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Ping pong meets puppetry at Birmingham 2022 Festival
First Nations musician DENNI and puppet company Terrapin have created a new take on a national anthem.

Vale Peter Brook, an ever innovative director
Paul Rae explores the enduring but complex legacy of British theatre director Peter Brook, who died on Saturday, aged 97.

Want to be an actor? Jerome Velinsky says ‘don’t wait for the call’
Jerome Velinsky has acted in live-action series, voice video game characters, and written and directed his own series. So what's…

How stand-up comedy is helping cancer patients tell their stories
The therapeutic possibilities of comedy are being explored at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre through workshops run by Rachel Berger.

Some practical steps to truth-telling in museums
Calls for First Nations truth-telling are growing louder in Australian politics. What does that look like within the museum sector?

Occupy White Walls is democratising art with video games
Occupy White Walls is a game that lets you build your own art gallery, and could be the newest frontier…

5 end of financial year fundraising tips
What are the secrets of fundraising at tax time?

Creating COVID-safe audience participation on stage
How does an production that’s reliant on intimacy and audience participation adapt to COVID-safe protocols?

Libraries around the world safeguard Ukrainian culture
Librarians and libraries across the world play a role in preserving and sharing Ukraine’s cultural history.

What happens to art caught in war’s crossfire?
As the conflict in Ukraine deepens, the damage to its cultural heritage reveals various motives behind this kind of destruction.