Performing Arts
Music review: Kirill Gerstein, Melbourne Recital Centre
Kirill Gerstein’s performance showcases a mastery of musical expression made seemingly effortless.
Performance review: 8/8/8: REST, RISING Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne
An eight-hour performance about rest and sleep performed in ungodly hours but tangled in its own bureaucracy.
Performance review: POV, Belvoir St Theatre
Two child actors and 36 unrehearsed adult actors participate in an engrossing mash-up of stage and screen techniques.
Music review: Fever Ray and Mo'Ju, RISING Festival, Hamer Hall
Cult act Fever Ray returns triumphantly to Australia.
Questions raised over ‘Simpler. Fairer. Faster.’ arts funding model
Create NSW has announced a new approach to its arts funding model, but first reactions say it favours competitiveness over…
The Burner effect, part one – Nevada murals
The Nevada Free Range Art Highway, where civic walls are bright with murals and out-door museums are the norm, is…
Circus artists latest to be caught up in changing insurance market
Rising insurance costs are hitting some parts of the sector hard. Among the worst affected are independent circus artists, whose…
Opportunities and awards
Entries open for photographic and writer's awards, new commissions, First Nations recording grants, and more!
A new era for regional Queensland arts
A diverse group of bodies, old and new, are committed to providing opportunities for regional artists over the long-term.
Theatre review: The Gospel According to Paul, Sydney Opera House
Jonathan Biggins returns for another season in office as our former Prime Minister.