Culture
Theatre
'Rack and ruin': Leading actors warn industry is on brink of collapse
Nadine Garner is one of the country’s best and hardest working actors - and soon she expects to be lining up for welfare.
- by Nick Miller
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Arts
When Potter plans went to pot, these creators took a spell
COVID-19 has killed off their Harry Potter parody plans. So what now? Back to the drawing board.
- by Mikey Cahill
Arts
Camp Dogs run away with Melbourne's annual theatre awards
Melbourne teenage acting star-in-the-making William McKenna also won a coveted Green Room award for his breakout role as Scorpius Malfoy in Harry Potter.
- by Nick Miller
Arts
Melbourne's Arts Centre is spinning around to a digital world
Want a discussion of the history and significance of Kylie Minogue's pants? Your wish is granted in the Arts Centre's new digital push.
- by Nick Miller
Arts
'Disbelief': Australian Theatre for Young People loses funding
The Australian Theatre for Young People, the alma mater of Rebel Wilson and Rose Byrne, has been stripped of its Australia Council funding.
- by Linda Morris
Arts
'Devastated' La Mama Theatre stripped of funding
The crucible of some of Victoria's most successful theatre has lost its federal funding after 50 years - and a fire.
- by Nick Miller and Linda Morris
Stage shows
Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals to air for free on Youtube
Musical theatre lovers will be able to watch some of their favourite shows for free every week.
Coronavirus pandemic
Ghostly tradition leaves lights flickering at empty theatres
For the first time in at least 30 years, the Sydney Opera House has installed ghost lights inside its main theatre spaces during the venue's historic shutdown.
- by Josh Dye and Kerrie O'Brien
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Arts
With the digital bank empty, Melbourne Theatre Company improvises
Unlike famed international theatre companies, hardly any Australian theatre has been recorded on film or video. So the MTC has had to get creative.
- by Nick Miller
Coronavirus pandemic
Edinburgh festivals cancelled for first time since 1947
The festivals are billed as the second-biggest cultural event in the world after the Olympic Games.
Arts
Helpmann Awards cancelled, Fringe Festival postponed
The Helpmann Awards have been cancelled and the Melbourne Fringe Festival pushed back until November, thanks to the broad-reaching impact of COVID-19.
- by Kerrie O'Brien