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Creating COVID-safe audience participation on stage
How does an production that’s reliant on intimacy and audience participation adapt to COVID-safe protocols?
Heartstopper is the queer TV show we need right now
As LGBTQIA+ people face renewed hostility, this sweetly affirming Netflix series celebrates young queer love with humour and warmth.
Hate crime inspires new oratorio
The 50th anniversary of the drowning of Dr Duncan will be commemorated in a new composition at this year’s Adelaide…
Barbican Centre appoints Arts Centre Melbourne’s Claire Spencer as inaugural CEO
After more than seven years at Arts Centre Melbourne, Spencer is leaving to run the largest performing arts centre in…
Creative career progression in the arts
Why leave an organisation you love if a new role, and a new challenge, can be created for you internally,…
So you want my arts job: Circus acrobat
If you enjoy flying through the air and have a well-developed sense of trust, working in a circus company might…
Staging COVID-safe arts events outdoors
Sarah Neal, Executive Producer and Co-CEO at Malthouse Theatre, and Glyn Roberts, Artistic Director of the Castlemaine State Festival, share…
The magic is back: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child returns to the stage
Actors discover muscle memory propelling them across the stage after 49 weeks off, and also discuss the impact of J.K.…
Chinese-speaking students a largely untapped arts audience, says new report
Drawing on a comprehensive survey of 600+ Chinese-speaking students, a new report provides insights and case studies to help arts…
The art of the impossible: International collaboration during COVID
Companies collaborating with Irish and New Zealand colleagues tell us how their productions are forging ahead despite the pandemic. Dogged…