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Rundle St Lantern commissions available

Rundle St Lantern commissions available posted 2 Sep

This is your chance to see your art up in lights - literally!

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Crack Theatre Festival 2010 posted 2 Sep

All the party people say

Smooth, seductive, completely addictive and (mostly) legal.

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Calling young artists for JUMP 2011 posted 2 Sep

Get your applications ready for the 2011 round of JUMP artist mentorships.

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Mr Badger Tells a Tale posted 2 Sep

Touring libraries across Victoria and South Australia Mr Badger, in the guise of storyteller, performs an enchantin...

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Win Win Win - Double passes for Australian Theatre for Young People's iconic grunge play ...Rio Saki... posted 18 Aug

win win win win win win win win win ... go on ...

Win tix to Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris from ATYP and Lowdown Magazine

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OzAsia Festival 2010 posted 30 Aug

Sample the best theatre, dance, music, film, food and exhibitions the Orient has to offer.

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Terrapin's new show premieres in September posted 1 Sep

Terrapins new show is about chasing your dreams. Puppetry, acrobatics, magic tricks and things you should not do at...

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Writing for Film - call for applications posted 2 Sep

Applications are open for the AWG and SAFC's new script development initiative.

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Join the National Conversation and Map the Future with YPAA's Executive Director! posted 19 Aug

YPAA's Executive Director, Lenine Bourke is traversing the countryside talking all things youth arts. Now's...

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posted 30 Aug

ArtStart gives artists a $10,000 career kick-start

What would you do with $10,000? The Australia Council for the Arts is giving you the chance to ...

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posted 2 Sep

Youth Challenge Australia's Indigenous Youth Leadership Program

The hunt is on for staff and volunteers - are you up to the Challenge?

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posted 30 Aug

YPAA seeks Young and Emerging Design Volunteer

YPAA are after a talented young designer to assist with the branding of their upcoming Victoria...

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posted 25 Aug Queensland Arts Council is committed to providing all young people, regardless of the location or size of their school, with quality arts experiences.

Queensland Arts Council launches its 2011 Schools Program

The state’s largest not-for-profit provider of live arts education, Queensland Arts Counc...

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posted 26 Aug Illustration by Amy Milhinch.

A Brief History of My Body

"At the news of my friend’s death, I saw the world as a room that he had left."...

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posted 26 Aug

Acorn Art

"From little acorns, big oaktrees grow" - a fundraiser for the people of East Timor.<...

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posted 26 Aug

City of Marion: Connecting Local Artists

Get noticed by joining the City of Marion's Online Artist Register.

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posted 20 Aug Children from as young as eighteen months old are able to attend Flipside Circus and it’s not unusual to see pre schoolers hanging on a trapeze, upside down on a tissu or even balloon moulding.

Flipside Circus officially opens Queensland's largest Circus Training Centre

On Thursday 26 August 2010, Flipside Circus will officially open Queensland's largest circu...

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posted 20 Aug Enrolments are now open for the January 2011 intake...

ACPA - Enrol Now

If you are dreaming about an exciting career in the performing arts, then let the Aboriginal Ce...

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posted 12 Aug The Fairfax Festival - an annual regional performing arts event including students across regional Victoria.

14th Annual Fairfax Festival

In late October, 100 students, from Regional Victoria and NSW, will converge on Swan Hill, in N...

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posted 23 Aug A horse is a horse, of course

Terrapin to premiere new Digital Puppetry show

The Australian innovator of puppet-based visual theatre premieres the latest stage in its explo...

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posted 23 Aug

Health check for careers of Australian Artists

The Australia Council for the Arts' latest research projects take us inside the world of ev...

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posted 13 Aug Corrina Di Niro and Antonio Fava at the Inaugural Commedia dell'Arte Festival May 2010

Commedia Soars in Adelaide!

Corinna Di Niro , Adelaide's one and only Commedia dell'Arte expert has breathed fresh ...

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posted 19 Aug

New opportunity for young creative writers

Like writing? Like advice? Like advice about writing? Then you're bound to like The Indepen...

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posted 19 Aug Jigsaw prepares to stage Too Hot To Handle... at the Street Theatre in late September, and in ACT schools in October.

Jigsaw Theatre Company announces new Artistic Directorate

After an extensive national search, Jigsaw Theatre Company, Canberra’s professional theat...

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posted 19 Aug

Bully! Bully!

Young people tackling young people's issues - makes sense, no?

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posted 16 Aug By the River, mixed media on board - Josh Perace

Apply now for Carclew Youth Arts' Project and Development Grants

Grants for arts activity or projects occurring between January 1st and June 30, 2011 are now op...

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posted 19 Aug

CYT Opens House for Interstate Emerging Artists

Canberra Youth Theatre are seeking applications for their next round of Open House artist resid...

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posted 12 Aug

Courthouse Arts presents Sand

Now Courthouse Arts are very proud to present Sand, a striking and unforgettable new w...

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posted 16 Aug

Fast+Fresh Dance 2010: call for entries

The youth festival of dance Fast+Fresh Dance has opened for entries in its 2010 season.

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posted 12 Aug

Creative Pathways team hits the Central West

The Creative Pathways team are back in the Central West in September with brand new creative wo...

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posted 11 Aug The Ruby Award crafted by the Jamfactory -winners announced 2 September 2010.

The 2010 Ruby Award Nominees are....

Arts SA is excited to announce the shortlist for the 2010 Ruby Awards.

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posted 9 Aug

Artist registrations now open for Adelaide Fringe 2011

If you've got even one artistic bone in your body, then pay attention: the 2011 Adelaide Fr...

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posted 9 Aug

Funding opportunities through YPA

Sing it with me: "We love the grants you get from Y-PA, we love the grants you get from Y-...

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posted 9 Aug The effervescent Megan Washington

Free music industry workshops with FReeZACentral

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the music industry (and more!) at one of FRee...

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posted 9 Aug 2009 winner 'Changing' by Lisa Ho

"'Ey love - show us your Shakespeare!"

Optus and Bell Shakespeare's Make A Scene is on again, challenging you to show the...

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posted 9 Aug

Windmill Theatre Over the Rainbow with Helpmann nominations

Looks like someone from Windmill Theatre asked the Wizard for success, judging by their six Hel...

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posted 9 Aug

Australian Youth Music Council Conference

Celebrate the International Year of Youth and AYMC's first birthday at the Youth Music Conf...

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posted 5 Aug

Mullet Youth Arts Festival wants you!

Registrations are now open for the 2010 Mullet Youth Arts Festival.

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posted 2 Aug

Our Mob 2010

Adelaide Festival Centre is proud to present the fifth annual Our Mob exhibition from ...

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posted 29 Jul

Arts Luminary appointed Program Advisor for world arts summit

Robyn Archer has been announced as Programme Advisor for the 5th World Summit on Arts and Cultu...

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posted 29 Jul

Queensland launches Indigenous and Regional Screen Initiative

A regional film festival will tour Queensland as part of a new initiative aimed at supporting t...

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posted 29 Jul An auditionee gives herself a pat on the back following her audition.

Auditions now open for NICA's 2011 program

Applications are now open for NICA's Bachelor of Circus Arts 2011 program, with auditions t...

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posted 13 Jul Mayor Val Schier and a Cairns festival dragonfly

Cairnsfest Celebrates Tropical Culture & Creativity

Mayor of Cairns' Regional Council, Val Schier has unveiled this year’s exciting Cairn...

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posted 23 Jul

VicMoves 2010 gets Victoria moving

'Go for your life’ with VicMoves2010, an exciting dance program for Victorian seconda...

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posted 16 Jul

Indigenous play collection- call for submissions

Are you an Indigenous lad or lass with a flair for the theatrical and a talent with the pen? Th...

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posted 19 Jul

Give ACMI the flick!

Calling filmmakers of the future - it's Screen It time again!

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posted 8 Jul

2010 APACA Conference & Long Paddock National Touring Forum

The Australian Performing Arts Centres Association's Conference and Long Paddock National T...

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posted 17 Jun Don't bust a move - bust a myth!

Bust a myth about skin cancer

Cancer Council Australia is asking Australians aged 12 to 17 years to get creative and ‘b...

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posted 11 Jun

Big Draw for Murray Bridge students

The Murray Bridge region’s heritage and people will be celebrated and commemorated as par...

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posted 3 Jun

Adelaide's starring role in Tim Burton exhibition

A young Adelaide girl will get the opportunity to meet her idol when she visits the Australian ...

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posted 30 May

Play Now Act Now: Submit

If you're a budding writer, filmmaker or digital design artist aged 16-25 and with a social...

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Saffron Benner Contributor

Saffron Benner is a professional dramaturg and the Executive Director of Playlab Inc – a peak service organisation for the development and publication of new performance work.
She also has extensive experience as an academic and tertiary arts educator.

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