7,123 stories by "Arts Review"
In 2007 there were 21 federally funded youth arts companies across Australia by 2014 there were 14 In 2016 there will be 4. This alarming decrease in numbers is not due to a sudden lack of i…
White Night Melbourne – Australia's only all night celebration of culture and creativity and a genuine urban adventure returns for the fourth year for one night only on Saturday 20 Feb…
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced that artist Tracey Moffatt has been selected to represent Australia at the 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale 2017. Venice Bi…
Join Ratty, Mole, Badger, Otter, Portly and, of course, Mr Toad, as they return to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and Sydney this summer, bringing to life Kenneth Grahame’s immor…
If laughter is indeed the best medicine, The Good Doctor is the cure-all pill. Directed by Sandra Bates in her final production as Artistic Director, enjoy a night out with this Broadway …
One of Cirque du Soleil's earliest shows, Quidam premiered in Quebec in April 1996. After nearly 20 years touring the world, it commenced its final Australian tour in the AIS stadium in Canb…
Who is Matthew Bate? Born North England. Now Australian. Filmmaker. Reformed raver. What would you do differently to what you do now? I'm unqualified for anything else. Who inspires you and …
Named one of the most fun people in show business by Time Magazine, Olivier and Tony-Award winning actor, singer and author Alan Cumming brings his raucous one-man show Alan Cumming Sings Sa…
The Art Gallery of South Australia has secured $1 million of funding over the next three years to further develop its children's programs, including the creation of a program for 13 to 17-ye…
Soothplayers are proud to bring Completely Improvised Shakespeare to The Butterfly Club stage this Christmas season. Using nothing but their wits, wills, and a title provided by the…
Who is Olivia Porter? I’m one of the 12 performers in the Circus Oz show But Wait…There's More. I’m the biggest idiot on the stage amongst all the amazing acrobats and aerialis…
Get your funny on in the gardens this Summer, as the Australian Shakespeare Company presents the hilarious Shakespeare’s Best Bits at Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens from 18 De…
Cirque du Soleil has returned to Australia with one of the company's most loved, classic shows, Quidam. Currently playing in Canberra until 20 December 2015, the arena tour then travel…
Adelaide has turned up its reputation as a vibrant musical mecca, with the South Australian capital officially named a UNESCO City of Music in Paris. The announcement sees Adelaide join citi…
The National Gallery of Victoria's summer exhibition, Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei spreads across the entire ground floor of the NGV International with a series of challenging and at times confro…
Australia's top film and television talent came together on Wednesday evening to honour Australia's best screen achievements of 2015 at the 5th AACTA Awards Ceremony held at The Star Even…
Who is Phillip Lowe? Phillip Lowe. Pisces. The son of an oyster farmer. Sociable introvert and lover of nature. What would you do differently to what you do now? Â Â In terms of career?…
Commissioned by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for the exhibition Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, which has just opened to the public, artist Ai Weiwei has announced he will gift his m…
The bedroom farce isn't a type of theatre seen much in the inner city nowadays. If they are as unsophisticated as Affair Play, that could explain it. The summary seemed to have promise: "A s…
The Australia Council for the Arts has announced $10.4 million of investment in Australian arts through its September grants round. Australia Council Chief Executive Officer Tony Grybowski s…
Bushrangers, oddities, true crime and scandal come together in a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery featuring a modern day cabinet of curiosities in Sideshow Alley: infamy, t…
Who is Heather Croall? A mum, an international Festival Director and filmmaker who has returned to South Australia after a decade of running festivals in the UK to take up the role of runnin…
Arts Centre Melbourne is inviting movers and shakers of all ages and dance abilities the chance to trip the light fantastic on a state-of-the-art Dance Floor installation created by innovati…
Featuring some of the most iconic portraits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Uncommon Australians: The vision of Gordon and Marilyn Darling explores the faces that have…
Minister for Creative Industries Martin Foley has kicked off a summer of diverse reading, announcing the 21 works that have been shortlisted for the 2016 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.…
