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Following an exhaustive casting process by Tony Award-winning director Matthew Warchus, Ghost The Musical has announced a superb cast for its Australian premiere in Adelaide in January 2016.…
It's important in intimate cabaret to have a few runs on the board and a good backstory. Rhonda Burchmore has both in spades. She's done it all. One of Australia's most enduring entertainers…
The most difficult and awkward reviews to write are for those shows that leave you feeling that they haven't been able to realise their promise. Regrettably, technical difficulties in the fi…
Last week, The Experiment " of which I'm part " opened at the Melbourne Festival. The story of its creation began six years ago, and was guided by a series of serendipitous introductions. In…
For the nineteenth year, Sculpture by the Sea has returned to the spectacular Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk in the world's largest annual free-to-the-public outdoor sculpture exhibition. On…
One of Australia's most celebrated musicians, guitarist/composer James Muller teams up with Australia's leading jazz orchestra, the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra (JMO)Â for an exciting n…
Melbourne digital storyteller Dr Betty Sargeant has been awarded the 2015 Melbourne Knowledge Fellowship, further fuelling her innovative work in digital literacy and educational research. A…
Who is Damien Ricketson? I am a composer, Co-Artistic Director of the arts company Ensemble Offspring, Chair of Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium and father of two young girls. What w…
World-renowned British comic and novelist Julian Clary has been announced as the 2016 Adelaide Fringe Ambassador. Known for his signature high camp style, his outrageous outfits and uniqu…
An impressive line-up of Australian talent has been assembled for the new production of Fiddler on the Roof, opening at Melbourne's Princess Theatre from December 29th. Followed by a Sydney …
Theatre Works' Creative Producer and CEO Daniel Clarke will step down from the position after almost five years in the role in March 2016. Daniel will move to Arts Centre Melbourne as Progra…
Written and illustrated by UK artist Kit Williams, the iconic children's book Masquerade has been lovingly crafted into a play by award-Âwinning playwright and actor, Kate Mulvany at the …
In January 1978, after his third campaign for a position on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, forty seven year old camera salesman Harvey Milk made history by becoming the first openly g…
On display from 30 October, Sydney’s 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is pleased to present Future Archaeology a group exhibition featuring work by 6 dynamic Asian-Australian artis…
From 22 to 26 February 2016 all eyes will once again be firmly fixed on Brisbane as the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), the leading biennial industry event for contemporary perform…
At an exclusive Catholic boys school in Melbourne in 1976, an arty and flamboyant Tim Conigrave fell madly in love with John Caleo, the captain of the school's football team… the rest is h…
Brisbane's influence on the art of Charles Blackman, one of Australia's most important artists, will be explored in a new exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) from 7 November 2015.…
Who is Andy Harmsen? Playwright, sound designer, composer, writer. Co-runs a strange little theatre company called Sly Rat Theatre Company. What would you do differently to what you do now? …
Michael Dalley is bringing his hit show of the Adelaide and Melbourne Cabaret Festivals, Rituals of Art and Hatred to The Butterfly Club for a limited season from 27 October 2015. Over the l…
Star of Keating the Musical and seasoned cabaret performer, Mike McLeish has been announced as the new Artistic Director of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival. "I couldn’t be more excited …
La Boite holds a unique place in the hearts and minds of artists and audiences in Brisbane. For the past nine decades La Boite has represented the adventurous and alternative. There has alwa…
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre (CPAC) celebrates twenty-one years this month with an exhibition of 21 contemporary Australian artists – currently on display until 29 November 2015. R…
First presented at Ensemble Stages 2013 Spring Reading, Blood Bank by upcoming playwright Christopher Harley will now debut as part of Ensemble Theatre's main season from 21 October 2015. Mi…
