Two composers announced as UKARIA’s latest residents
Paul Castles and Fiona Hill will develop new works as the latest recipients of residencies offered by the Australia Council in partnership with the UKARIA Culture Centre.
August 23, 2021
CinefestOZ, Western Australia’s biggest little film festival
Despite COVID chaos, CinefestOZ is scheduled to go ahead amongst some of Western Australia's most beautiful backdrops.
August 17, 2021
Wotan’s Aussie daughter is the subject of exciting new documentary
A major new film explores the triumphs and the tragedy of Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence.
August 13, 2021
Review: Puccini: La Bohème (Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Emmanuel Villaume)
A first-class reading will have you falling in love with Bohème all over again.
August 13, 2021
On Screen: streaming and free-to-air from August 2021
Lynden Barber surveys a trio of female-led stories in long-form television, both streaming and free-to-air.
August 11, 2021
OzAsia Festival launches 2021 program
Programmed by Artistic Director Annette Shun Wah, OzAsia Festival 2021 features 300 artists including musicians Belle Chen and Mindy Meng Wang, writer Benjamin Law, and dancer Raghav Handa.
August 3, 2021
Review: La Traviata (Opera di Roma, Mario Martone)
Opera di Roma’s riveting, genre-defying production is made for this age and is one for the ages
July 26, 2021
On Screen: streaming and free-to-air teleseries from July 2021
Lynden Barber surveys British heritage TV and the continuing fascination with the world of Jane Austen.
July 21, 2021
Melbourne International Film Festival poised to adapt to whatever comes
The program for this year's MIFF has been curated with compassion, ambition, sensitivity and range, and will be presented in a new model, both in cinemas (COVID permitting) and online.
July 19, 2021
Vic Government announces four-year creative industries strategy
Creative State 2025 aims to grow and strengthen a diverse and innovative arts industry for Victoria.
July 13, 2021
Australia Council releases digital audience engagement report
The Australia Council report, In Real Life: Mapping digital cultural engagement in the first decades of the 21st century, looks at how audiences have adapted to digital performance platforms.
July 6, 2021
River Deep, Mountain High
How the Australian Chamber Orchestra went with the flow for its latest film project.
June 28, 2021
Review: Buckley’s Chance (Tim Brown)
This outback family adventure story turns the Crocodile Dundee fish-out-of-water story inside out.
June 28, 2021