Performing Arts
Performance review: The 2024 Variety Gala, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Festival Theatre
A charcuterie plate of cabaret excellence!
Dance review: Coppélia, QPAC
A charming and imaginative production of 'Coppélia' presented in a welcomed revival by Queensland Ballet.
Dance review: Nocturnal, Subiaco Arts Centre
Four performers plumb the depths of mind and body through states of darkness in this contemporary dance work.
Music review: Day Tripper, RISING Festival, Melbourne Town Hall
It’s rare for a festival to have both strong acts and organisation, 'Day Tripper' ticks all the boxes.
Appalling lack of King's Birthday Honours for the arts
Where are the artists? ArtsHub takes a look at this year's King's List Honours to gauge how the arts were…
Richard Watts receives Medal of the Order of Australia
ArtsHub’s esteemed Performing Arts Editor is recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours List for his services to the arts and…
The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis
It’s time we stopped framing the arts as a luxury instead of a human right threatened by the cost of living…
Dance review: Arkadia, RISING Festival, The Substation
An imaginative dance opera by choreographer Melanie Lane.
Theatre review: The Audition, Bunjil Place
Finely-crafted theatre laying bare the lived experience of refugees and asylum seekers.
Concert review: Sky Ferreira, RISING Festival, The Forum
US alt-pop singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira appeared too cool for her own good at her only RISING performance.