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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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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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Tasmania Fights To Keep Its Professional Theatre Company posted 1 Sep

Have you heard the news ... the Tasmanian Government has cut all funding to the Tasmanian Theatre Company for 2012....

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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 ...

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1 Aug
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TOTIPOTENT: A National Theatre Summit for Young and Emerging Artists posted 1 Aug

Young and Emerging theatre makers are invited to join a provocative exploration into the future of the theatre ecology in this country.

Something is coming, it’ s changing, breaking, dripping, splitting and dividing, sliding, joining and graftin...

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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...

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Polyglot lives up to its name while travelling the globe. posted 1 Aug

Polyglot is gearing up for a busy second half of the year performing in five languages and in four countries, livin...

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Australia’s Toughest Poet takes on Geelong! posted 1 Aug

Geoff’s writing isn’t just for fans of poetry – he writes for real people and straight talkers.

HG Nelson once described Geoff Goodfellow as a "tough nut." In reality, he is a hugely celebrated Austral...

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

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 Three Sister playd from 5 – 28 August 2011 at the DUNSTAN PLAYHOUSE

State Theatre Company of SA presents THREE SISTERS

One of the greatest plays of the 20th century, Chekhov’s tragic-comic masterpiece of prov...

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1 Jul

Signal Puts Creativity in Focus for the July School Holidays


These winter school holidays, Signal is hosting a cutting edge program jam-packed with ...

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1 Jul NICA Melbourne Circus Festival - from 26 September to 1 October 2011.

National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) presents the NICA MELBOURNE CIRCUS FESTIVAL

From 26 September to 1 October 2011, NICA will present the NICA Melbourne Circus Festival celeb...

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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 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 Jul “Trevor Jamieson again proves himself one of the most charismatic and skillful performers on the Australian stage.”

Malthouse Theatre presents the Melbourne premiere of NAMATJIRA

At the height of his fame, Namatjira’s shows sold out within minutes. If you didn’t...

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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

A RESTLESS ABILITY - Australia’s leading ‘integrated’ dance company working with young disabled and non-disabled people

Restless Dance Theatre is a place where it is an advantage to have a disability. In residence a...

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1 Jun

Boom! Bap! Pow! The Red Tree has music!

Barking Gecko’s adaptation of Shaun Tan’s The Red Tree started rehearsals this week...

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1 Jun Follow the transformation of an idea from creation to paper and ultimately out into the world!

Librettists Workshop...Have you Ever Thought About Writing A Libretto? ?

Chamber Made Opera and the Victorian Writer's Centre are thrilled to announce a new initiat...

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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 Moth plays from 15 to 25 June, 20011 at the Beckett Theatre, The CUB Malthouse, Southbank, Victoria.

Malthouse announces extended return season of Arena Theatre Co's MOTH

Moth, one of the hardest productions to get a ticket to in 2010 was written by Declan Greene, o...

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1 May

St Martins Youth Art Centre presents THE LOST GIRL

How real is the online reality for Australia’s young people? And is there a deep connecti...

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1 May

Convictions + Connections, Australian Theatre Forum 2011 – coming soon!

Convictions + Connections. Urgent conversations, compelling ideas, inspiring vision. Theatre ma...

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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

Applications are once again open for Realise Your Dream2011.

The British Council have once again called for application for creatives to have a one-of-a-kin...

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1 May

New Artistic Director For Courthouse ARTS

Courthouse ARTS welcomes new Artistic Director, Ross Mueller.  A newly renovated Courthous...

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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

NICA and Nanjing Artists Join Forces to Collaborate - New Circus Work - Beautifully Imperfect

The recently launched Nanjing Cultural Exchange Project which celebrates the relationship betwe...

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1 Apr Zahra Newman takes the Lawler Studio stage in the brilliant one-woman show Random

Melbourne Theatre Company presents Real TV production Random.

Random is presented as part of the 2011 MTC Education Season and featured on the 2011 VCE Drama...

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1 Mar Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you....

The Launching Pad for High-Flyers turns 10, The NAtional Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) celebrates a decade of excellence.

This year, the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) in Melbourne celebrates ten successful ...

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1 Mar

When the Pictures Came presented at both Come Out Festival and Ten Days on the Island

When the Pictures Came is coming to Hobart for Ten Days on the Island festival after i...

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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 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

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

La MaMa Umbria Workshops for Actors, Playwrights, Directors

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

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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 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

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 Jan

Are you the next Artistic Director of Courthouse Arts? Apps close 25th Feb, 2011.

Courthouse Arts is seeking a full-time (38 hours per week) talented Artistic Director to lead t...

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1 Dec Jeff Michel and Quinn Griggs in Boats, touring internationally throughout 2011

Tasmania’s Terrapin Puppet Theatre announces 2011 season – its 30th anniversary year.

In what will be the biggest year in its history, Terrapin will stage six productions over six A...

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1 Dec Australian premiere of HALMANG, MYTH OF JEJU ISLAND by Korea Children’s Culture & Arts Centre, where younger arts lovers recreate Korean legend and see how the simplest creations can have wondrous results.

Program released for Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island 2011

Featuring international artists from island locations across the globe, alongside some of Austr...

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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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1 Nov

InFuse 3 inter-arts workshop heads to Hobart

An intensive inter-arts workshop for artists, InFuse 3 takes over Hobart's Salamanca Arts C...

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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 Black Arm Band presents Hidden Republic

Ten Days on the Island announces a very special concert.

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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 Sep

Terrapin's new show premieres in September

Terrapins new show is about chasing your dreams. Puppetry, acrobatics, magic tricks and things ...

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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

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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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

Island Magazine - Writers OPPORTUNITY – Extended Deadline!!!

Island Magazine issue 124 and Islet Online -issue 5 will feature poems, short...

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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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1 Sep A bit of horse-play!

Terrapin Puppet Theatre is touring

During October, Terrapin's new production of The Gatekeeper will continue its tour...

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1 Sep Quinn Griggs and Jeff Michel in Boats

Finegan Krukemeyer

Over the next two months, Finegan Krukemeyer will enchant children with three productions.

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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

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 Jul

Stompin Youth Dance Artistic Director moves on

After working as Artistic Curator with Stompin for 16 months, Becky Hilton is moving on, with L...

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1 Jul

WeTube LIVE hits Junction 2010

Stompin presents WeTubeLIVE, a living exposition of 100 solos. Ripped from the interne...

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1 Jul

Home Truths Online - a case study in Arts and Health

Home Truths Online presents a gallery of beautiful and sometimes disturbing art made by young p...

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1 Jul The Sandy Bay Senior Youth Class

New Principals for Hobart's biggest drama school

July this year sees the end of an era as Margaret Aperloo, principal of Hobart’s longest ...

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1 Jul

Tasdance + TSO = a good night out

Tasdance in partnership with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra presents two new dance works by t...

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1 Jun

Junction 2010 early birds fly away June 18

Early bird registration for Junction 2010- the Regional Arts Australia national conference bein...

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1 Jun

Dancing Back Home (via Launceston)

With 6 Tall Tales of love, lust and murder, Dancing Back Home is born out of a truly c...

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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 May Entrepot Gallery: the Centre for the Arts on Hunter St.

Rhonda Voo with the Croo

Socialite and advocate for the emerging artist, Rhonda Voo will be hosting the opening of Entre...

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1 May Stephen Schwarz - he's got an award and he's not afraid to use it!

Presenting the UTAS STEPHEN SCHWARTZ SONGWRITING AWARD for emerging songwriters

The University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music in association with the American Society of ...

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1 May From left: Actors Chris Jackson (Launceston), Jane Johnson (Launceston) and Suellen Maunder (Cairns, Artistic Director/CEO of JUTE Theatre) go through their paces in the first week of rehearsals for new play, Dancing Back Home.

Young Playwrights Dance Back Home

JUTE Theatre (Cairns), in conjunction with Mudlark Theatre (Launceston), presents Dancing B...

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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 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

Pulse... touring Tasmania during April

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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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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

Breath of Life Festival

Over two weekends in January, young people in the Devonport area got the chance to work with ar...

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1 Mar

Junction 2010

Junction 2010, the seventh Regional Arts Australia biennial conference, is all set to unleash a...

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1 Mar The Kickstart Production Crew

Kickstart Arts

Kickstart Arts kicked arse with the Power Hip Hop project in 2009 - ten young rappers fronted t...

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1 Mar 2009 Tasmanian Class Clowns winner Teresa Cauker performing at the National Grand Final Gala

Tasmanian Theatre Company

Tasmania Theatre Company have a bucketload of goodies on offer for 2010, including the Second E...

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1 Mar

Streets Alive

The 2010 Streets Alive Youth Festival is being launched on April 9 in Launceston, with the fest...

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1 Mar

Terrapin Puppet Theatre

'The Gatekeeper' and 'When the Pictures Came' are the next two exciting offerin...

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1 Mar

Bodymusic

Bodymusic is a fun, easy and innovative series of voice and song workshops by NIDA graduate Fio...

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1 Mar

Tasdance

Tasdance are proud to announce the details of their 2010 Pulse - Annual Education Performance P...

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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 Jan

Tom Healey to curate Script Centre catalogue

The Australian Script Centre (ASC) has announced the appointment of Tom Healey to the new role ...

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1 Dec

Aurora- Tasdance Summer School

Aurora = Contemporary, choreographic and Street Dance classes, the latter featuring professiona...

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1 Dec

Terrapin Puppet Theatre to perform locally, nationally and internationally in 2010.

The Australian innovator in digital puppetry, Terrapin Puppet Theatre, has announced that in 20...

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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

Tasmanian column intro

Greetings from sunny Austria, and the amazing Schäxpir children’s theatre festival, ...

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28 Jul

Terrapin Puppet Theatre's Helena and the Journey of the Hello

The Tasmanian tour of Helena and the Journey of the Hello commences at the end of Sept...

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28 Jul

Tasdance news

In October and November, Tasdance presents two fresh and inventive explorations of what makes u...

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28 Jul

Tasmanian Theatre Company news

August sees Tasmanian Theatre Company touring a double bill of dance works by integrated dance ...

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