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Doors Close at Lowdown Magazine posted 30 Sep

You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is unable to continue providing t... Continue reading

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Digital Culture Fund 2010 posted 1 Sep

Get your applications in for The Australia Council's Digital Culture initiative!

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Glenn Street Theatre present The Sum of Us by David Stevens posted 1 Sep

The Cast from The Sum of Us. JOHN JARRATT, PATRICK HARVEY, GLENN VAN OOSTEROM, NELL FEENEY

Written by Australian playwright and Academy Award nominee David Stevens, The Sum of Us is a bitter sweet comedy ab...

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Sydney becomes a Playground for Children posted 1 Sep

Put it in the diary, jot it on the calendar, write it on your hand - the Sydney Children’s Festival is coming!

Sydney has long been Australia’s premiere entertainment destination for grownups, but this September – ...

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Terrapin's new show shares the Love in Hobart and Burnie... posted 1 Sep

Join this very brave 10-year-old, as he races against the elements and discovers a whole world of stories

To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Tasmania's Terrapin Puppet Theatre has announced that it will be presenting ...

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Author Travels Across The Seas For CYT’s World Premiere At Floriade! posted 1 Sep

The cast of 13 young actors aged 7 – 12yrs of THAT’S NOT JUNK

Canberra Youth Theatre will be welcoming Children’s Book author, Nikki Slade-Robinson,  to see CYT&rsquo...

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Message to Lowdown readers and colleagues posted 1 Sep

You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is ...

1 Aug
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Independant Artists Series @ Canberra Youth Theatre (CYT) posted 1 Aug

3 programs on offer this semester and now with our new website, all enrolments can be completed online

CYT is responding to the needs of emerging and independent artists to learn about the process of how to get their o...

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State Exchange 2011 - travel grants for Australian playwrights. posted 1 Aug

PlayWriting Australia offers travel grants of up to $2,500 to connect playwrights, dramaturgs and theatre companies...

1 Aug Still Awake Still! Image by Honey & Gruener

This September school holidays prepare for the World Premiere of Still Awake Still!

Still Awake Still! A Jump Leads Production involves one grand piano, three mischievous musician...

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1 Aug Riverland Youth Theatre's Artistic Director Olivia Allen at the Delhi Opera House

Australia's experts in theatre for young audiences catalyse on Indian theatre practices for young people.

Australian experts in young people's theatre, Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) Ex...

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1 Aug

New funding for artists to build a creative Australia

The Australia Council for the Arts is pleased to launch the Creative Australia ArtistsGrants, a...

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1 Aug

Kids Theatre Comes Alive At The Sydney Children’s Festival

The 2011 Sydney Children’s Festival program is the biggest to date, covering every aspect...

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1 Aug

Jump National Artist Mentoring Program - MaKe your match in 2012

Youth Arts Queensland invites young and emerging artists from across Australia to make their ar...

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1 Aug The Importance of Being Earnest, QTC 2008. L-R: Georgina Symes, Francesca Savige, Bryan Probets & Paul Bishop. Photo: Rob Maccoll.

Get the latest on TheatreSpace Research - the investigation of young people and theatre

TheatreSpace is a four-year research project investigating the responses of young people. The t...

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1 Jul violet moon works - Performing Arts and Makeup Specialists

violet moon works - Performing Arts and Makeup Specialists

For over 16 years violet moon works have supplied performing arts resources to: education autho...

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1 Jul

Latest Lowdown Review - Aleksander and the Robot Maid - Drop Bear Theatre

Read the latest review by Lowdown's Adelaide based reviewer Jane Howard who visited the lat...

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1 Jul Ruth Osborne has devoted her professional life to youth dance, challenging old ideas and developing new methods.

Canberra's QL2 Dance wins two Australian Dance Awards

Canberra-based QL2 Dance and QL2 Dance Artistic Director Ruth Osborne was recognised for excell...

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1 Jul

QL2 Dance Presents Quantum Leap in Identify

QL2 Dance Presents Quantum Leap in Identify, 3 to 6 Aug 2011 at The Q (Queanbeyan Performing Ar...

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1 Jul

Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) presents Cursed Hearts...A plague o' both your houses!

Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) presents Cursed Hearts. This dynamic new production ...

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1 Jul Dont hang around - apply now

NICA announces National Auditions for 2012 Circus degree.

Australia’s centre of excellence in contemporary circus NICA announces National Auditions...

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1 Jun

Lowdown Survey - we need you to give us the lowdown on Lowdown

Its crunch time for Lowdown and we need your help. We would like to know what you value in the ...

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1 Jun

Naisda - National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Association call for auditions.

Auditions for NAISDA (National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Association) are being held on th...

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1 Jun

Dropbear Theatre presents Aleksander and the Robot Maid at The Seymour Centre

When Aleksander journeys to the hallowed city of Robotika he is captivated by the technological...

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1 May “Julius Caesar is a play that is never out of date, in fact feels today relentlessly modern.”

Bell Shakespeare presents Julius Caesar directed by Peter Evans.

With performances by Alex Manglet and Kate Mulvany, Peter Evans, Bell Shakespeare’s new A...

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1 May

Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) presents Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs

Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) presents Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs by Jo...

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1 May

ASQ National Composers’ Forum – Call for Submissions

The Australian String Quartet is currently calling for submissions from emerging composers for ...

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1 May

Queensland Arts Council’s Youth Program -Call for Expression of Interest form for the 2012 Program.

Queensland Arts Council's Youth Program is seeking a range of creative endeavors for inclus...

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1 May

The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) presents CODA

How far would you go to be truly free? Step across the line with these 23 breathtaking young ar...

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1 May

Position Vacant: Are you the next Education Specialist for the Sydney Opera House?

Sydney Opera House are advertsing for a Education Specialist (Education and Young People) who w...

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1 May

Get the Lowdown on all things Monkey Baa...get your tickets for Emily Eyefinger.

Monkey Baa has been madly at work on our two new productions; Emily Eyefinger adapted from Dunc...

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1 May ASSITEJ Honorary Presidents Award for Artistic Excellence. Teatret Gruppe 38 - Bodil Alling

Great International Award for Danish Teatret Gruppe 38

The Danish theatre, Teatret Gruppe 38, is the first Danish theatre ever to have received one of...

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1 Apr Nathan O’Keefe and Astrid Pill in Me and My Shadow, also guest starring the red balloon.

Patch Theatre Company - ME AND MY SHADOW hits the Opera House

Sydney Opera House’s 2011 Kids at the House program continues with internationally renown...

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1 Apr

Sydney Opera House’s Kids at the House program - NEARLY LEAR

Nearly Lear, a mischievous retelling of one of Shakespeare’s greatest dramatic masterpiec...

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1 Apr I See (Ngarrany Nhama Dätiwuy Ngath I Man)

Sydney Opera House present the second Babies Proms: I See in the 30th Anniversary Season

Babies Proms introduces those aged 2 to 5 to the joys of live music and storytelling in a relax...

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1 Mar We need to stop thinking that youth theatre is only children’s theatre.

COCKROACH - Australian Premiere @ Canberra Youth Theatre

COCKROACH is a bold and confronting work about the challenges that teenagers face in a conflict...

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1 Mar

(in)human - Soft Landing — an informal dance performance and discussion

Eight young dance graduates are hard at work in Canberra, taking apart everything they know abo...

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1 Mar

Much Ado About Nothing, Directed by John Bell, coming to a venue near you. (NSW, VIC and ACT)

This is Bell Shakespeare’s third production of Much Ado About Nothing, following producti...

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1 Mar Me and My Shadow runs from 9 – 17 April in the Playhouse.

Shadow play at the Opera House - Kids at the House program presents Patch's Me and My Shadow

Sydney Opera House’s 2011 Kids at the House program continues with internationally renown...

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1 Mar

Hamlet featuring Shakespeare's language, live music, modern references and created especially for teenagers

STC Ed presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare in a new adaptation by Naomi Edwards. In a twist ...

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1 Mar

ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Competition

Entries for the 2011 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize are now open for writers. So get th...

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1 Mar

Independent Producers Initiative

If you are an indpendent producer in a performing arts platform, then you may be interested in ...

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1 Feb The inventive hit, Africa, features broken toys, puppets and inspired performances from My Darling Patricia...

2011 NEXT STAGE Season Announced at Sydney Theatre Company

Next Stage, STC's artform development strand presented throughout 2011, features the work o...

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1 Feb Michelle Pastor as Rosalind (disguised as Ganymede)

No tantrums from us... it's just "As you Like It"

Tantrum Theatre presents the first work of its 35th anniversary season with its production of W...

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1 Feb QL2 = Australian youth dance at its best – transforming young lives and nurturing Australia’s future dance professionals. yeah!!

Join QL2 - Start with Classes

QL2 classes provide young dancers with the skills and training they need to succeed in their da...

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1 Feb Quantum Leapers are selected by an audition process from dancers with training, experience or aptitude in movement...

Quantum Leap Major Project - Identify

The call goes out to Quantum Leap dancers for a new project in 2011, Identify.

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1 Feb The authors show how young people are leading a demand for change in the arts and want to rock the balance of power.

WIN a FREE Copy of Currency Press' Platform Papers No26 - Not Just An Audience: Young People Transforming Our Theatre.

Currency House have released Platform Papers 26, Not Just An Audience: Young People Transformin...

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1 Feb I'd like to be, under the sea!

I Wanna Be a Mermaid - SOH Babies Proms kicks off with a splash!

2011 marks the 30th Anniversary of Babies Proms, introducing kids aged 2-5 to the joys of live ...

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1 Feb

Calling all Women In Music - a forum for you is nigh and the lineup just gets bigger!

The WiM forum held in March in Brisbane include a stellar line up of female artist. Emerging an...

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1 Feb For your chance to win tickets to I Wanna Be a Mermaid on March 2nd, just email your name and contact details to Lowdown

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Babies Proms at the Sydney Opera House - family pass giveaway

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Babies Proms at the Sydney Opera House, Lowdown are giving...

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1 Feb The moments that stick out most for me from the tour was the performances, they were all very different and challenging but...

QL2 Across Thailand

The relationship between Canberra's QL2 and the Bangkok Dance Academy has continued with a ...

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1 Feb

The Master has requested your presence for a very special evening that you’ll never forget.

Jigsaw Theatre Company and Courthouse Arts in association with Canberra Theatre Centre
p...

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1 Feb

La MaMa Umbria Workshops for Actors, Playwrights, Directors

La MaMa Umbria are offering experiential workshops for professional directors, playwrights and ...

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1 Jan It all begins with...click... 'Add as Friend'...

WIN WIN WIN - Tickets to see CATFISH at a cinema near you

Courtesy of Hopscotch Films and Lowdown Magazine Online, WIN tickets to see CATFISH. W...

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1 Jan

Audition for Canberra Youth Theatre's production of 'Cockroach'

Attention all emerging actors, producers and designers aged 16-25! Canberra Youth Theatre are h...

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1 Jan Fancy a cuppa with playwrighting legend & your potential mentor, Will Eno? Better apply then.

Six-week International Residency for Emerging Playwright - Apply now!

The Australian Writers' Guild, together with Inscription is offering one emerging playwrigh...

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1 Jan

Canberra Youth Theatre present...

As Canberra Youth Theatre prepares for the Australian Premiere of Cockroach, emerging artists t...

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1 Jan workshops and productions all challenge  participants to forge new frontiers and join in the excitement!

Canberra Youth Theatre = Season 2011 = Threshholds

The Canberra Youth Theatre’s 2011 season sees the company navigate their way toward the e...

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1 Jan

JUMP 2011- YOUNG ARTISTS JUMP TO NEW CAREER LEVEL

Forty-nine young artists from around Australia were announced as participants in the 2011 JUMP ...

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1 Dec

QL2 Centre for Youth Dance are On Course for 2010

QL2 presents On Course 2010, a set of new short dance works created and performed by t...

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1 Dec Snapshots from the Makhampom Study Tour 2010.

Apply Now for Thailands Study Tour with Makhampom Theatre - experience of a lifetime!

The Makhampom Study Tour is a unique introduction to community theatre through an integrated pr...

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1 Dec Flexible seasons greetings from NICA

Seasons Greetings from the Lowdown Team

A Merry Christmas and jolly splendid New Year from all of us here at Lowdown.

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27 Nov Children’s book illustrator, Rod Clement assists with costumes for the production.

Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) presents the World Premiere of Maxine Mellor's, Desiree Din and the Red Forest.

This exciting new play has been commissioned and developed by atyp, written by three time winne...

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1 Nov

QL2 announces two new dance performances

If you want to see a dance performance that is Hot to Trot, then QL2 can set you O...

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1 Nov

Applications Open for Soft Landing in Canberra

Expressions of interest are now open for two development opportunities for dance graduates.

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25 Oct

WIN WIN WIN tickets to see CYT's Retrieval at ACT's National Library of Australia

You can win a double pass to see Canberra Youth Theatre's Retrieval at the National Library...

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1 Oct See you in 2011 George Robson!

Lowdown announces winner of STC Ed Hamlet giveaway

Congratulations to Shakespeare fan, George Robson who has won a double pass to the opening nigh...

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1 Oct

Canberra Youth Theatre present Retrieval

It's all just a little bit of history repeating.

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1 Oct

The search for a great Australian writer begins

Calling all budding authors!

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1 Oct

The Patrick White Playwrights' Award and Fellowship

Calling all playwrights for a new Fellowship.

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1 Oct

CYT's new Open House resident

Canberra Youth Theatre announces the recipient of the second Open House residency for 2010.

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1 Oct

QL2 went the Hard Yards

Young dancers from Canberra and Cowra put in the Hard Yards in their October performance.

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1 Oct

Seventeen year-old King Lear

Seventeen year old Daramalan student to play the title role in King Lear.

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1 Sep All the party people say

Crack Theatre Festival 2010

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

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1 Sep

Calling young artists for JUMP 2011

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

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1 Sep

In the Public Domain

Free dance performances set to liven up the streets of Canberra.

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1 Sep

Input Sought on ACT Arts Review

The ACT Government is seeking feedback from the community on the findings of an independent rev...

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1 Sep Image from the CYT production of Storm in a Teacup

Calling ALL Emerging Artists! Canberra Youth Theatre OPENS HOUSE for Australian Artists

Canberra Youth Theatre is opening its doors to invite emerging artists from outside the ACT who...

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1 Sep Festival of Australian Student Theatre

Festival of Australian Student Theatre this weekend!

The Festival of Australian Student Theatre (FAST) is the first national festival of tertiary st...

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23 Aug

Two new State Partners for JUMP

On 17 August, Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ) announced CarriageWorks and Melbourne Fringe as its n...

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1 Aug

Jigsaw Theatre Company farewells Chairman

Jigsaw Theatre Company, Canberra’s professional theatre company for young audiences, has ...

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1 Aug

Centenary seek Program Coordinator

The Centenary of Canberra is on the hunt for a Program Coordinator (Technical) to join their te...

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1 Aug Your tighty-whiteys make my cheeks go rouge.

Exciting a Blush

Examining what we think of what others think of us, why we care, and why on earth that should a...

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1 Aug win win win win win win win win win ... go on ...

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

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1 Aug

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

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

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1 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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1 Jul

Short'n'Sweet Dance is in Canberra!

Submissions are now open for the Canberra leg of Short’n’Sweet.

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1 Jul

NAIDOC on the Peninsula

Get along to NAIDOC on the Peninsula 2010, a free, major public event on Sunday, July 4 at the ...

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1 Jul

Music Theatre Workshop this Winter at CYT

For the first time, teens aged 11–15 years can team up with Australian songwriter, Emma D...

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1 Jun Spot the difference?

Arts Management Journal: Call for Papers

Bit of an academic? The Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management is on the hunt for...

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1 Jun It wasn't quite what Bob had in mind when he asked for 'a little off the top'

Launceston set for a creative explosion in Arts

Arts and culture lovers, get ready to immerse yourselves in the best of regional and community ...

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1 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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1 Jun

Foundation needed to support individual artists

Arts Queensland and the Centre for Social Impact have released a discussion paper tackling fund...

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25 May

Hip Hop at the Street Theatre

Over two days on June 12 and 13 at the Street Theatre, audiences have a chance to witness dance...

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25 May Now now gentlemen - does that look like a line to you?

Let's do what they're doing...not!

QL2 Centre for Youth Dance (Canberra, Australia) and Maya Dance Theatre (Singapore) present a n...

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24 May

Solo at the Street

The Street Theatre is proud to present Solo At The Street, a collection of solo perfor...

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1 May

Closing Date - this Friday - CYT Opens House for Emerging Artists to Soar!

Calling all young independent artists seeking to create, rehearse and/or develop a theatrical p...

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1 May

2011 ACT Arts Fund open for applications

Chief Minister and Minister for Arts Jon Stanhope today encouraged the ACT arts community to ap...

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1 May

Jigsaw to appoint inaugural Artistic Directorate

Jigsaw Theatre Company is pleased to announce that in 2010 it will be transitioning to a new mo...

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29 Apr

The butcher, the baker, the social change-maker - Young Social Pioneers 2010 Applications now open

Young people from all walks of life can be leaders of positive social change, so Foundation for...

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29 Apr Patch Theatre's Happiest Show on Earth plays Australia

Eighteen performing arts groups to play Australia

Arts Minister Peter Garrett  announced more than $3 million in Playing Australia funding f...

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29 Apr Derek Lynch and Sophia Marinos, performer and producer... Day 2 of creative development in Alice Springs

Creative development well underway for Big hART's Namatjira project

Reports from the crew at Big hART have come through with updates on the development of the Big ...

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29 Apr

Triple J and M-Phazes want to Unearth your MC-ing talents

triple j Unearthed is teaming up with internationally renowned hip hop producer M-Phazes to cre...

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29 Apr Lightbulbs: not the most creative of inventions, but oh-so-useful...

Creative Innovation 2010

Imagine coming face to face with the future! Imagine a Conference that was out of the ordinary....

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29 Apr

New teaching resources will help students understand human rights

Teachers and students now have access to a new range of interactive human rights education reso...

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29 Apr

Kids Helping Kids Awards

For the first time in Australia, the nation’s teachers and students have an opportunity t...

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29 Apr

LAST CHANCE!!! Get your entry in for the National Youth Week Talent Competition...

Are you Australia?s next big star? Young people can get creative and "Live It Now? by subm...

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1 Apr

Canberra Youth Theatre: New Seed

After its beginning in early April, the senior Actors Ensemble at Canberra Youth Theatre will p...

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1 Apr

Love Cupboard launches Made in Canberra’s 2010 Season

In June this year, Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park will be transformed into an interactive exhibi...

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1 Apr Bridging the gap between information on youth participation, youth arts and music in Australia

AYMC Launches a New Information Hub for Youth Music

The Australian Youth Music Council (AYMC) has launched its online presence during National Yout...

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1 Apr The Colour Blind Project is a brand new theatre festival of short works created to spark public dialogue about the cultural diversity within the Australian Arts and Entertainment industry.

The Colour Blind Project is calling for talented and emerging directors.

Expression of interests are now open for a small team of professional and emerging directors to...

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1 Apr

Junction 2010 conference and festival program unveiled

From August 26-29, 1000 delegates from across Australia will discuss and celebrate best practic...

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1 Apr

Every Single Saturday

It was bound to happen; as soccer grows ever-more popular in Australia and the 2010 World Cup l...

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25 Mar

Ausdance SkillSet

Ausdance has announced a new course - the Ausdance Skill Set for Teaching Dance. This new short...

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25 Mar David Finnigan received a nomination for 'Best Solo Show' at the 2010 New Zealand Fringe Festival.

The Street Theatre Commissions a Party!

The Street Theatre has announced its 2010 Writing Commission Program.

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25 Mar

May Dance Week: Call for Events

Got some dance-related fun you'd like to share with the rest of the ACT? Then get yourself ...

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25 Mar Lawson (circa 1902) is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period.

Max Cullen performs Faces in the Street

The Street Theatre presents Max Cullen’s Faces in the Street: A Salute to Henry Lawso...

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25 Mar artsACT's Statement includes strategies to support professional theatre practitioners, the development of theatre infrastructure and national visibility of ACT’s theatre culture.

The Future of Theatre in the ACT

In February this year, artsACT, the ACT’s Government’s arts agency, released it Str...

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4 Mar ACPA is well-respected within the Australian arts industry, with links to some of the countries most recognised performing arts’ professionals.

ACPA Seeking Talented Young Indigenous Performers

The Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (Brisbane) is seeking young Indigenous performers for...

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1 Mar      “With younger people embracing the arts so eagerly, it’s likely that this is the beginning of a strong trend.

Australian 15-24 year olds are the new creative generation

An Australian Council for the Arts survey of over 3000 Australians has revealed that 15-24 year...

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1 Mar

Canberra Youth Theatre: Forward into Battle

It’s Festival time again in the ACT, apparently.  Sadly, Chief Minister Jon Stanhope...

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1 Mar Adele Chynoweth says

Lowdown Magazine welcomes new ACT editor

Lowdown Magazine is thrilled to welcome new ACT Contributing Editor Adele Chynoweth. A...

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1 Mar

Synapse 2010

The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is calling for applications from creativ...

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1 Mar

Out of the Box, QPAC's festival for children 8 years & under - program on sale

This is your chance to secure great seats for the fantastic performances and workshops for the ...

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1 Feb Walk the Fence opens on Thursday 25 February

Pieces change for Jigsaw Theatre Company

Jigsaw Theatre Company's artistic director Kate Shearer has announced her retirement from J...

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1 Feb

Acting Up at Canberra Youth Theatre!

Canberra Youth Theatre is going to have the young people of Canberra Acting Up this semester as...

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1 Feb

2010 Arts Education Conference - Arts Up Front: Leading Arts Learning

The ACT Department of Education and Training in partnership with the ANU School of Music and Ar...

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1 Feb

CYT Actors Ensemble Auditions

Canberra Youth Theatre is looking for the best and brightest emerging actors to audition for th...

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1 Dec

Canberra’s 65th Carols by Candlelight

Bring a picnic dinner, light your candles, and sing-along to your favorite Christmas carols wit...

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1 Aug Photo: Tamsin Sharp.

Patch On Tour

The 2009 national Fastest Boy in the World Tour is zooming through NSW, ACT, QLD and t...

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28 Jul

Augusto Boal (1931-2009)

World to submit the world to submit a half hour play to be considered for the 2010 season of Out of ...
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28 Jul

Canberra Dance Development Centre Showcase

Canberra Dance Development Centre (CDDC) offers dance classes for everyone and everybody. The Centre...
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28 Jul

Tuggeranong Homestead

28 Jul

Secrets and Lives initiative call out

Got an urge to tell Australia a story? Are you a young filmmaker? SBS and the New South Wales F...

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28 Jul

Request for playwriting and theatre professionals

The National University Theatre Society (NUTS) for 2009 is a society on the ANU campus that fac...

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28 Jul

Seeking writers and storytellers

Each year Majura Primary School has its Writers’ Festival for three w...
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28 Jul

Jigsaw Theatre Company presents Wendy

In Jigsaw’s 35th year we should expect a bit of magic! Wendy is a new musical re...

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28 Jul

2010 National Folk Festival

The 2010 National Folk Festival are looking for acts that explore the world of traditional and ...

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28 Jul Majura Dance Festival

Majura Festival

Majura Festival is looking for dance group performers for their festival on October 24.

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28 Jul

ACT Dance Teacher Register

Ausdance ACT has recently announced a new service called ACT Dance Teacher Register. This is be...

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28 Jul

Canberra Youth Theatre's Tank

Tank is a series of short, fun and very quirky plays about our relationship to water. Our need ...

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28 Jul

Music for Everyone

MFE’s Rock Academy bands Hail Lucy Nation, Morning After, Red Letter Box and The Fuse imp...

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28 Jul

Drum Effect

Interested in learning African drumming? Drum Effect provides ongoing classes for young people ...

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28 Jul

AbaF Managing Effective Partnerships workshop

AbaF invites ACT artists to the Managing Effective Partnerships: Level 3 workshop. Make your pa...

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