A round-up of our recent news reports.

This month’s performance highlights from ABC Classic, independent radio and streaming.

The latest arts appointments and departures.

You might think that the Albanese government would offer less meat for the Wharf Revue team to sink its teeth into, but this latest iteration is among its sharpest and funniest.

Chloe Munro, the former Chair of Lucy Guerin Inc, who died in June 2021, has left the Melbourne-based dance company a major bequest, with a large part of it going to independent dance artists.

Paul Dean and Elliott Gyger have taken home this year's Paul Lowin Prizes, presented at a ceremony that also included the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.

This month's features explore the magical appeal of A Christmas Carol, the challenges facing our cultural sector and why soprano Siobhan Stagg is in such demand. We also reveal the 2022 Limelight Artists of the Year.

The Sydney-based artist, who won the 2001 Archibald Prize with a portrait of John Bell as King Lear, and sketched many STC productions, has died from cancer, aged 66.

In his latest choral work, Christopher Bowen has drawn on Keating's famous Redfern Speech. He tells us why, and about the feedback he got from Daniel Barenboim.

This new musical, based on Shakespeare's Dream, is proof that Laura Murphy is a bit of a genius at writing musicals, even though the second act could do with more dramaturgy.

With its Noongar theme of Djinda (stars), this year's program will look to the cosmos. Artists include the Kronos Quartet with Maatakitj, Björk and a sneak-peek at Richard Mills' new opera about Galileo.

Frances Rings will choreograph a deeply personal, full-length work for her inaugural season as Artistic Director of Bangarra.