Performing Arts
This week's arts news and trending topics
This week's top arts news stories and most read reviews.
Ability Fest returns and expands to Queensland
The music festival with inclusion baked into its DNA returns this October.
Theatre review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Comedy Theatre
Edward Albee's excoriating exploration of an embattled marriage returns for a modern spin.
Melt gets heated for Halloween with wicked drag
Brisbane’s 2024 Melt festival is gearing up with further program announcements including a ‘Wicked’-inspired Halloween ball.
New one-stop platform to help locate live gigs anytime
Live Music Locator is a free to use platform that aims to tackle discoverability issues for small to medium music…
Queering the Collection through pride and prejudice
A new audio series produced by Arts Centre Melbourne features queer artistic icons alongside archival items significant to the LGBTQIA+…
Opportunities and awards
Music Victoria Awards open for nominations, ATYP casting, plus winners of ceramic prize, and more!
Circus review: The Great Moscow Circus, JÂ L Murphy Reserve, Port Melbourne
The Great Moscow Circus is a great family outing this school holidays.
Music review: Rachmaninov: The Symphonies, Adelaide Town Hall
A dazzling display of virtuosic musicianship with the ASO and conductor Andrew Litton.
Theatre review: Recollection, fortyfivedownstairs
How do you capture and preserve the smell of someone once they are gone?