This week’s arts news and trending topics

Our regular Friday round-up of the week’s most read arts news, reviews and features, so you can catch up on what you missed.

From ticket sales during the cost of living crises to funding woes and new theatre initiatives, here’s our regular Friday wrap of the week’s most-read stories.

Why did this multi-arts organisation lose its federal arts funding?
Brisbane staple Metro Arts was unsuccessful in securing four-year funding from Creative Australia, impacting the lives of many artists.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts