Australia

Opportunities and awards
Major commissions seeking EOIs, plus winners of 2023 FRINGE WORLD Awards, and more!

Building queer crip spaces from the ground up
A new lifesaving club will be popping up in Melbourne’s north-east, open to both physical and digital engagements – hint,…

How many teenagers are seeing theatre right now?
They are the core arts audiences of the future. But how many teenagers are attending theatre right now?

Significant object heads home to Tasmania after 230 years
After a 230-year absence, a rikawa has returned to Tasmania for an exhibition with deep cultural significance.

Exhibition review: Andrew Gall, Webb Gallery, Queensland
Shell necklaces tell Indigenous stories of identity and culture.

Book review: Shirley, Ronnie Scott
An opaque book that navigates the liminal spaces between relationships.

Musical review: The Rocky Horror Show, Theatre Royal
Fifty years on, the cult musical still provokes joy in its celebration of transgressive freedom.

Theatre review: The Director, reUnion district, Launceston
The Director merges the realms of theatre and funeral directing, alongside the tragic and the comic.

How funding woes inspired a new home for live art
Launceston’s Assembly 197 is a new approach to art-making that celebrates the spirit of community and collaboration.

Dance review: Body Body Commodity, Earls Arts Centre, Launceston
The lines between object, body and product blur as five female performers animate and interact with a mass of pastel…