Performing Arts
Gérard Mortier at City Opera — Maestro in the House
The last thing that new Met general manager Peter Gelb expected to confront on February 28 this year was the…
Memorable May
According to the Library of Bizarre May Holidays at thinkquest dot com, last month was Better Sleep Month, National Good…
Behind the scenes at Planetary Chaos
ARTS HUB AUSTRALIA — Kate Welsman - or Systa bb as she is otherwise known - tells us why, 15…
Busking Beauty
ARTS HUB AUSTRALIA — Karla Dondio interviews a range of buskers to find out what's in it for the people…
Festival fever: what's on overseas
You may not have signed up to Glastonbury’s increasingly fascistic ticketing system, but you can still out-obscure even the most…
Boys, girls and books
A look at some surveys on reading provides some interesting results, with implications for the book trade who are scrambling…
Peter Gelb Stages a Worthy Debut at the Metropolitan Opera
Major cultural institutions are not noted for their agility with change. Board structures, subscribers’ tastes, administrative ballast, and the sheer…
Holding the Man: from Book to Play and Beyond
ARTS HUB AUSTRALIA — David Berthold tells Arts Hub how he and playwright Tommy Murphy helped bring Timothy Conigrave's 1995…
Coffee coloured people by the score
Sam Cook, from Australia, is in England - on a three-month immersion and indulgence as the first AbORIGINAL artist to…
Lost & Vague at Glastonbury Festival
The full line up for Glastonbury is announced today, but we’ve got something special for you – it's not just…