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You will be aware that Carclew Youth Arts, South Australia’s peak youth arts organisation, has decided it is unable to continue providing t...
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Get your applications in for The Australia Council's Digital Culture initiative!
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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 has long been Australia’s premiere entertainment destination for grownups, but this September – ...
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To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Tasmania's Terrapin Puppet Theatre has announced that it will be presenting ...
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1 Sep
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Canberra Youth Theatre will be welcoming Children’s Book author, Nikki Slade-Robinson, to see CYT&rsquo...
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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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CYT is responding to the needs of emerging and independent artists to learn about the process of how to get their o...
1 Aug
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PlayWriting Australia offers travel grants of up to $2,500 to connect playwrights, dramaturgs and theatre companies...
1 Aug
Still Awake Still! A Jump Leads Production involves one grand piano, three mischievous musician...
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1 Aug
Australian experts in young people's theatre, Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA) Ex...
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1 Aug
The Australia Council for the Arts is pleased to launch the Creative Australia ArtistsGrants, a...
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1 Aug
The 2011 Sydney Children’s Festival program is the biggest to date, covering every aspect...
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1 Aug
Youth Arts Queensland invites young and emerging artists from across Australia to make their ar...
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1 Aug
TheatreSpace is a four-year research project investigating the responses of young people. The t...
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1 Jul
For over 16 years violet moon works have supplied performing arts resources to: education autho...
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1 Jul
Read the latest review by Lowdown's Adelaide based reviewer Jane Howard who visited the lat...
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1 Jul
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, 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. This dynamic new production ...
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1 Jul
Australia’s centre of excellence in contemporary circus NICA announces National Auditions...
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1 Jun
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
Auditions for NAISDA (National Aboriginal and Islander Skills Association) are being held on th...
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1 Jun
When Aleksander journeys to the hallowed city of Robotika he is captivated by the technological...
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1 May
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 by Jo...
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1 May
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 is seeking a range of creative endeavors for inclus...
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1 May
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
Sydney Opera House are advertsing for a Education Specialist (Education and Young People) who w...
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1 May
Monkey Baa has been madly at work on our two new productions; Emily Eyefinger adapted from Dunc...
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1 May
The Danish theatre, Teatret Gruppe 38, is the first Danish theatre ever to have received one of...
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1 Apr
Sydney Opera House’s 2011 Kids at the House program continues with internationally renown...
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1 Apr
Nearly Lear, a mischievous retelling of one of Shakespeare’s greatest dramatic masterpiec...
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1 Apr
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
COCKROACH is a bold and confronting work about the challenges that teenagers face in a conflict...
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1 Mar
Eight young dance graduates are hard at work in Canberra, taking apart everything they know abo...
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1 Mar
This is Bell Shakespeare’s third production of Much Ado About Nothing, following producti...
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1 Mar
Sydney Opera House’s 2011 Kids at the House program continues with internationally renown...
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1 Mar
STC Ed presents Hamlet by William Shakespeare in a new adaptation by Naomi Edwards. In a twist ...
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1 Mar
Entries for the 2011 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize are now open for writers. So get th...
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1 Mar
If you are an indpendent producer in a performing arts platform, then you may be interested in ...
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1 Feb
Next Stage, STC's artform development strand presented throughout 2011, features the work o...
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1 Feb
Tantrum Theatre presents the first work of its 35th anniversary season with its production of W...
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1 Feb
QL2 classes provide young dancers with the skills and training they need to succeed in their da...
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1 Feb
The call goes out to Quantum Leap dancers for a new project in 2011, Identify.
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1 Feb
Currency House have released Platform Papers 26, Not Just An Audience: Young People Transformin...
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1 Feb
2011 marks the 30th Anniversary of Babies Proms, introducing kids aged 2-5 to the joys of live ...
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1 Feb
The WiM forum held in March in Brisbane include a stellar line up of female artist. Emerging an...
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1 Feb
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Babies Proms at the Sydney Opera House, Lowdown are giving...
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1 Feb
The relationship between Canberra's QL2 and the Bangkok Dance Academy has continued with a ...
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1 Feb
Jigsaw Theatre Company and Courthouse Arts in association with Canberra Theatre Centre
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1 Feb
La MaMa Umbria are offering experiential workshops for professional directors, playwrights and ...
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1 Jan
Courtesy of Hopscotch Films and Lowdown Magazine Online, WIN tickets to see CATFISH. W...
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1 Jan
Attention all emerging actors, producers and designers aged 16-25! Canberra Youth Theatre are h...
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1 Jan
The Australian Writers' Guild, together with Inscription is offering one emerging playwrigh...
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1 Jan
As Canberra Youth Theatre prepares for the Australian Premiere of Cockroach, emerging artists t...
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1 Jan
The Canberra Youth Theatre’s 2011 season sees the company navigate their way toward the e...
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1 Jan
Forty-nine young artists from around Australia were announced as participants in the 2011 JUMP ...
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1 Dec
QL2 presents On Course 2010, a set of new short dance works created and performed by t...
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1 Dec
The Makhampom Study Tour is a unique introduction to community theatre through an integrated pr...
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1 Dec
A Merry Christmas and jolly splendid New Year from all of us here at Lowdown.
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27 Nov
This exciting new play has been commissioned and developed by atyp, written by three time winne...
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1 Nov
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
Expressions of interest are now open for two development opportunities for dance graduates. ...
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25 Oct
You can win a double pass to see Canberra Youth Theatre's Retrieval at the National Library...
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1 Oct
Congratulations to Shakespeare fan, George Robson who has won a double pass to the opening nigh...
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1 Oct
It's all just a little bit of history repeating.
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1 Oct
Calling all budding authors!
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1 Oct
Calling all playwrights for a new Fellowship.
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1 Oct
Canberra Youth Theatre announces the recipient of the second Open House residency for 2010. ...
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1 Oct
Young dancers from Canberra and Cowra put in the Hard Yards in their October performance.
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1 Oct
Seventeen year old Daramalan student to play the title role in King Lear.
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1 Sep
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1 Sep
Get your applications ready for the 2011 round of JUMP artist mentorships.
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1 Sep
Free dance performances set to liven up the streets of Canberra.
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1 Sep
The ACT Government is seeking feedback from the community on the findings of an independent rev...
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1 Sep
Canberra Youth Theatre is opening its doors to invite emerging artists from outside the ACT who...
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1 Sep
The Festival of Australian Student Theatre (FAST) is the first national festival of tertiary st...
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23 Aug
On 17 August, Youth Arts Queensland (YAQ) announced CarriageWorks and Melbourne Fringe as its n...
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1 Aug
Jigsaw Theatre Company, Canberra’s professional theatre company for young audiences, has ...
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1 Aug
The Centenary of Canberra is on the hunt for a Program Coordinator (Technical) to join their te...
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1 Aug
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 tix to Rio Saki and Other Falling Debris from ATYP and Lowdown Magazine
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1 Aug
YPAA's Executive Director, Lenine Bourke is traversing the countryside talking all things y...
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1 Aug
After an extensive national search, Jigsaw Theatre Company, Canberra’s professional theat...
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1 Jul
Submissions are now open for the Canberra leg of Short’n’Sweet.
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1 Jul
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
For the first time, teens aged 11–15 years can team up with Australian songwriter, Emma D...
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1 Jun
Bit of an academic? The Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management is on the hunt for...
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1 Jun
Arts and culture lovers, get ready to immerse yourselves in the best of regional and community ...
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1 Jun
Cancer Council Australia is asking Australians aged 12 to 17 years to get creative and ‘b...
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1 Jun
Arts Queensland and the Centre for Social Impact have released a discussion paper tackling fund...
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25 May
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
QL2 Centre for Youth Dance (Canberra, Australia) and Maya Dance Theatre (Singapore) present a n...
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24 May
The Street Theatre is proud to present Solo At The Street, a collection of solo perfor...
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1 May
Calling all young independent artists seeking to create, rehearse and/or develop a theatrical p...
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1 May
Chief Minister and Minister for Arts Jon Stanhope today encouraged the ACT arts community to ap...
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1 May
Jigsaw Theatre Company is pleased to announce that in 2010 it will be transitioning to a new mo...
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29 Apr
Young people from all walks of life can be leaders of positive social change, so Foundation for...
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29 Apr
Arts Minister Peter Garrett announced more than $3 million in Playing Australia funding f...
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29 Apr
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 Unearthed is teaming up with internationally renowned hip hop producer M-Phazes to cre...
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29 Apr
Imagine coming face to face with the future! Imagine a Conference that was out of the ordinary....
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29 Apr
Teachers and students now have access to a new range of interactive human rights education reso...
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29 Apr
For the first time in Australia, the nation’s teachers and students have an opportunity t...
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29 Apr
Are you Australia?s next big star? Young people can get creative and "Live It Now? by subm...
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1 Apr
After its beginning in early April, the senior Actors Ensemble at Canberra Youth Theatre will p...
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1 Apr
In June this year, Stage 88 in Commonwealth Park will be transformed into an interactive exhibi...
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1 Apr
The Australian Youth Music Council (AYMC) has launched its online presence during National Yout...
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1 Apr
Expression of interests are now open for a small team of professional and emerging directors to...
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1 Apr
From August 26-29, 1000 delegates from across Australia will discuss and celebrate best practic...
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1 Apr
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 has announced a new course - the Ausdance Skill Set for Teaching Dance. This new short...
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25 Mar
The Street Theatre has announced its 2010 Writing Commission Program.
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25 Mar
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
The Street Theatre presents Max Cullen’s Faces in the Street: A Salute to Henry Lawso...
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25 Mar
In February this year, artsACT, the ACT’s Government’s arts agency, released it Str...
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4 Mar
The Aboriginal Centre for Performing Arts (Brisbane) is seeking young Indigenous performers for...
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1 Mar
An Australian Council for the Arts survey of over 3000 Australians has revealed that 15-24 year...
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1 Mar
It’s Festival time again in the ACT, apparently. Sadly, Chief Minister Jon Stanhope...
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1 Mar
Lowdown Magazine is thrilled to welcome new ACT Contributing Editor Adele Chynoweth. A...
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1 Mar
The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) is calling for applications from creativ...
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1 Mar
This is your chance to secure great seats for the fantastic performances and workshops for the ...
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1 Feb
Jigsaw Theatre Company's artistic director Kate Shearer has announced her retirement from J...
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1 Feb
Canberra Youth Theatre is going to have the young people of Canberra Acting Up this semester as...
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1 Feb
The ACT Department of Education and Training in partnership with the ANU School of Music and Ar...
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1 Feb
Canberra Youth Theatre is looking for the best and brightest emerging actors to audition for th...
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1 Dec
Bring a picnic dinner, light your candles, and sing-along to your favorite Christmas carols wit...
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1 Aug
The 2009 national Fastest Boy in the World Tour is zooming through NSW, ACT, QLD and t...
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28 Jul
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 (CDDC) offers dance classes for everyone and everybody. The Centre...
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28 Jul
28 Jul
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
The National University Theatre Society (NUTS) for 2009 is a society on the ANU campus that fac...
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28 Jul
Each year Majura Primary School has its Writers’ Festival for three
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28 Jul
In Jigsaw’s 35th year we should expect a bit of magic! Wendy is a new musical re...
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28 Jul
The 2010 National Folk Festival are looking for acts that explore the world of traditional and ...
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28 Jul
Majura Festival is looking for dance group performers for their festival on October 24.
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28 Jul
Ausdance ACT has recently announced a new service called ACT Dance Teacher Register. This is be...
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28 Jul
Tank is a series of short, fun and very quirky plays about our relationship to water. Our need ...
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28 Jul
MFE’s Rock Academy bands Hail Lucy Nation, Morning After, Red Letter Box and The Fuse imp...
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28 Jul
Interested in learning African drumming? Drum Effect provides ongoing classes for young people ...
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28 Jul
AbaF invites ACT artists to the Managing Effective Partnerships: Level 3 workshop. Make your pa...
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