7,123 stories by "Arts Review"
Sport For Jove is remounting its hugely successful production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew on the great Hollywood soundstage of the silent film era, in the York Theatre at the Se…
After more than 40 years, Come Out Children's Festival has a new name – dreamBIG Children's Festival. Hundreds of children and teachers across South Australia voted in the Come O…
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced $11.2 million of investment in Australian arts through its February grants round. Australia Council Chief Executive Officer Tony Grybowski sa…
A fusion of burlesque, theatre and multimedia about finding the skin that fits, Mikey J White presents SXIINS (Twelve Skins) at Hares & Hyenas for 2 performances on 19 & 20 May 2016.…
Regional Arts Victoria has welcomed support in the vicinity of $500,000 from the Australian Government's Catalyst program to fund its Arts and Education Access Program. The Arts and…
Put on your dancing shoes, your best outfit and hit the dance floor as Darebin Arts present The Inaugural Annual Dance Affair at St. Gabriel's Hall in Reservoir from 11 May 2016. Part …
Mindful that one of his performances at Teatro Vivaldi's would be on Mother's Day, Michael Cormick took advantage of the intimate ambiance of Vivaldi's to prepare a program of love songs mor…
Set to be the most subversively funny show of this year, cult teen comedy Heathers the Musical will rule the corridors of Arts Centre Melbourne in May, before returning to Sydney…
Who is Barbara Lowing? A woman who grew up on a farm, and was weaned on a diet of The Goon Show, Joyce Grenfell and Anna Russell. My parents loved to laugh. I became an actor because there w…
Direct from sold-out seasons in New Zealand, the award-winning cabaret Daffodils, a bittersweet love story set to a live indie-rock soundtrack of New Zealand's greatest hits, will play se…
Drawing from its extensive collection of Australian contemporary art, Artbank presents its latest exhibition, The Waiting Room – collected works that are often encountered in wai…
Next Wave Festival is Australia's biennial festival of the new generation in art, with the 2016 event featuring some of the most intelligent, powerful and thought provoking emerging artists …
Painting a picture of paradise, of golden sands and colourful silks, Opera Australia’s new production of The Pearlfishers at Arts Centre Melbourne offers audiences a chance to hear …
The power of transformation through fashion will transcend the silver screen to the National Trust's Rippon Lea Estate, as costumes from the box office hit film, The Dressmaker are displayed…
First an iconic novel by Tim Winton, then a play, followed by a critically acclaimed miniseries, now Cloudstreet will receive the operatic treatment it so deserves, in a world premiere se…
Big Ted, Little Ted, Humpty and Jemima are all visiting Canberra as part of a new National Museum of Australia (NMA) exhibition commemorating the 50th birthday of the much-loved Australian t…
Who is Jayde Westaby? A performer, mummy, partner, friend, daughter, sister. I’m fiercely passionate about what I do and feel very lucky to sing, dance and act. I’m very proud of…
Belvoir has announced that playwright and actor Kate Mulvany will present the Philip Parsons Memorial Lecture on Monday 16 May 2016. Mulvany is worried about the future for playwrights. &…
Cabaret gives performers license to tell personal stories. This is certainly the case for Daniel Tobias in his much-toured solo show The Orchid and the Crow. This 2015 Green Room Award winne…
The Adelaide Festival of Arts has announced the appointment of Sandy Verschoor as its new Chief Executive. A highly respected administrator and member of the arts community, Sandy is curr…
A powerful family drama from Australia's master playwright Andrew Bovell, Things I Know To Be True will receive its world premiere at the Dunstan Playhouse on Tuesday 17 May 2016. The …
Promoting action on climate change, the streets of Melbourne are now plastered with 500 new posters as part of the 2016 CLIMARTE Poster Project. The posters can be found at many locati…
Acclaimed Australian artist Tamara Dean has partnered with art membership group, Contemporaries to present a one night only exhibition, About Face: Are you a boy or a girl? – her ne…
A musical song cycle inspired by the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens will be presented at Chapel Off Chapel for a limited season from 11 …
Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Brett Sheehy AO has announced that Sarah Goodes and Dean Bryant will join the MTC artistic team as Associate Directors in 2017. “We're thril…
