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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Sydney Theatre Company announced that it has appointed its former Richard Wherrett Fellow Paige Rattray in the new role of Associate Director.
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Brisbane Girls Grammar School has announced the launch of its unique Education Partnership with Queensland Symphony Orchestra, providing students with the extraordinary opportunity to be mentored by, and perform with, some of Australia’s finest musicians.
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Mr Timothy Matthies will take up the role of Director of Artistic Planning from June 25.
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The West Australian Symphony Orchestra Chorus will embark on a 12-day tour of China, with performances in Shanghai, Nanjing and Beijing.
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The latest figures released by the Australia Council show that the touring reach of Australia’s major performing arts companies continues to grow steadily.
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Ambassador Richard Court AC announces in Tokyo the Australia now program, presenting the best of Australian innovation, lifestyle and creativity in Japan from April to November 2018.
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London’s iconic Southbank Centre to present Windmill Theatre Co and State Theatre Company South Australia’s Rumpelstiltskin in Queen Elizabeth Hall as centrepiece 2018 Christmas show.
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About 50 representatives of major, medium and small theatre companies, performers, crew and other industry stakeholders came together in Melbourne for an unprecedented forum dedicated to addressing harassment, discrimination and bullying in Australian theatres.
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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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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 simulcast was a whole new frontier for theatrical experience … we were undaunted as an audience and gripped by the power of ‘almost’ live theatre.’ So said Bundaberg North State High School, Judith Thrupp, following Queensland Theatre Company’s simulcast of Black Diggers to nine venues around the state in October.
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The first Bell Shakespeare Schools Festival runs this week in partnership with Canberra Theatre Centre.
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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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Musicians from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra will travel to South Australia’s sister state of Shandong Province in China in April as part of the South Australia–Shandong 30th Year Anniversary Mission.
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Queensland Theatre Company was the big winner in this year’s Matilda awards, winning Best mainstage production, Lord Mayor's Award for Best new Australian work and Best male actor in a leading role (Dash Kruck) with Matthew Ryan’s play Brisbane, a 2015 world premiere drawing on true stories from the leafy streets of Brisbane set in the middle of World War II.
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Belvoir took out several awards last night at the Sydney Theatre Awards ceremony, including Best Mainstage Production for Ivanov.
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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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