Together, Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood are the vocal talents behind Mother's Ruin: A Cabaret about Gin. They've distilled the turbulent history of this spirit into an intoxicating libation o…
A Class Act at the 2016 Melbourne Cabaret Fringe didn't quite live up to its title. Vocalist and songwriter Ilana Charnelle, with musical director and accompanist Ned Dixon, are a couple …
Now in its 22nd year, the Lismore Lantern Parade is an annual community arts festival held on or around the longest night of the year, the Winter Solstice. Attracting in excess of 30,000 peo…
A chilling tale of mystery, redemption and reconciliation, Downriver is the haunting and confronting debut feature from writer/director Grant Scicluna – a new voice in modern Aus…
It's every father's worst nightmare. Wednesday Addams, his Princess of Darkness, has fallen head over heels in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family. Can Gomez keep the Addam…
The Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) and the Australia Council have announced the recipients of six grants totaling $75,000 offered under a joint initiative between the t…
Who is Liam Dodds? Hi my name is Liam, I'm 20 years old and I am from the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Before moving to Ballarat in 2014, I lived at home with my parents and older bro…
The City of Sydney is inviting established and amateur photographers around Australia to take part in one of the country's biggest photography competitions. Australian Life showcases images …
Suppose you and some friends wanted to put the best film songs from Hollywood's golden age and beyond into a 60-minute show. Imagine the arguments – how could you even start? Just as w…
The passion, heat and danger of Bizet’s Carmen will be brought to dazzling heights in John Bell's new production, currently playing at the Sydney Opera House. Tackling the gritty ta…
Who is Catherine McClements? Too opinionated, and a little bit too talkative. What would you do differently to what you do now? Poo more!!!! (from my nine year old son) Who inspires you and …
Brooklyn native Amy G (Amy Gordon) has some issues. She feels she doesn't meet the stereotypical standards of how a woman should look. She also had anxiety about being a performer because be…
An unmissable musical revue featuring some of the most acclaimed songs from Matthew Lee Robinson, Flourish Productions presents the Australian premiere of Sing On Through Tomorrow a…
Unlocking a convict history, beastly fairytales and the seductive Australian bush will be explored in Reckless Romantics – a new exhibition by Jo Darvall at Sagra Gallery from 18 Ju…
Who is Nic Green? A Scottish-based artist. Often I get assumed as male because of my name (and maybe my moustache), but I identify as female. What would you do differently to what you do now…
Following its sell-out Australian premiere at Sydney Theatre Company (STC), Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Disgraced will be brought to the stages of Parramatta’s Rivers…
Bringing together leading Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists to re-evaluate the history of colonisation and its impact on Indigenous Australians, Re-visioning Histories open…
A new music and arts festival – The Lost Lands – is set to inspire kids and adults in equal measure, boasting shared experiences for creatives, music-lovers and the adventurou…
Earlier this week, myself and a number of arts industry colleagues questioned whether it was appropriate to develop and present a play ‘inspired’ by the December 2014 Lindt Cafe …
The only awards in Australia to acknowledge excellence specifically for jazz performance, creativity and presentation, the 2016 Australian Jazz Bell Awards will be presented at Melbourne&…
A creative motivator and provocateur who initiates social change through large-scale participatory arts projects, Dr Donna Jackson will launch her new book:Â Art and Social Change "Â Dus…
Melbourne based composer and freelance musician Allison Wright presents an evening of chamber music inspired by the sound of the emerging contemporary classical music scene in New York, a…
Actor, singer and writer Ursula Yovich has been announced as the winner of The Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright's Award 2016 at an event at the Belvoir St Theatre on Tuesday 14 J…
Who is Rob Tannion? I am the new Artistic Director of Circus Oz in Melbourne. Past lives include choreographer, fight director, dancer, cow farmer, bartender, ceramic tiling. I left Brisbane…
Now in its 7th year, the 2016 Melbourne Cabaret Festival kicks off tonight with over 40 shows from around the country and overseas in the newly centralised festival hub in Prahran, while …