The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has cancelled a concert over ‘safety concerns’ following pianist Jayson Gillham’s Israel-Gaza statement, and says it was an ‘error’ to cancel his performance earlier in the week.
For the first time, a stage musical version of revered fantasy series The Lord of the Rings is heading to Australia.
An Australian-British pianist’s performance has been cancelled because his ‘political views’ on the Gaza conflict caused ‘offence and distress’ during a concert.
Sydney Theatre Company’s new artistic director Mitchell Butel says he plans to push the company in a more commercial direction and will uphold the ban of political protests on stage.
An artist who was one of Australia’s last traditional hunter-gatherers has won the $100,000 Telstra Art Award, the nation’s most prestigious prize for Indigenous artists.
Andrew Bovell calls on playwrights to ‘push back’ against the escalating trigger warning trend in theatre, because such warnings were often inaccurate, contained huge spoilers and could damage a play’s reputation.
Speculation is now swirling after an announcement that rocked the arts world.
Former ballet star Leanne Benjamin says she was ‘encouraged’ to pursue her vision as artistic director of Queensland Ballet – the same vision that has been cited as a reason for her shock departure.
Former Royal Ballet star Leanne Benjamin is making a shock leadership exit after just a few months as the prestigious company’s artistic director.
Megan Phelps-Roper still deals with the fallout from leaving a sect dubbed America’s ‘most hated’ family. That hasn’t stopped her from tackling our era’s most divisive social issue.
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