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This week's arts news and trending topics
We report it – you read it. This week's top arts news stories.
![Pamela Rabe, will co-conceive and direct a new production of Beckett's 'Happy Days' with Nick Schlieper. A woman with black hair streaked with white is covered with bits of rubbish, cast offs of material and other detritus.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/06_Happy-Days_Pamela-Rabe_Rene-Vaile.jpg?w=310)
Kip Williams signs off as Artistic Director with STC 2025 season announcement
The STC's 2025 season features some Australian classics, returning and interstate hits, plus some intriguing debuts.
![A giant gibbon installation on top of the roof of Carriageworks.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Lisa-Roet-SkywalkerGibbon-Carriageworks.-Photo-by-Wes-Nel-Photography6-e1725414254109.jpg?w=310)
Skywalker Gibbon installation on the Carriageworks roof
A large-scale inflatable ape will be on show on as part of Sydney Contemporary.
![Sulari Gentill, Lucinda Gifford (F), Amy Doak, Alison Goodman, Christine Keighery, Monica Vuu, Andrew Harrison (representing Rebecca Hazel, Kelly Gardiner and Carmel Shute at Sisters in Crime's 24th Davitt Awards.A group of smiling women and one man hold books and prizes in front of a banner that reads Sisters In Crime.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/sisters-in-crime.jpg?w=310)
Opportunities and awards
This week's opportunities and awards include grants from Carclew, the winners of Sisters in Crime's 24th Davitt Awards and more.
![Anna Yen plays Mrs Chen in ‘AI May’, an elderly migrant mother grappling with grief in an increasingly lonely society. An elderly Asian woman wearing a sage coloured hoodie is holding a burning incense in her hands, she appears to be praying with her eyes closed.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Mother-and-Incense-e1724818190279.jpeg?w=310)
A diasporic theatrical take on AI, with an Asian immigrant mother in futuristic Brisbane
In a new bilingual theatre production, an immigrant mother seeks solace in a humanoid following the death of her daughter.
![Installation view of an exhibit at SA Museum. 2021 showing a cabinet of fossils in jars and a bark shield hanging in mid-air.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/Wonders_Exhibit_SA_Museum11-28_9-06-2021_2078.jpg?w=310)
Outcry over SA Museum restructure reveals systemic government funding cuts
An overwhelming public backlash to a proposed SA Museum restructure prompted the SA State Government to tell the Museum to…
![A render of Laak Boorndap, the new urban garden being built as part of the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Laak-Boorndap_garden-being-built-in-Melbourne-Arts-Precinct_Melbourne-Arts-Precinct-Transformation_Render-8_Supplied-by-MAP-Co-web.jpg?w=310)
New urban garden, Laak Boorndap, revealed for Melbourne Arts Precinct
Situated on an elevated deck, the 18,000 square metres of parkland will provide a quick, accessible and safe connection from…
![A carefully staged and rather camp photograph of two men dressed in white and lounging on a white couch. A statue of a golden lion sits beside one of the men, who are the stars of Sydney Festival's 'Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera'.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/SF_Siegfried__Roy_Hero-Image-by-@-Jacqui-Manning.jpg?w=310)
What happens in Vegas comes to Sydney Festival: Siegfried & Roy opera set for world premiere
A new chamber opera about Las Vegas magicians Siegfried and Roy has been announced as the centrepiece production of the…
![An illustration in pink and teal of a woman's hands holding a cup of coffee. An open book and a pencil lie nearby.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/Milena-Mazurek-from-Pixabay.jpg?w=310)
A Day in Carlton – new writers' festival in Melbourne's inner north
This November, bookmark Carlton not just for its pizza and gelato, but also for the mental nourishment of a writers'…
![The opening night of Hibberd's final play, 'Killing Time' at the Carlton Courthouse. L-R: John Timlin, Jim Daly, Jack Hibberd, Don Bridges, Evelyn Krape. Photo: Courtesy of Don Bridges.](https://www.artshub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/457061733_1212033913162820_554698131392335101_n_a52d64.jpg?w=310)
Vale Jack Hibberd – great Australian playwright and author of Dimboola
Jack Hibberd, the author of 'Dimboola' and one of Australia's best known and most prolific playwrights, has died.