09 Aug, 2018

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Music Centre have announced the 2018 Art Music Awards finalists .

22 Aug, 2018

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.

18 Aug, 2018

​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.

10 Aug, 2018

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.

12 Jul, 2018

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.

22 Aug, 2018

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.

10 Aug, 2018

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.

17 Aug, 2018

For the first time, Sydney Theatre Company is offering a regional scholarship for its acclaimed Work Experience Week program in 2018.

10 Aug, 2018

​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.

10 Aug, 2018

Rehearsals have commenced on the world premiere of Skylab.

20 Sep, 2018

​Sydney Dance Company’s teaching artists are currently on the road as part of the regional tour of Rafael Bonachela’s ab [Intra]. Each year the teaching artist team tours Australia to bring dance to communities and schools in regional areas.

11 Jul, 2018

Queensland Theatre is set to open their own 351 seat home theatre in October.

16 Aug, 2018

Natano Fa’anana co-artistic director of Casus Circus directed the Circus Oz Blakflip programme in late 2016 resulting in the creation of a new show Chasing Smoke. It is now heading to Darwin Festival.

27 Aug, 2018

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra announced the rising stars of Australian music who have been selected for the next Cybec 21st Century Australian Composers’ Program.

22 Aug, 2018

Personal stories about how the arts and culture have touched the lives of people in diverse communities across WA is the focus of a new publication 'Articulate' release by the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA.

20 Sep, 2018

Since 2016, Sydney Theatre Company’s Connected program has combined drama approaches with English language learning for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The program is delivered in partnership with organisations including Asylum Seekers Centre, Australian Red Cross and MTC Australia.

17 Aug, 2018

Musica Viva coordinated the significant donation of a concert grand piano to the newly built Karratha Red Earth Arts Precinct through the Act-Belong-Commit New Life Instrument Program supported by Healthway, the West Australian Health Promotion Foundation.

20 Sep, 2018

Musica Viva in Schools (MVIS) aim to bring quality music education to as many students in Australia as it can. Last month, the popular band Zeeko transported their catchy vibe to students from Alice Springs to Croker Island thanks to the generous support of the Northern Territory Department of Education and a private donor.

27 Aug, 2018

The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra announces the seven successful participants selected to take part in the inaugural Louise Crossley Conducting Workshop, an elite conducting training opportunity with a focus on female conductors taking place later this year.

03 Jul, 2018

The LA Philharmonic Association has announced the four conductors who will participate in the 2018/19 Dudamel Fellowship Program including the very talented Australian/Swiss conductor Elena Schwarz.