The Arts Minister discusses developing a cultural policy, an insurance scheme, local content quotas, support of the commercial sector and the role of the Australia Council, but remains tight-lipped on funding levels.
June 30, 2022
The Festival of Voices is back. Graham Abbott discusses one of the program highlights: Handel’s four Coronation Anthems.
June 10, 2022
International acts return for the first time in two years, alongside 20 world premieres, with more than half of the 500-odd performances offered free of charge.
May 31, 2022
The pianist talks about her remarkable career, from child prodigy to her years in New York, and moving back to Sydney.
May 25, 2022
Forging his own unique sound, didgeridoo virtuoso and composer William Barton has introduced a refreshing new voice to Australian classical music.
May 23, 2022
The MSO surplus for 2021 is healthier than in 2020, but that is thanks in large part to federal and state COVID support and philanthropy.
May 6, 2022
Julian Meyrick explores the relationship between our national drama and our national life in his new book, and wishes more politicians, political economists and political journalists went to the theatre.
April 26, 2022
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 illustrator, composer and author talks about using his art and music to overcome his bipolar diagnosis.
March 17, 2022
Act 2 features Richard Roxburgh as Prospero in The Tempest, Meyne Wyatt’s City of Gold, and the premiere of five new plays by Australian playwrights.
February 17, 2022
Director Simon Phillips and actors David Campbell and Amber McMahon discuss the hugely successful stage adaptation of Hitchcock's spy thriller as it arrives in Sydney.
February 16, 2022
When Aaron Wyatt steps on stage tonight to conduct Deborah Cheetham's Long Time Living Here for the MSO, he will be the first Indigenous person to conduct one of Australia's state orchestras.
February 9, 2022