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25.01.2022 The City of Melbourne is on the lookout for young creatives with fresh ideas to take part in the 2021 Signal Young Creatives Lab an opportunity for young artists and creatives to realise their project dreams in collaboration with the dedicated team at SIGNAL. Image: Signal Young Creatives Lab courtesy of City of Melbourne

25.01.2022 The much-anticipated solo exhibition by leading West Australian artist Olga Cironis, Forest of Voices is presented in the form of an immersive sound installation in PICA - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts' First Floor Gallery until Sunday 10 January 2021. Image: Olga Cironis in the Forest of Voices installation at PICA photo by Bo Wong

25.01.2022 Canberra Youth Theatre is returning to the stage in a big way with Katie Pollock’s provocative and critically acclaimed Australian play, Normal in The Playhouse Canberra Theatre Centre from 22 24 October 2020. Image: Normal image by Lightbulb Studio

25.01.2022 Featuring the best and brightest of our musical exports, allowing audiences the rare opportunity to hear the nation’s foremost performers back on home soil alongside Australia’s premier Orchestra, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2021 Season. Image: Sydney Symphony Orchestra (supplied)

25.01.2022 Following its World Premiere season in Sydney in February 2021, the Producers of the DrummerQueens have anounced the new must-see original Australian theatrical experience will play in Melbourne and Brisbane. #DrummerQueens Image: Drummer Queens (2020 workshop production) photo by Luke Parry

24.01.2022 One of the most celebrated musicals of all time, Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment has announced their rescheduled dates for the acclaimed BB Group production of West Side Story will play a limited season at QPAC's Lyric Theatre from 23 July 2021. Image: West Side Story (Australian Cast, 2019) photo by Jeff Busby

24.01.2022 Facilitated by the Greater Dandenong City Council, local LGBTIQA+ artists and communities will connect and celebrate through a range of virtual activities as part of Unwrapped this November. #Unwrapped

23.01.2022 On the Couch features Anne Cawrse - whose new work, A Room of Her Own’ will receive its world premiere by the Australian String Quartet at Elder Hall, Adelaide on Saturday 17 October 2020. Image: Anne Cawrse (supplied)

23.01.2022 David Collins takes a look at Hannah Canon in Love Does Cost a Thing - which was recently presented as part of the 2020 Melbourne Fringe Digital Program. Image: Hannah Cañon in Love Does Cost a Thing (supplied)

23.01.2022 A new place of culture for the thriving Cumberland community, the Granville Centre Art Gallery will open in November with a vibrant curatorial program of contemporary art and the inaugural exhibition titled Ngaliya Diyam. #granvillecentreartgallery Image: Aunty Esme Timbery, Untitled (Sydney Opera House), 2002. Polystyrene, wood, PVA glue, fabric and shell. From the collection of the Sydney Opera House Trust photo by Sue Blackburn

23.01.2022 Full of extraordinary acrobatics, wondrous magical feats and soaring songs from Stephen Schwartz, the composer of WICKED and Godspell PIPPIN has been lovingly crafted to become Broadway’s high-flying, death-defying musical. Thanks to the Gordon Frost Organisation, Australian Arts Review has two (2) double-passes to giveaway to the performance of PIPPIN at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on Thursday 26 November 2020 7.30pm. TO WIN: email your name; postal address and phone number with PIPPIN in the Subject Line to: [email protected] by 9.00am Wednesday 4 November 2020. Only the winners will be notified!

22.01.2022 The City of Sydney is seeking feedback on proposed planning controls that will help re-energise Sydney’s $4 billion night-time economy and create more opportunities for creative and cultural activities. Image: Brighton Up Bar, Darlinghurst photo by Jamie Williams

22.01.2022 La Mama Theatre introduces Cinematica! A quarterly event to present short-film, obscure music videos, experimental film, the moving-image and avant-garde cinema. Each Cinematica! will explore a concept or theme, the first being Apocalypse Normal on Saturday 31 October with special guests Jay Katz and Miss Death. Image: Carnival of Souls (1962)

22.01.2022 In the 20th anniversary year of The Dressmaker, Rosalie Ham - one of Australia's best selling authors - returns with The Dressmaker’s Secret. Image: The Dressmaker’s Secret courtesy of Pan Macmillan Australia

22.01.2022 Malthouse Theatre, home of Melbourne’s most provocative theatre, will reopen in January 2021 with a brand-new live performance hub in the courtyard of the venue. Image: Malthouse Theatre Outdoor Stage (Artist Impression) courtesy of Zoe Atkinson

21.01.2022 Australias favourite storyteller and a titan of the Australian fiction landscape, Di Morrissey AM, is back with her latest novel, Before the Storm. Image: Before the Storm courtesy of Pan Macmillan Australia

19.01.2022 Shrek, Princess Fiona and Donkey are coming to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in the first major musical to open to a 100% capacity audience in Australia, without a special exemption required, since the onset of COVID-19 - Shrek The Musical Australia Image: QPAC Chief Executive John Kotzas, Shrek (courtesy of Dreamworld) and Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch courtesy of QPAC

17.01.2022 In a landmark moment for Australian theatrical producers Global Creatures, Moulin Rouge! The Musical has been nominated for an astounding 14 Tony Awards which were announced overnight in New York. Based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 Australian film, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the first Australian-produced musical to originate on Broadway - Moulin Rouge The Musical - Australia Image: Danny Burstein as Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Broadway production) photo by Matthew Murphy

16.01.2022 Hand-crafted by acclaimed glass artist, Kirstie Rea for the Canberra Glassworks, Field of Poppies is an exclusive series of individual glass artworks created to commemorate this year’s Remembrance Day. Image: Kirstie Rea, Field of Poppies, 2020 courtesy of Canberra Glassworks

15.01.2022 On the Couch features Martha Ackroyd Curtis - who is the Author of Hello Titty a new collection of original poems and photographs of, well breasts which is available from all leading book sellers. Image: Martha Ackroyd Curtis (supplied)

15.01.2022 Artistic Directors Mark Barford, Connor Delves and Jillian Geurts have announced the upcoming 2020 season of the Australian Theatre Festival - NYC, which takes place online 4 & 5 December.

14.01.2022 Producers Rodney Rigby and Junkyard Dog Productions have announced that the worldwide smash hit, Tony and Olivier award-winning musical, Come From Away, will open at QPAC's Lyric Theatre from 28 March 2021 for a strictly limited season. Image: Come From Away Australia photo by Jeff Busby

14.01.2022 With rehearsals for Disney's Frozen recently commencing in Sydney, Australian Arts Review caught up with Courtney Monsma as she prepares to bring the role of Anna to the stage. Image: Courtney Monsma (supplied)

14.01.2022 On the Couch features Sweeney Preston - who stars with Ethan Cavanagh in Very Mature presented as part of the 2021 Melbourne International Comedy Festival at the Mantra on Russell Mantra One from 25 28 March. Image: Sweeney Preston (supplied)

13.01.2022 The mixed race, gender-fluid and multi-talented Candy Bowers is launching a new exciting podcast, Multi-Hypho with support from Arts Centre Melbourne, Creative Victoria and Bobb Creative. Image: Candy Bowers courtesy of Arts Centre Melbourne

13.01.2022 Over four weeks and with four new shows, the Sydney Opera House will feature six of Australia’s funniest, with one very funny bonus Welshman. Two iconic duos Lano & Woodley and Judith Lucy and Denise Scott; the king of silly Sam Simmons; and the golden girl of stand-up Anne Edmonds joined by Lloyd Langford (he’s the Welshman). Image: (top) Lano & Woodley and Judith Lucy & Denise Scott / (bottom) Anne Edmonds & Lloyd Langford and Sam Simmons (supplied)

13.01.2022 Melbourne’s love affair with world-wide smash hit musical Come From Away Australia concludes on a triumphant note this weekend as the production breaks its own record that was set in January 2020 for the highest weekly box office in the Comedy Theatre's 92 year history. Image: Come From Away (supplied)

12.01.2022 From the romantic to the platonic, between friends, lovers, creative collaborators and within families and communities, Australian Love Stories, a new exhibition at Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery highlights love, affection and connection in all its myriad forms and permutations. #AustralianLoveStories Image: Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown (detail), 2006 (printed 2020) Peter Brew-Bevan

12.01.2022 An inventive virtual choir promoting social connection and fun through music in the Latrobe Valley is set to produce an online video featuring the world premiere of a new song - My Valley, My Home, written by the multi award winning conductor of Choir of Hard Knocks - Dr Jonathon Welch AM. Image: Dr Jonathon Welch AM (supplied)

11.01.2022 A large-scale public artwork of iconic chimpanzee David Greybeard, muse of ground-breaking scientist Dr Jane Goodall, is set to bring conservation and the environment into focus at Arts Centre Melbourne next month - David Greybeard Global Tour Image: David Greybeard by Artist Lisa Roet CAD image courtesy Airena / Felipe Reynolds

11.01.2022 Opera Queensland is soaring into its 40th year with a full slate of fresh new works, intimate concerts, a regional road trip and the return of a few favourites. Image: Opera Queensland 2021 Season (supplied)

10.01.2022 Sit back, relax and be entertained! You are invited to a diverse, two-week festival filled with dynamic performances of music, theatre, comedy, burlesque and more as the Monash Uni Student Theatre (MUST) Cabaret Festival streams online from 21 - 30 October 2020.

10.01.2022 Award-winning Australian writer Katrina Nannestad returns with her most masterful novel yet, We Are Wolves a book to crack open your heart, a book to light you up inside, a book to love. Image: We Are Wolves courtesy of HarperCollins Books Australia

10.01.2022 Gavin Roach takes a look at How Drama's Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap on Zoom - which recently played as part of the 2020 Melbourne Fringe Digital Program. Image: Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap on Zoom (supplied)

08.01.2022 On the Couch features Adam Rennie - who stars in the National Theatre of Parramatta's production of Jye Bryant’s The Things I Could Never Tell Steven at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta for a limited season from 5 November 2020. #NationalTheatreofParramatta Image: Adam Rennie (supplied)

08.01.2022 Created in association with NORPA, Sprung Integrated Dance Theatre Inc's latest stage work, O, How I Dreamt of Things Impossible, enjoyed a sell-out premiere in Lismore in October. To celebrate International Day of People with Disability on 3 December, the full length production and an insightful Q&A session with the dancers (Auslan interpreted and captioned) is available online via Sprung’s Youtube Channel. Image: Alice Misty Boscheinen in O, How I Dreamt of Things Impossible photo by Kate Holmes

08.01.2022 Developed through Red Stitch: The Actors' Theatre's unique INK playwriting program, Michele Lee’s new play Single Ladies was in its first week of previews in March when it had to close due to Covid-19 restrictions. During Lockdown, Michele has developed a series of short audio works based on the three characters to form Single Ladies Now! Image: Andrea Swifte, Jem Lai and Caroline Lee feature in Single Ladies Now photo by Robert Blackburn

07.01.2022 The most deliciously dysfunctional Christmas lunch you’ll ever attend, Sydney Theatre Company presents Sam Holcroft’s Rules For Living at the Drama Thatre Sydney Opera House from 2 November 2020. Image: Fallen Tree courtesy of Sydney Theatre Company

06.01.2022 A child’s toy may seem like an unlikely candidate for the classical concert hall. Around the world, however, thousands of musicians gather every year for festivals, conferences and concerts dedicated to the toy piano. Paul Smith discusses...

06.01.2022 Screen Australia has announced $1 million of development funding for seven features, 16 television dramas and five online projects. Image: Dragon Friends (L to R): Edan Lacey, Michael Hing, Dave Harmon, Ben Jenkins, Simon Greiner and Alex Lee photo by Monica Pronk

06.01.2022 On the Couch features Lucy Maunder - who stars as Catherine in Pippin Australia which is currently playing at the Sydney Lyric Theatre. Image: Lucy Maunder (supplied)

06.01.2022 David Collins takes a look at Cross Encounters' performance of A Stone's Throw - which was presented as part of the 2020 Melbourne Fringe Digital Program. Image: Jesse Donaldson and Rosemary Ochtman in A Stone’s Throw (supplied)

05.01.2022 On display from Saturday 7 November, the Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Streeton a landmark exhibition of Australia’s iconic impressionist, Arthur Streeton, whose brilliant evocations of light, land and sea captured the spirit and optimism of our country. #streeton Image: Arthur Streeton, Land of the Golden Fleece, 1926 (detail). Private collection, Sydney

05.01.2022 On the Couch features Mace Francis - who is the Band Leader of the Mace Francis Orchestra who celebrate their 15th birthday on Thursday 22 October with a performance at The Rechabite Hall, Perth. Image: Mace Francis (supplied)

04.01.2022 NIDA’s Parade Theatre is reopening, with Darren Yap directing Next to Normal for the October Season of Student Productions. Image: Darren Yap courtesy of NIDA

04.01.2022 Running live online for one-day-only on Saturday 7 November 2020, 24 Carrot Productions presents the third annual Austen Con a much-loved celebration and exploration of all things Jane Austen. #AustenCon

03.01.2022 Museums remain relevant in a globalised world where stories of objects and collecting connect people, institutions, places and ideas. Alistair Paterson, Andrea Witcomb, Gaye Sculthorpe, Shino Konishi and Tiffany Shellam discuss... Image: The Ngalang Koort Boodja Wirn Gallery at Boola Bardip photo by Michael Haluwana / Aeroture

02.01.2022 As Victoria gradually moves out of restrictions that seem to have lasted forever, let us think about this as a celebration of our perseverance, and our innate nature as human beings to be ever adaptive to the environments around us. Shaohui Kwok & Amelia Saward - Co-Curators of the Mass Isolation Australia project for the Ballarat International Foto Biennale reflects... Images: Nicole Reed, SMILE, 2020 / Daisy Noyes, Escape, 2020 / Rowena Meadows, A Delineating Symbol, 2020 courtesy of the Artists and Ballarat International Foto Biennale #massisolationAUS #ballaratfoto

02.01.2022 Critically acclaimed circus production A Simple Space by Gravity & Other Myths is returning to Arts Centre Melbourne audiences after a hugely successful sold out season back in 2018. Image: A Simple Space photo by Chris Herzfeld