
![Two black men. Ras-Samuel is sitting on unmade bed with a pile of cards. He is wearing a yellow singlet and blue shorts. Damon Manns is in background seated, wearing a vest and white shirt. They are in the MTC play Top Dog/Underdog.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Topdog-Underdog-Ras-Samuel-with-Damon-Manns-Photo-by-Sarah-Walker1.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Topdog/Underdog, Southbank Theatre
Two brothers wrestle with sibling rivalry, the stains of the past and the uncertainty of the future.
!['Victorian vampires' wins popular vote at Australian Life photography competition, taken by Chrissie Hall of herself and her two daughters dressed up. The photo sets up the ambiance of a Victorian era home with animal taxidermy, vintage leather sofas and low lighting. The three are depicted wearing black and red gowns and sharp vampire teeth.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Victorian-Vampires-Image-Credit-Chrissie-Hall-e1724734393856.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
Dark Mofo 2025 call-out, last chance to enter Ulrick and Schubert Photography Award, plus winners of Impact Awards and more!
![Gabber Modus Operandi performing at Royal Exhibition Building as part of Now or Never 2024. A performer is at the front of a stage wearing puffy sleeves and a face cover, with a large-scale projection of a human face behind. The stage is aglow in red light.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/2024.08.22_NowOrNever_REB-111-e1724722985210.jpg?w=310)
Music review: Ben Frost/CORIN/ Eartheater/Gabber Modus Operandi, Now or Never 2024
An epic takeover of the Royal Exhibition Building took full advantage of the massive space with an incredible lineup.
![The cast of Trent Dalton's Love Stories is preparing for their Brisbane Festival debut.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/FG_mJgQQ-e1724718269669.jpeg?w=310)
Trent Dalton's Love Stories – stage adaptation premieres at Brisbane Festival
After the immense success of 'Boy Swallows Universe', Dalton returns to the Brisbane stage with a new theatrical adaptation.
![A teenage boy in red is seated a table with two chairs. Around him are four people seated on the edge of the rectangular platform while two other people are standing in the shadows.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/BELVOIR_CuriousIncidentDogNight_Production_0013691.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Belvoir St TheatreÂ
This stage adaptation of a bestselling book gets to the heart of a mystery.
![The musicians of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra arrayed on stage in a grand concert hall.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/MSO-Hamer-Hall-2022.jpg?w=310)
Managing Director leaves MSO: Peter Garrett to conduct independent external review
Sophie Galaise has left the MSO after the Orchestra’s musicians made a statement of 'no confidence' in senior management.
![In the middle of a swirling foggy dark stage with a bright spotlight behind two silhouetted figures stand. The monster creation is carrying Dr Frankenstein in his arms.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/4.-Frankenstein-ProdShots-2024-Jeremiah-Wray-Darcy-Brown-e1724645481134.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Frankenstein, Princess Theatre
Video screens and stage effects amplify Shelley's classic novel.
![A blonde woman in a red and white print dress and a white cardigan is standing with her head bent to one side and looking down.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Milk-and-Blood_photo-Sarah-Walker-04981.jpg?w=310)
Theatre review: Milk and Blood, fortyfivedownstairs
Two separate monologues explore themes of violence.
![A woman in a white dress flails in the arms of a man in a white shirt. Her arms are raised, her hair flying; we cannot see her face, although she is partially reflected in pane of glass behind her.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Performing-Arts-Season-2023-–-Cafe-Muller-©-Oliver-Look.-Image-courtesy-of-Berliner-Festspiele-e1724395247953.jpg?w=310)
Adelaide Festival announces first three shows for 2025
A Simon Stone-directed opera, a triple bill from Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal and ADT’s 60th anniversary production are the first…