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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Just as all the seasonal markers of spring begin to emerge, a swathe of Australian performing arts companies launch their 2018 programs, carrying the promise of hundreds of captivating stories with a cast of remarkable characters, each offering an intriguing perspective on the world.
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OperaQ’s most recent take on The Barber of Seville will debut in Seattle next month before heading over to New Zealand.
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Circus Oz BLAKflip Masterclass is happening again this year- 11–22 September.
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Screening at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival to be held in Sydney next month, Kings of Baxter follows the Bell Shakespeare workshop program at the Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre for Boys.
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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra has proudly announces the continuation of their outstanding musical partnership with Principal Conductor Asher Fisch, whose contract has now been extended by a further four years until 2023.
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Antonio Stradivari's very first viola, handmade by this legendary instrument maker in 1672, will be played by celebrated French violist Antoine Tamestit, in his debut with The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in the concert ‘Harold in Italy’.
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OperaQ’s A Night with Opera Queensland a new, expansive regional tour is offering something unique to 12 regional communities, with a special all-star show blending moments of shining operatic splendour with theatricality, backstage humour and showbiz sass, all performed at close range in some of Queensland’s most unique venues.
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Belvoir is now seeking applications for the 2017 Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights.
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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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Anke Timm’s, recipient of the Lloyd Martin Travelling Scholarship shares her insights towards realising the potential of Human-Centred Design in the Arts and Cultures
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The VET Legislation has passed but the regulations are still to be finalised with art sector concerns flagged but yet to be addressed
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In the sixth of our series of collaboration case studies, we look at Black Swan State Theatre Company’s production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle produced in association with The National Theatre of China.
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How do we cope with an uncertain future? The available road maps offer few navigational certainties and the sense of danger and fragility has intensified.
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Queensland Ballet has announced it will launch a new Senior Program in 2015, giving talented students the opportunity to pursue intensive ballet training while completing face-to-face senior academic studies in Years 11 and 12.
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Opera Australia has launched a new regional scholarship program for senior secondary students.
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Bangarra takes off this Saturday, flying to Istanbul for two very special performances at the recently opened Zorlu Center.
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Bangarra's first feature film, Spear, screened in the Discovery Programme at the Toronto International Film Festival in September.
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A big winner at the Australian Dance Awards 2015 was Queensland Ballet, winning Outstanding Performance by a Company for Romeo and Juliet.
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The 2015 Art Music Awards announced last week—and soloist Ashley William Smith and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Baldur Brönnimann, took out the Performance of the Year award for their exceptional performance of Lachlan Skipworth's Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra.
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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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