28 May, 2020

New research from The Australia Institute has found that more than one in two Australians agree that the Government should double funding for the Australia Council for the Arts to help support the arts during COVID-19, and the majority of Australians (62%) agree that online streaming services should be subject to similar Australian content obligations as televisions stations are.

28 May, 2020

The recipients of the 2020 First Nations Arts Awards have been announced during an live streamed ceremony.

27 May, 2020

Queensland Theatre is not receiving JobKeeper benefits: as a statutory body it is not eligible. However, seeing the benefit of JobKeeper for sustaining businesses, imagine what the scheme could do if it was extended to include the individual artists who work under casual contracts? This is the call of Queensland Theatre’s Artistic Director Lee Lewis, as a message to the Federal Government.

27 May, 2020

A new $500,000 StART grant program aimed at providing support for Queensland’s independent creative practitioners including artists, producers, designers, technicians and other arts workers will soon open.

27 May, 2020

Musica Viva In Schools is proud to announce that it has taken its program completely online. To support schools during COVID-19 and beyond, and to provide much-needed employment for 60 musicians, the company now offers a full suite of online performances and teaching resources tailored to Australian primary classrooms everywhere.

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.