COVID-19

Broadway extends shutdown to June 2021

The Broadway League confirmed this week that New York's theatres will remain closed until at least June 2021. Initial shutdowns…

4 years ago

A chat with Bruce Spence about ACTober

With 2020 hitting the industry harder than ever, ACTober calls on everyone to reflect on the importance of the performing…

4 years ago

Is COVID-19 the only contagion of 2020?

Based on a true incident, a book called The Wave (written by Todd Strasser under his pen-name, Morton Rhue) was…

4 years ago

Production update from Friends! The Musical Parody

Friends! The Musical Parody postpones 2020 tour. In a statement released on their website earlier today, the company said: Due…

4 years ago

A refuge in the arts

In July English historian Simon Schama spoke of “Art as a refuge from the terrible crisis we are all living…

4 years ago

TALKING HEADS: The perfect pandemic production

In the midst of the 2020 lockdown, BBC iPlayer aired a series called Unprecedented, a collection of short performances filmed…

4 years ago

Rural Theatre – A safe way forward?

Rural theatre and drive-in theatres in Australia began to decline in the 1970s and 1980s, whilst on the other side…

4 years ago

Banding Together: the Australian Music Vault shares the challenges facing our Australian music community right now

The Australian Music Vault has responded to the challenges of COVID-19 by creating a series of video stories capturing its…

4 years ago

More Mental Health Support for the Australian Entertainment Industry

Entertainment Assist has responded to the increasing demand for mental health and wellbeing support from members of the Australian entertainment…

4 years ago