New seating, lifts, accessible amenities and upgrades to sound, lighting and climate control systems ready the State Theatre for decades to come.

Improved leave provisions, stronger job security measures and enhanced fatigue management part of a hard-fought package.

Arts Centre Melbourne reopens the Ian Potter State Theatre this month. It’s just one of a number of new and revitalised venues around the country.

The 24-hour protected industrial action to affect venue operations, including Friday night’s scheduled concert by US singer Macy Gray.

In subsidised cultural institutions, explains Izabella Nantsou, wage negotiations are often inseparable from questions of government support.

A Kiwi company explores heartbreak through a quirky, clever patchwork of drama, wry humour, music and science.

Treasurer Jaclyn Symes' budget puts "$217 million to back in the arts and cultural institutions that make Victoria great".

A “pocket-sized” production that began its life in a backroom of an actual bookstore continues to delight theatregoers around the globe.

The ink is drying on a contract which will see a brand-new 2,000-seat theatre built in the nation's capital to host musicals, opera, ballet and international acts.

The editors of Limelight share their selection of the most exciting classical music, opera and theatre events coming soon.

Sarah Kriegler and Jacob Williams to unpack the Australian Performing Arts Collection's puppets and tell their stories.

Treasurer Jaclyn Symes spruiks a $600m surplus and major investment in Victoria's cultural institutions. But thousands of public sector jobs to go.