Arts News

One unkempt, scruffy little dog became a global phenomenon after he bolted onto the pages of Dame Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclarey from Donaldson’s Dairy in 1983. Based on a sketch of scraggly dog she met by...

We think of the Renaissance garden as a place of leisure and pleasure, a kind of earthly paradise - but no matter its ‘garden-as-idyll’ reputation it had a lot of violence going down. There is the dark,...

Experiencing the Western Desert landscape through the eyes of the indigenous Martu people provides rare glimpes into the complex and fascinating relationship between its people and their land. We don’t need...

Bettering it’s best, Derinya Art and Craft Exhibition in July was beautifully organized and brilliantly presented. Especially breathtaking were the craft and jewellry rooms. Opening Night was busy with...

Brisbane-based Anywhere Theatre Festival established in 2011 by dynamic duo, Alex McTavish and Paul Osuch has become a worldwide phenomenon breaking the mold and confines of the traditional theatre experience....

July is International Zine Month so local group, A Zine Thing, is celebrating with the relaunch of their community zine: This Is Frankston. Their all day event will answer the question, “What is a zine?”...

Anger Management seems an odd topic for a comedy, but that’s what makes Unpack This! so unique. Written and directed by former Neighbours nice guy, actor Geoff Paine, this is the flipside of neighbours based...

Partnering the finest guest artists with the best and brightest star graduates from the Australian Ballet School, The Dancer’s Company, forms the touring arm of The Australian Ballet. They are hitting the...

Contemporary theatre company Bell Shakespeare is touring with their adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Henry V. This production, directed by Damien Ryan, was inspired by a true story. During the 1941 Blitz,...

How does a hapless vacuum cleaner salesman living in 1950s Havana, Cuba become embroiled in the British Secret Service? Well…it’s the exploits of his teenage daughter’s lifestyle of the rich and famous...