Monday, August 20, 2018
To celebrate and rediscover Melbourne’s contribution to fashion in the 1970s, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) presents an immersive Super 70s exhibition at the historic Rippon L…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 05:27AMNow celebrating its 40th year, Circus Oz is looking slicker and more polished than ever. Its trademark combination of high energy entertainment combined with political commentary remains in…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 04:16AMKnown as one of the Australia’s greatest painters, artist, Charles Blackman OBE has passed away. The Charles Blackman Foundation has released the following statement: It is with deep sadne…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 02:08AMExpressions Dance Company’s (EDC) Artistic Director, Natalie Weir, has decided to step down from the role after a successful decade leading the Brisbane-based contemporary dance company. …
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 12:37AMSaturday, August 18, 2018
Who is Catherine Alcorn? Besotted mum to our one year old, Jackson, a singer, actor and producer. What would you do differently to what you do now? Anything that helps others, really. I’d …
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 05:53AMBig, bold, brash and brassy, this exuberant re-imagining of the 1950’s cult film, which starred Doris Day as Calamity Jane, hits the bull’s eye in every department. The deceptively rough…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 05:23AMAn imagined exorcism interrogating an iconic Yiddish story through a feminist lens, Chamber Made presents the premiere of Dybbuks at Theatre Works for a limited season until 26 August 2018. …
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 04:56AMThe extraordinary story of the 20th century’s most recognisable building, with new insights into the people involved and the controversy that surrounded its construction. The best-love…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 04:28AMQuantum Leap, the performing section of QL2 Dance, celebrated its 20th year, with an impressive program of new and revisited works. Three of the works were remounts from previous programs, …
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 02:59AMMinister for the Arts and Community Events, Gordon Ramsay MLA has announced the establishment of the Minister’s Creative Council (MCC), an advisory body to inform ACT Government arts polic…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 12:49AMFriday, August 17, 2018
Opera Australia has announced their 2019 Melbourne program, promising a truly spectacular season with five new productions, including one Australian premiere, and featuring some of the world…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 02:15AMRun by the community, for the community, The Gympie Music Muster, which kicks off next week, is a not-for-profit charity event which has raised in excess of $15 Million for charities Austral…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 12:56AMThursday, August 16, 2018
Bendigo’s impressive architecture is set to open its doors for public viewing on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th October as Open House Melbourne has partnered with the City of Greater Bendig…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 08:47PMOpera Australia and Arts Centre Melbourne have announced thirty of Dame Joan Sutherland’s most iconic costumes will be donated to the Australian Performing Arts Collection. Speaking at the…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 07:04AMAfter seven years at the helm of Chunky Move, Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk has announced her decision to step down. Chunky Move Chair Leigh O’Neill thanked Ms van Dijk and acknowledged…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 06:18AMWho is Ameera Conrad? A loudmouth Muslim theatre-maker with too much time to tweet, and not enough time to sleep. What would you do differently to what you do now? I always thought I’d mak…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 02:00AMWednesday, August 15, 2018
Who is Simon Abrahams? I am the Creative Director and CEO at Melbourne Fringe – Melbourne’s festival of independent art. I’m also the an arts advocate, performer and cultural consultan…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 06:44PMThe winter night skies will shine with a spectacular world of light and colour in immersive outdoor installations in Malvern East’s beautifully historic Central Park. Returning for a fift…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 06:44PMOver the next ten days, 30 Australian playwrights will have new work showcased in the brand-new Storytellers Festival, curated by Festival Director and playwright Joanna Erskine, in associat…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 06:43PMWho is Vaishnavi Suryaprakash? Someone who tries to keep her left brain and right brain engaged. What would you do differently to what you do now? Be more vocal about the things I feel stron…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 05:53AMSeven new artist commissions have been announced for the 2018 iteration of Melbourne Art Trams, which will see eight trams transformed into public artworks as part of the visual arts program…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 05:20AMThe Last Post: a ceremony of love, loss and remembrance at the Australian War Memorial tells the story of the Last Post Ceremony, a moving daily event dedicated to recounting the life of an…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 04:28AMAcclaimed Australian actor Colin Friels will star in British playwright Justin Butcher’s brilliant one-man play Scaramouche Jones in the Fairfax Studio at Arts Centre Melbourne for a limit…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 02:00AMTuesday, August 14, 2018
Robina Beard OAM, Chair of the Australian Dance Awards (ADA) committee has announced the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Athol Willoughby OAM in recognition of his excep…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 11:45PMFollowing the critical success of its 2016 Australian premiere at Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival, Lab Kelpie’s urgent and arresting theatre piece Elegy by Douglas Rintoul will be performe…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 05:00AMWho is Michael Lindner? Michael Lindner is a cute pie and a great dancer (according to his partner Greg!). According to me, I’m a very lucky mid 40s guy who gets to spend his working …
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 04:27AMAustralia’s premier circus arts organisation, the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA), will undertake a nationwide audition roadshow in search of Australia’s future circus stars thi…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 03:16AMLeading strategist and corporate consultant Tim Orton has been announced as the incoming Chair of the Melbourne International Arts Festival Board. Minister for Creative Industries Martin Fol…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 02:15AMMillions of visitors from around the world will be farewelled by a striking work of contemporary art by Kamilaroi artist Archie Moore’s as they depart Australia. Moore’s United Neytion…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 01:48AMMonday, August 13, 2018
Australia’s leading annual architecture commission and cultural laboratory, MPavilion, has been extended a further two seasons to 2020/21 and 2021/22. The extension, announced in partnersh…
Linked From artsreview.com.au at 11:34PMIn his recent book, A Coveted Possession: The Rise and Fall of the Piano in Australia, Michael Atherton traces the history of the piano in Australia. The book’s cover seems almost intent o…
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