After holding senior roles at the Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA, Perth International Arts Festival and PAC Australia, Rick Heath has been selected to lead Community Arts Network.
The Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA has appointed Naomi Pigram-Mitchell to associate artistic director, as other members of the well-known Pigram family move to retire.
A new machine funded by Lotterywest is streamlining set design construction, resulting in lower costs and improved efficiencies for the wider arts sector.
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Black Swan State Theatre Company and West Australian Opera were the most awarded arts organisations at the 2023 Performing Arts Western Australia Awards.
With powerful performances and impeccable staging, Kate Champion's direction of Andrew Bovell's Things I Know To Be True impresses David Zampatti, even if he has some doubts about the play.
Senior editor Mark Beyer talks about how Black Swan Theatre Company's production of Barracking for the Umpire has brought together medical research, sports and the arts.
Western Australian customers of several major arts organisations may have been impacted by a cyber breach of the digital marketing platform used by the Arts and Culture Trust.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Joanne Esterhuizen, Chris Massey, Virginia Withers, Matthew Lenhoff, James Marzec, Cassandra Bailey, Michael Henderson and Luke Randazzo.
Rick Heath is departing from his role as chief executive of Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA after two years at the helm and will be succeeded by former Screenwest boss Ian Booth.
Perth Festival has released a dramatically changed program for 2022 along with its first-ever 12-month financial report since becoming a stand-alone company.
Artistic director Clare Watson is leaving Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA while Paul Shannon has been appointed chief executive of WA Symphony Orchestra.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Jessica Machin, Clint Bracknell, Mimi Packer, James Williams, Peter Cook, Marianne Dravnieks, Andrew Kennedy, Fiona Murfitt and Giulia Savior.
Home-grown artists will be highlighted in the 2021 Perth Festival program, which features Tim Minchin performing songs from his new album Alone Together with WASO as the headline act.
The soon-to-be-opened Western Australian Museum is being fitted out, with more than 30 local artists and companies being contracted to deliver multimedia, films, graphics, audio tracks and interactive experiences for the eight galleries. Click through for images of the fitout.
The performing arts sector is coming up with new ways to ensure people are entertained, in light of government restrictions on indoor events attended by 100 people or more as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Concerns over COVID-19 have led to the cancellation or postponement of more events in the state, including Australia's largest annual mining conference Diggers & Dealers, along with the Anzac Day services. The virus has also led to more businesses changing their working arrangements.