The arts on a cliff edge
The termination of the JobKeeper supplement at the end of this month could be disastrous for the arts.
The termination of the JobKeeper supplement at the end of this month could be disastrous for the arts.
With live music operating at under four percent of pre-COVID levels, more than 3,500 music industry artists, workers, venues and businesses have signed an Open Letter to the Australian Government calling for JobKeeper to be extended.
Insisting he has “no unhappiness with Opera Australia”, Jeffes says the “extraordinarily difficult decision” to resign as CEO is very much “a personal decision”.
Ahead of his Australian debut as Oberon at the Adelaide Festival, the Brooklyn-born countertenor talks to Limelight about faith, politics, and how a raffle ticket changed his life.
The Darlo's 2021 program includes A Chorus Line, the return of the musical Once, and jasmine lee-jones's coruscating 2019 play seven methods of killing kylie jenner.
The opera company has introduced rapid antigen testing in order to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus between performers and staff.
Opening events due to take place this Friday are being rescheduled because of the five-day COVID-19 lockdown in WA.
Ahead of her first performance in 11 months, the New York-based pianist talks to Limelight about the allure of Philip Glass's music, which she will perform at the Sydney Opera House's Bennelong restaurant.
Artistic Director Linda Thompson tells us about the renamed Gertrude Opera’s pandemic experience, plans for the future and upcoming performance of David Lang’s chamber opera at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
Run by Moogahlin Performing Arts, this year's festival will develop six new works by First Nations storytellers, four of which will be performed live this weekend as part of Sydney Festival.
The groups are just two of the recipients of Create NSW’s Play the City initiative, which is helping artists put on COVID-Safe concerts in the centre of Sydney.
Australian director Elijah Moshinsky, who had a distinguished career in opera, has died in London at the age of 75 after contracting COVID-19.
Co-director Chris Howlett gives us a taste of what’s on offer in the festival’s second year.