Performing Arts
Hustle! The slings and arrows of a jobbing actor
A 30 year acting career sounds glamorous, until you realise that like many in the industry, Bruce Hopkins has supplemented…
Sex sells, but does it sound good?
Is the increased focus on performers' sex appeal a tacit acknowledgement that classical music can no longer connect with society…
The Australians are coming! The Australians are coming!
The annual Australian invasion of Edinburgh is about to begin. What attracts them in such numbers? And with over 130…
New York arts exec to head up Create NSW as CEO
Elizabeth W. Scott has been named Executive Director, Create NSW, heading up the State’s peak arts and screen organisation.
Review: Prehistoric, Meat Market
Elbow Room's Prehistoric is a stand-out piece of theatre.
Review: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, QPAC
Hannaford excels as Carole King. She’s energised, mournful, ecstatic, introverted, forgiving and gutsy.
Review: An Ideal Husband, Arts Centre
MTC’s revival brings a robust render to the narrative of unavoidable corruption in a money-made society.
How to ace your next audition
12 actors offer advice for making the best impression at an audition and how to avoid putting yourself through the…
Review: Pastoral Fables – works for cor anglais and piano, ABC Classics
Two esteemed Australian musician colleagues collaborate in a unique project.
Review: William Tell by Victorian Opera, Palais Theatre
Victorian Opera has gone where other Australian companies fear to tread, and emerged all the better for it.