Performing Arts

Ita Buttrose to buttress battered ABC
The chair of the ABC may be a recurrent circus, but this is surely the first time a chair has…

Monte Miller awards showcase new talent
Winners announced in premier Awards for future of Australian screenwriting.

Around the web 22 Feb 2019 - leading off with In Like Flynn
Lots of Netflix news, plus China complications, In Like Flynn interview, and Oscar scripts. And the future of AI.

Guild News - announcements for 22 February 2019
The ADG Awards, Production Designers Guild and Oscars, Screenworks widens composers scheme, AWG wants your AWGIE submissions.

Producing for the Screen - initiating the emerging producer
Most producing handbooks are cures for insomnia. This one is lively, local and clear as it shares key information between…

AWG: Monty Miller shortlist from 450 entries
Diversity dominates shortlist for annual comp charged with unearthing future of screenwriting.

Neil Peplow to leave AFTRS
The AFTRS CEO Neil Peplow will leave in the middle of 2019 to return to London.

AIDC 2019 - program out, change and excitement all around
'We are just settled after a time of digital disruption. It is not the end of the world. Where to…

Screenwest completes management team with new Chair
Screenwest is now headed by a fierce combination of veteran management, PR talent and quokka protection as John Driscoll is…

How the broadcasters are killing the one-off documentary
As part of his Currency House Platform Paper, Sydney documentarian Tom Zubrycki reveals some hard truths about the role of…