Covid-19
Live Performance Support Program opens round 2 for VIC artists
Presenters can apply for up to $7,000 for one event, and suppliers (including performers and crew) between $200 – $500.
‘The future is still talking to us’: Building resilience for artists in crisis
The Street Theatre announces upcoming online modules to help artists restore, reframe and replenish through the dark times.
Creative homeschooling: A go to list when the lesson plans fail
ArtsHub has put together this ‘easy go to emergency kit’ of creative and educational activities that might help alleviate some…
Rebuilding the performing arts: an economist weighs in
One of Australia's best economics brains looks at the good and bad news for the arts as a keynote at…
It’s OK if you have a little cry in lockdown. You’re grieving
Neeraja Sanmuhanathan writes about disenfranchised grief, described as a loss not 'openly acknowledged, socially validated, or publicly mourned'.
No vax, no entry for galleries in the future?
As venue vaccination passports become mandatory in New York, will Australian galleries and museums follow in future?
How an Australian company toured Europe mid-pandemic (plus Tubular Bells!)
Yaron Lifschitz reflects on the challenges of mounting three new works in Europe while half of Australia was in lockdown.
No laughing matter: how comedians are coping with lockdown
More than any other art form, comedians create a feedback loop with their audience. So what happens when it’s impossible…
Federal Government injects further $35M; Support Act relief extended to all performing arts
Additional funding for Support Act and the Sustainability Fund hopes to keep the live performance sector afloat.
New video launched to support actors’ mental health
Increasingly concerned for actors’ wellbeing, the Casting Guild of Australia is encouraging industry members to seek help when they need…