Performing Arts
The business of arts and culture - and the art of business
Colin Tweedy recently attended an international meeting of arts and business bodies in Australia. Tweedy, along with Brian Peck and…
Composer's dramatic journey to the stage
There was a time when Jake Heggie thought he would never write music again. Now, the opera that relaunched his…
Aussies in Edinburgh
Julia Morris and Sarah Kendall are regulars on London's stand-up circuit and have both won the Glasgow Herald's Herald Angel…
Second European network receives Culture 2000 funds
One month ago, Arts Hub reported that a network of European producers, In Situ, had secured European Union funding from…
Laughing all the way to the Fringe
Julia Chamberlain’s head is full of balloons. Well, not literally. The producer of the ‘So you think you’re funny?’ stand-up…
'There is nothing new about fusion'
The first time cellist Matthew Barley met and sat down with renowned Indian classical musician and sarod maestro, Amjad Ali…
Rhodes to success
A New Zealand-born baritone who studied at the Guildhall of Music and Drama is making waves on the international opera…
Getting up to Mischief
From rockets embedded in railway bridges to outdoor performance art that tames even the most rebellious of delinquents, Ian Smith's…
The perils of Pericles
Whoever would have thought that two vastly different theatre companies such as the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and homeless people’s…
Playing to win
It may be winter on the other side of the hemisphere, but the UK's Eimer Piano Trio are experiencing Australia's…