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“As blackfellas, we wear a cloak of trauma … Doing this, for me, is so healing. It’s medicine.”

‘I need money for a nanny’: Advice for parent dancers from Bangarra’s co-CEO

Bangarra Dance Theatre dancer, choreographer and artistic director Frances Rings on dance as a tool for survival – and her financial tips for artists.

  • Benjamin Law

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Lunch with Kate Miller-Heidke at Woodford Folk Festival.

Kate Miller-Heidke says her singing is like ‘a yodelling ambulance or Enya on meth’

On stage, Kate Miller-Heidke’s self-deprecating sense of humour is clear – the audience laughs at her jokes about the high register of her voice.

  • Helen Pitt
Sue Nattrass.

Arts pioneer Sue Nattrass remembered as a trailblazer

A pioneer in the male-dominated arts industry, she is remembered as tenacious, generous and a moral compass for many.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
Callum Francis

Drama on the harbour: Phantom of the Opera bullying claims unmasked

Bullying claims have rocked Opera Australia’s Sydney Harbour production, with some cast members threatening not to perform over the treatment of one of the stars.

  • Nathanael Cooper
This year's ARIAs will take place but without a live audience.

They'll look a little different but the ARIA Awards will go ahead in November

The awards will take place without a live audience for the first time.

  • Nathanael Cooper
Off to a cracking start: Belvoir's Counting and Cracking.

Belvoir wins big in first night of Helpmanns

Sydney’s Belvoir St Theatre has walked away with a trolley-load of gongs at the first ceremony for the 2018 Helpmann Awards.

  • Hannah Francis
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Dancer and choreographer Mitchell Woodcock has been nominated for a Helpmann Award.

The rising star creating the dance you see on stage and screen

Mitchell Woodcock might not be a name you immediately recognise, but there's a very high likelihood you have seen his work.

  • Nathanael Cooper
Barbara and the Camp Dogs star Ursula Yovich says the hit musical will be one of her last stage performances.

Helpmann nominee Ursula Yovich to bow out on top

The Barbara and the Camp Dogs star says the hit musical will be one of her last stage performances.

  • Robert Moran
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been nominated for eight Helpmann Awards.

Sri Lankan family saga to face off against Harry Potter at theatre awards

Meanwhile the national Opera Company earned the most musical theatre nominations.

  • Nathanael Cooper

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