New CEO for Live Performance Australia
Former PayPal Australia CEO Eric Lassen "delighted" to helm Australia's premiere live performance organisation.
December 6, 2024
Live performance attendance hits new high
Record attendance and revenue in 2023 offset by significantly rising costs, according to fresh Live Performance Australia data.
October 14, 2024
Call for live theatre tax incentive to boost Australia’s creative economy
A 40 percent tax offset, industry figures argue, could create over 4,000 new jobs and inject nearly half a billion dollars into the economy.
August 22, 2024
Comings and Goings: July 2024
The latest arts appointments and departures.
June 24, 2024
LPA calls for theatre industry tax relief
Live Performance Australia pushes for UK-style tax relief scheme for local theatre producers to help stimulate sector investment and jobs.
March 5, 2024
Budget 2022-23: disappointing for the arts
The modest, restrained budget has few initiatives for the arts and entertainment industry, though this was foreshadowed, with future arts funding to be laid out in the forthcoming Cultural Policy.
October 26, 2022
Budget 2022: Arts left reeling as funding slashed
Industry researchers say 2022 Budget ends COVID support far too early, as an especially dire picture emerges for film and television and for regional arts.
March 30, 2022
The arts holds its breath as Omicron surges
Arts events planned for January face an uncertain Christmas with NSW reporting record COVID case numbers.
December 17, 2021
Four 2020 Helpmann Industry Achievement Awards announced
Deborah Cheetham and David McAllister will both receive a 2020 JC Williamson Award today, while Jill Smith and Ann Tonks share the Sue Nattrass Award.
May 5, 2021
Academics call for urgent government support for the arts
Over 100 academics have sent an open letter to the Federal Government saying that Australia's cultural future is at stake and calling for urgent support.
March 25, 2020