Fellows Focus: Lauren Brincat

By Fiona Mackrell, 4 April 2013

Feature

Fellows Focus: Lauren Brincat

By Fiona Mackrell, 4 April 2013

Feature

'Lauren Brincat’s Walk in Traffic is a striking introduction to her current solo Melbourne show at the Anna Schwartz Gallery. On a suspended video screen is a congested Mexico City arterial road. Brincat emerges from the left of frame holding an enormous bunch of helium balloons. Quietly she enters the weaving stream of cars, purposefully making her way through the me'....

Australia takes centre stage at IPAY 2013

By Naomi Gall, 1 March 2013

Arts Development

Australia takes centre stage at IPAY 2013

By Naomi Gall, 1 March 2013

Arts Development

'A girl who makes friends with her shadow, a man who embarks on a journey with a bird companion and the classic tale of a boy made of wood who longs to be real; these engaging performances from three South Australian youth performing arts companies were part of Australia’s significant representation at IPAY 2013.The Interna'....

From where I stand

By Scott Price, 22 February 2013

News

From where I stand

By Scott Price, 22 February 2013

News

'Written and presented by Scott Price in association with other Ensemble Members of Back to Back Theatre, as part of the Plenary Address of the Under the Radar [Festival] Symposium, at The Public Theater, New York City, 10 January 2013From '....

Fellows Focus – Gaelle Mellis

By Fiona Mackrell, 9 January 2013

Australia Council

Fellows Focus – Gaelle Mellis

By Fiona Mackrell, 9 January 2013

Australia Council

'Gaelle Mellis is one of Australia’s most highly regarded dance and theatre designers and is a passionate advocate for accessibility and diversity in the arts. A recipient of an inaugural Australia Council for the Arts Creative Australia Fellowship for an established artist worth $100,000, she is half way through a year of researching, workshopping and developing new works tha'....

Don Giovanni comes to Marysville Community Centre

By Bryce Hallett, 18 October 2012

Australia Council

Don Giovanni comes to Marysville Community Centre

By Bryce Hallett, 18 October 2012

Australia Council

'When the Black Saturday bushfires tore through the historic town of Marysville inVictoria, they destroyed almost the entire town.The February 2009 inferno claimed 40 lives and destroyed 536 homes. The only building left standing in the main street was a bakery. A day after the fires, the popular mountain hamlet resembled an alien planet of ash, twisted iron roofs, smoulderi'....

Live, experimental & socially engaged arts practices

By Kathryn Gray, 28 September 2012

Dance

Live, experimental & socially engaged arts practices

By Kathryn Gray, 28 September 2012

Dance

'Live Art is the Kate Bush of the art world, eclectic, idiosyncratic and unpredictable.  It is driven by artists working across all forms and contexts that are seeking new languages of representation and compelling strategies for intervening in the public sphere. Field Theory, 2012There are many inspiring, provocative and thoughtful artists exp'....

Never on the back foot

By Michael Gottsche, 20 September 2012

Blog

Never on the back foot

By Michael Gottsche, 20 September 2012

Blog

'Back to Back Theatre has a knack for unusual heroes: a drug dealer at a train station, a Hindu deity in Nazi Germany, a girl in a food court, to name a few. With the recent announcement of the Sydney Theatre Company’s 2013 program, another unlikely protag'....

ArtStarter Focus – Michele Lee

By Naomi Gall, 7 September 2012

Blog

ArtStarter Focus – Michele Lee

By Naomi Gall, 7 September 2012

Blog

'Recent ArtStart recipient Michele Lee is a Melbourne- based playwright whose work explores facets of Asian- Australian identity. In May this year Lee’s participatory work, Talon Salon, was part of the 2012 ....

Circa: How Like an Angel

By Naomi Gall, 24 July 2012

Blog

Circa: How Like an Angel

By Naomi Gall, 24 July 2012

Blog

'The idea of performing sixteenth and seventeenth century songs in a cathedral is hardly a stretch of the imagination. But add to the mix an element of circus and you have something quite different. How Like an Angel, a collaborative performance by Brisbane-based circus troupe ....