The Australian Major Performing Arts Group, or AMPAG, is the umbrella group for Australia's major performing arts companies who inspire millions through theatre, circus, contemporary dance, classical ballet, classical music, opera, musicals and comedy.
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From over 90 entries for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2018-19 (QDPA), and the trio of finalists revealed earlier this year, Brisbane writer David Megarrity has won with his tender and lyrical family-oriented play, The Holidays.
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Minister for the Arts Senator Mitch Fifield has announced the launch of a new interactive Australia Council resource, which brings together research on arts engagement, employment and ticketing trends across Australia.
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Belvoir is now accepting entries for the 2018 Balnaves Foundation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fellowship, an evolution of The Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright Award and an outstanding launching pad for new talent with a $25,000 paid residency at Belvoir.
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It's NAIDOC week—and this year's theme is Because of Her We Can, honouring, in particular the mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunties who have birthed, shaped and upheld our communities. Several of the major performing arts companies are staging special works or presentations to mark the week.
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Sydney Dance Company identified a growing need to provide high-quality dance programs that are accessible to the broader community, but that also have a direct benefit to the health and well-being of individuals with mobility difficulties.
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The ensemble took out the Grand Prize and First Prize in the Piano Trio division of the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition (MICMC) this evening at Melbourne Recital Centre after a week of thrilling performances. First Prize in the String Quartet division went to the Goldmund Quartett from Germany.
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For the first time, Sydney Theatre Company is offering a regional scholarship for its acclaimed Work Experience Week program in 2018.
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Melbourne Theatre Company marked the beginning of NAIDOC week and the first day of its 2018 Indigenous Scholarship Program with a welcome to country and smoking ceremony at MTC Headquarters in Southbank, performed by Janet Galpin and William Pepper on behalf of the Boon Wurrung Foundation.
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The Federal Budget released last night is disappointing and offers no new strategic developments for the arts sector or for strengthening the links between the arts and innovation, education, health, soft diplomacy or tourism.
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AMPAG is concerned about the negative effects that the draft Electoral Legislation Amendment Bill and the draft Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill will have on the arts, should they go ahead as they stand.
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Harassment of any kind in the workplace is totally unacceptable—and AMPAG is deeply concerned about the incidents and allegations that have recently come to light in the media, entertainment and arts industries.
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State and federal 2015-16 total arts funding reported below 2012-13 values.
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AMPAG’s submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into the Australian film and television industry highlights the valuable interconnectedness of stage and screen.
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The Australian Government is developing a foreign policy white paper — the first since 2003. AMPAG is advocating that setting cultural diplomacy as a key pillar of an updated foreign policy would advance Australia’s security interests, business and cultural prosperity in a rapidly changing world.
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This case study explores the benefits of long-term dance engagement with St Kilda Primary, an inner city multicultural school in Melbourne who have been working with The Australian Ballet Education over 10 years.
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101 submissions to the House of Representatives Committee for Innovation and Creativity -workforce for the new economy includes a number of evidence-based submissions highlighting the importance of arts and humanities and the danger in siloing the creatives out of a creative innovation agenda.
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 's annual Education Week flagship program is a week-long celebration of music making programs and activities.
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Fifteen students from across Victoria were announced as Melbourne Theatre Company’s 2015 Ambassadors.
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The Sydney Symphony Orchestra will fly to Guangzhou to perform a concert on 30 May marking the start of four days of festivities celebrating the 30-year anniversary of the sister-city relationship between Sydney and Guangzhou.
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In a first for students at the Sydney Conservatorium, 13 young musicians in the Opera Australia/Sydney Conservatorium Internship Program travelled to Vietnam in early April to perform Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohéme as part of the Hennessy Music Series.
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Ursula Yovich receives the Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Playwright’s Award.
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Tommy Murphy is STC’s new Patrick White Fellow. Neil Levi wins the 2015 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award.
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Sydney Theatre Company has worked consistently year on year to increase its environmental sustainability.
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Many performing arts companies and individual artists are doing their bit to ensure that we have a 'greener' environment. They see this as essential in creating a better future for all Australia and they believe in leading by example.
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