Steve Dow is the 2020 Walkley Arts Journalism Award recipient for his essay, profile and reportage portfolio. The Melbourne-born, Sydney-based arts writer’s work also appears in The Saturday Paper, Guardian Australia, The Monthly, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Meanjin, Art Guide, and Vault.
On the streets of suburban Brisbane this month, audiences will see ballet performances and classes, be enrapt in chamber music and listen to an array of sopranos as part of Brisbane Festival.
Ripple Effect Band, Maningrida elders, composer Alex Turley and Darwin Symphony Orchestra collaborate on an innovative cross-cultural performance at Darwin Festival.
The Recognition in Anthem Project proposes two new verses for Advance Australia Fair.
Artistic Director Louise Bezzina hopes people will be able to come together "in a really bright, shimmery way, with a sense of celebration" at this year's Brisbane Festival.
La Boite's new production Caesar, adapted by five writers for five actors, will offer blood, conspiratorial thrills and political commentary, but also a comic romp.
Artistic Director Piers Lane explains how this year's Sydney International Piano Competition has adapted to taking place online.
Adelaide’s new festival, Illuminate Adelaide, celebrates the crossover of music and technology. This year’s line-up includes an immersive virtual reality work involving William Barton and the Australian String Quartet, and a solo improvised concert by Paul Grabowsky.
Actor Virginia Gay emerges from lockdown as a busy playwright.
Didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton discusses his world premiere for Queensland Symphony Orchestra and his performances at Illuminate Adelaide and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.
Tim Minchin shows yet again that he is an artist at the top of his game with his inspired, witty and moving cabaret show BACK.
There is much to marvel at in L'Hôtel at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival but the show has structural issues.
This program of artsong concerts, performed by four solo singers for Sydney Chamber Opera, will illustrate where the modern song has found itself in the 21st century.
Despite making redundancies last year, Opera Australia has posted a sizeable deficit. "It doesn't look pretty," says CEO Rory Jeffes, but he believes OA is now better placed to deal with further disruptions.
