Neighbours recently broadcast its 9000th episode, prompting one Brisbane author – who also happens to be a Neighbours script editor – to reflect on the longevity of soap operas
We should know more about Australian composers but there are problems standing in the way of that
Artists provoke and offend, but they also liberate us and help us understand who we are and where we’re going. Writer Stephen Orr makes a case for significant new investment in South Australian artists and cultural institutions.
Two of the key figures involved in Ireland’s post-pandemic pilot of a universal basic income for artists are in Adelaide to discuss the scheme, prompting the question: Could it also be a viable way to help Australian artists and cultural workers forge sustainable careers?
Like other recent queer rom-coms that pitched to the mainstream, streaming series Red, White & Royal Blue explains gay contexts to non-queer audiences.
New data shows women are hugely under-represented in conductor and director roles within Australia’s five major opera companies, with risk aversion in programming exacerbating gender inequality.
South Australia’s investment in arts and culture is falling behind – and the rest of the country is taking notice.
A new wave of Australian horror – from The Babadook to recent release Talk to Me – shows the genre can be worthy of domestic and critical attention and a gory good time with commercial appeal.
Continued cuts in arts funding have seen South Australia fall behind other mainland states in terms of actual spending on the sector, leaving us with a critical lack of cultural infrastructure.
The First Inventors documentary series is appearing on our screens at a time when Australia engages in some big national conversations about voice, truth and treaty.
Stella Prize-winning book The Jaguar brings the full power of poetic language to bear on experiences often pushed to the edges of public life.
Samela Harris was 12 when she first met Barry Humphries after her father brought him home for dinner. It was also the first time she was let loose in the kitchen.