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Kennedy Center Unveils 50th Anniversary Season Including a Fall Reopening Photo Kennedy Center Unveils 50th Anniversary Season Including a Fall Reopening
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 06, 2021

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced plans for its 50th Anniversary season, slated to begin in September 2021 with a grand reopening of its stages and campus and culminate in September 2022 with a fresh interpretation of the seminal work that opened the Center in 1971, ...


Darlinghurst Theatre Company Presents Jane Harrison's Award-Winning RAINBOW'S END Photo Darlinghurst Theatre Company Presents Jane Harrison's Award-Winning RAINBOW'S END
by A.A. Cristi - July 23, 2019

In association with Moogahlin Performing Arts, Darlinghurst Theatre Company is proud to produce Jane Harrison's 2012 Drover Award-winning RAINBOW'S END - an inspiring story of hope and resilience, from Australia's First Peoples - on Gadigal land. ...


Black Swan State Theatre Company Presents SKYLAB Photo Black Swan State Theatre Company Presents SKYLAB
by Stephi Wild - July 18, 2018

It's July 1979. NASA's Skylab is hurtling towards Earth, about to crash land near Esperance in remote Western Australia. Nev, Jem and the kids have no idea that their world is about to change: reality shifts, conspiracy theories abound and a pink horse appears out of nowhere. The town's white fellas...


New York Stage and Film Announces NEXUS Initiative Artist Grants Photo New York Stage and Film Announces NEXUS Initiative Artist Grants
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2021

New York Stage and Film has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multihyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Each participant receives $5,000 and will take part in a series of conversations focused...


The Garden of Unearthly Delights Festival Sets Indigenous Artist Lineup; Runs Feb 12-March 15
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2015

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide's premiere outdoor festival precinct, announces its strongest indigenous lineup yet including Archie Roach, Dan Sultan, Djuka Mala (The Chooky Dancers), Ellie Lovegrove, and the Garden Sessions, ten free concerts from the best indigenous SA and NT musicians...


Griffin Theatre Company Announces 2022 Season
by Stephi Wild - November 23, 2021

Griffin Theatre Company announces its jam-packed 2022 season with new and exciting works from Australian playwrights, along with two Australian plays making their Sydney premiere. ...


MTC Chair Jane Hansen Honoured With Order Of Australia Photo MTC Chair Jane Hansen Honoured With Order Of Australia
by A.A. Cristi - January 27, 2020

The Board and staff of Melbourne Theatre Company congratulate MTC Chair Jane Hansen on her appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours, for 'distinguished service to the community, to education and cultural institutions, and through philanthropic support for...


Young People's Theatre Presents WE ARE ALL TREATY PEOPLE Photo Young People's Theatre Presents WE ARE ALL TREATY PEOPLE
by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2019

Young People's Theatre (YPT) is pleased to present We Are All Treaty People, created by the Artists of Making Treaty 7 and co-produced by Quest Theatre and Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society, on the Mainstage from February 11 to 22, 2019....


Sarah Pocklington Named Citadel's Newest Executive Director Photo Sarah Pocklington Named Citadel's Newest Executive Director
by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2021

The Citadel Theatre Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Sarah Pocklington as the theatre's new Executive Director. Sarah will be joining Artistic Director, Daryl Cloran, on the executive leadership team August 30, 2021....


DakhaBrakha, Taylor Mac, Mark Morris Dance, IF/THEN and More Highlight Seattle Theatre Group's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2015

Art & culture are vital to our existence and Seattle Theatre Group's 2015-2016 season features ample offerings of live performance experiences from arts provocateurs, global masters, cultural icons, and contemporary legends....


SMU DataArts And TRG Arts Release Report On Critical Strategies And Structures For C Photo SMU DataArts And TRG Arts Release Report On Critical Strategies And Structures For Cultural Organizations
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2020

SMU DataArts and TRG Arts today release a white paper aimed at helping arts and culture organizations consider key questions and variables as they plan for reopening and a post-COVID-19 future....


Artlands Victoria Weaves Innovative Research And New Ideas Into Regional Cultural Pra Photo Artlands Victoria Weaves Innovative Research And New Ideas Into Regional Cultural Practice
by A.A. Cristi - August 16, 2018

Over five days in October, international, national and local speakers will share knowledge, trade resources and exchange gifts at Artlands Victoria - a national platform for over 700 delegates to learn and understand innovative research and new ideas into regional cultural practice....


Australia And The UK Announce Largest Ever Cultural Exchange Between The Two Nations Photo Australia And The UK Announce Largest Ever Cultural Exchange Between The Two Nations
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 24, 2021

A major new cultural exchange between Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) has been announced today, celebrating the diverse and innovative artist communities and cultural sectors of each nation....


Ucross Announces Two Native American Fellows
by Stephi Wild - August 11, 2021

Novelist Brandon Hobson lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where he is assistant professor of English at New Mexico State University.  He also teaches at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Interdisciplinary artist Jessica Mehta, currently based in Exeter, England, is completing a PhD a...


National Folk Festival Celebrating Indigenous Music Announces Participating Artists Photo National Folk Festival Celebrating Indigenous Music Announces Participating Artists
by A.A. Cristi - January 17, 2018

Legendary singer/songwriter, musician and pioneer of contemporary Aboriginal music, Joe Geia, will perform with his band at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter....


Sydney Opera House Announces 2021 Utzon Music Season Photo Sydney Opera House Announces 2021 Utzon Music Season
by Stephi Wild - June 16, 2021

 The Sydney Opera House today announced Utzon Music will return for a triumphant 14th season in 2021. From Beethoven’s revolutionary sonatas to new music by First Nations composers and the next generation of cutting-edge chamber musicians, the 2021 program will feature some of the country’s most daz...


Cody Renard Richard, Mj Rodriguez, Camille A. Brown & More Named to Kennedy Center Ne Photo Cody Renard Richard, Mj Rodriguez, Camille A. Brown & More Named to Kennedy Center Next 50
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 20, 2022

An elementary–aged rapper, an award–winning composer, and a dancer defying the stigmas of cerebral palsy, come together in the Kennedy Center Next 50, a new cultural leadership initiative....


The Preatures Reveal New Single + Official Video For 'Yanada' Photo The Preatures Reveal New Single + Official Video For 'Yanada'
by Caryn Robbins - August 04, 2017

Today, The Preatures shared their most significant single to date. “Yanada” – which means “moon” in the Indigenous Sydney Australian Dharug language – comes a week before the release their highly anticipated sophomore full-length “Girlhood” along with an official video, also released today....


VMDO Presents Fed Square Live Concert, 10/19 Photo VMDO Presents Fed Square Live Concert, 10/19
by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2018

As Melbourne resets into longer days and warmer nights, the new Victorian Music Development Office (VDMO) have curated a hot program featuring four very special Melbourne-based artists at a free Fed Square Live concert on Friday, 19 October 2018....


Experience a Summer Brimming With Circus, Cabaret, Movies And Music in Les Jardins Ga Photo Experience a Summer Brimming With Circus, Cabaret, Movies And Music in Les Jardins Gamelin
by Julie Musbach - July 09, 2018

With summer holiday season in full swing, July and August in Les Jardins Gamelin will present a cornucopia of circus, movies, cabaret and music. There'll be extra fun for kids, with extended hours at La Maison jaune and family mornings with Les Petits bonheurs....


Art Museum At University Of Toronto Presents SHAME AND PREJUDICE: A STORY OF RESILIENCE, 1/26-3/4
by Molly Tracy - January 10, 2017

Cree visual artist Kent Monkman ushers in Canada's Sesquicentennial with Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, a new large-scale exhibition beginning Thursday, January 26 at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto....


Epic Play FIGHT ON! Comes to Infinitheatre at Espace Knox Photo Epic Play FIGHT ON! Comes to Infinitheatre at Espace Knox
by Stephi Wild - March 28, 2018

Fostering Infinitheatre's ongoing mandate of reflecting and exploring life in the 21st century, Artistic Director Guy Sprung examines Canada's ignoble past in this first part of the creative development of Fight On!, playing from April 10-22 at Espace Knox. This cross-cultural, multilingual, meta-Br...


Sydney Opera House Announces 2021 Utzon Music Season Photo Sydney Opera House Announces 2021 Utzon Music Season
by Stephi Wild - June 16, 2021

 The Sydney Opera House today announced Utzon Music will return for a triumphant 14th season in 2021. From Beethoven’s revolutionary sonatas to new music by First Nations composers and the next generation of cutting-edge chamber musicians, the 2021 program will feature some of the country’s most daz...


Moogahlin Performing Arts Announces Twofold Program For Sydney Festival Photo Moogahlin Performing Arts Announces Twofold Program For Sydney Festival
by Stephi Wild - October 24, 2018

Moogahlin Performing Arts has announced six playwrights from around Australia chosen to participate in the biennial Yellamundie National First Peoples Playwriting Festival 2019, and the world premiere of a new play - The Weekend by Henrietta Baird (Kuku Yalanji, Yidinji)* - which had its first readi...


National Folk Festival Celebrating Indigenous Music Announces Participating Artists Photo National Folk Festival Celebrating Indigenous Music Announces Participating Artists
by A.A. Cristi - January 17, 2018

Legendary singer/songwriter, musician and pioneer of contemporary Aboriginal music, Joe Geia, will perform with his band at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter....






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