Brian Nebenzahl, the founder of Playbill, which publishes programs and organises merchandise for the performing arts in Australia and internationally, has died aged 86.

After cancelling two new productions, Cyrano and Sunday, Melbourne Theatre Company will receive $5 million from the Federal Government's COVID-19 Arts Sustainability Fund.

Young Australian ballet dancers Milei Lee and Amelia Soh have won a silver and bronze medal respectively at the Royal Academy of Dance's prestigious competition The Fonteyn.

A new partnership will see Queensland Ballet present two seasons at HOTA in 2022. The company will also build a new Production Centre at Yatala.

Barrie Kosky returns to the Adelaide Festival with his third operatic production, Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cockerel.

Based in Europe, Australian soprano Alexandra Flood is back home for a few months and discusses her career, quarantine at Howard Springs, forthcoming gigs and making the most of it during COVID.

Three Melbourne-based artists have launched a petition calling for the arts to be included in our daily news services in a similar way to sport.

Deborah Cheetham, Celia Craig, Elena Kats-Chernin, Genevieve Lacey and Katie Noonan are among the finalists announced for the Australian Women in Music Awards.

Three of the four finalists for this year's Freedman Jazz Fellowship are women, while the styles of all four are markedly different – which is a boon for Australian jazz.

Simone Young and Dr Carolyn Watson are among the finalists in this year's Advance Awards, which recognise Australians making an impact on the global stage.

HOTA, Home of the Arts has opened applications for ArtKeeper, a program to support local Gold Coast artists during COVID by putting them on the payroll to create work.

A new independent touring organisation called Music In The Regions, chaired by Naseema Sparks, has been established to oversee tours by NSW musicians to regional centres not usually visited by classical ensembles.