24 May, 2020

The NSW Government has announced a $50 million rescue and restart package for NSW arts and cultural organisations to ensure the sector continues to make an important contribution to the NSW economy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

22 May, 2020

The Australia Council recognises the impact COVID-19 has had on the cultural and creative sectors. This has had an immense flow on effect for the broader community and economy.

21 May, 2020

With COVID-19 restrictions easing across South Australia, all of us here at the ASO are now turning our sights firmly towards returning to the stage. Obviously there are still many things to consider and, for the time being at least, we won’t be able to return to concert-giving as we knew it before the pandemic.

21 May, 2020

Six government agencies are collaborating with an international team of researchers to track how Australian audiences feel about attending arts and culture events in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 May, 2020

The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is delighted to announce the appointment of Australian violist Stefanie Farrands to the position of Principal Viola.

21 May, 2020

National theatre company Bell Shakespeare has announced that it will open its archives for a special limited release of production recordings from its recent history, exclusively for schools.

21 May, 2020

Australia Pacific LNG has announced the continued support for two of Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s most vital outreach music programs – the Gladstone Enrichment through Music (GEM) program, and the Chinchilla Miles Roma Enrichment through Music (CMR) Initiative.

20 May, 2020

Belvoir’s first ever online concert will be streaming Streaming from Friday 22 May for one weekend only, Belvoir in Concert presents the best of Belvoir’s songs in a series of specially recorded performances by their original cast members.

20 May, 2020

Sydney Theatre Company has announced the next phase of Sydney Theatre Company Virtual, a live reading of Marieke Hardy’s brilliant adaptation of Dario Fo’s political farce, the hilarious No Pay? No Way!

14 May, 2020

Sydney Theatre Company will forge a new artistic partnership with NIDA.

14 May, 2020

Sydney Theatre Company has announced that Anchuli Felicia King is the 2019 STC PatrickWhite Playwrights Fellow. It was also announced that this year’s Patrick White PlaywrightsAward recipient is Keziah Warner for her play LuNa.

14 May, 2020

Opera Australia has announced a further round of cancellations due to the ongoing coronavirus restrictions that will bring the total number of performances either cancelled or postponed in 2020 to more than 570 across the country.

13 May, 2020

With thanks to the donors, foundations and organisations who fund Melbourne Theatre Company’s NEXT STAGE Writer’s Program, MTC is pleased to offer two writer-in-residence opportunities beginning in 2020.

13 May, 2020

An important music partnership will continue throughout 2020, as a reflection of commitment to educating Queensland’s musicians of tomorrow.

13 May, 2020

State Theatre Company South Australia welcome the expansion of its core artistic team to include Anthony Nicola, Alexis West, and Sasha Zahra.

12 May, 2020

MTC is pleased to offer their sound studio and the support of a sound technician free of charge, for the benefit of the creative artists in their community. The sound studio at MTC HQ will be available to hire on Fridays for recording, mixing and mastering.

11 May, 2020

The Greens will launch their proposal for an economic stimulus package targeted at engaging the hundreds of thousands of artists and creatives who have lost their jobs during Covid-19, and the thousands more workers who have lost their jobs due to the flow on impact on hospitality and tourism.

09 May, 2020

It’s both a completely ordinary announcement for a theatre company, and an astonishing one given the circumstances: We have found a way to hire some artists and get back to the job of making theatre.