A Max Gillies masterclass, an operatic Neil LaBute play, a chamber music festival, and more. 2025 is nothing if not varied at fortyfivedownstairs.

Twelve arts companies "seeking stability" to benefit from additional funding; St Martin's Youth Arts, Slingsby and La Mama among the recipients.

Van Diemen's Band takes delivery of a $50,000 addition to its baroque instrument library.

Cassie To, Callum O’Reilly, Oliver John Cameron and Alexandra Mison to undertake a composition intensive and write a new work for Omega Ensemble.

Dancer, artist, writer and a convention-defying inspiration, Eileen Kramer has died aged 110.

It’s time to vote for the Australian and international artists you’d most like to see honoured in this year’s Limelight Awards.

Iestyn Davies to star as Orpheus alongside Australian soprano Samantha Clarke in one of the key productions of the 2025 festival.

Devotional songs, Estonian chant and the "edgy modernism of Irish music" in the mix to be delivered by The Song Company in 2025.

Sonia Anfiloff succeeds Peter Coleman-Wright, who launched and helmed the Canberra-based company from 2020.

Puccini, Verdi, Gilbert & Sullivan and a "secret" production slated for WA Opera's 2025 Season.

AWO to reunite in Melbourne and Sydney for history-making performances of two of Mahler's monumental symphonies.

Anna Reece's first Perth Festival promises to light up the sky and fire up the city's old power station in a host of new ways.