News Articles for Black Swan State Theatre Company

The second generation of a famous WA performing family is working to ensure its cultural contribution continues.

This week's appointments include Chelsea Tobin, Sarah Standish, Naomi Pigram-Mitchell, Rick Heath, Gary Smith, and others.

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.

New financial reports have shone a spotlight on the pressure facing WA's major performing arts companies, especially WA Ballet and WASO.

A collaboration with Hawaiian and Youth Focus is sparking conversations around youth mental health.

A new machine funded by Lotterywest is streamlining set design construction, resulting in lower costs and improved efficiencies for the wider arts sector.

Black Swan State Theatre Company has announced the renewal of Fortescue's sponsorship of the arts organisation until the end of 2026.

OPINION: The new 10 Year Vision for Arts and Culture is David Templeman's parting gift to WA's creative industries. But what does the ‘vision' need to deliver to the sector, and is it likely to be delivered?

The arts and culture sector faces increasing costs and changing audience preferences as the state government prepares to release a 10-year plan.

In 2011, Andrew and Nicola Forrest made an unusual donation that has delivered more benefits to WA's arts sector than anyone ever anticipated.

Black Swan State Theatre Company and West Australian Opera were the most awarded arts organisations at the 2023 Performing Arts Western Australia Awards.

Liv Declerck and Jack McGinn discuss the state's long-awaited 10-year vision for the arts and culture sector.

WA opts for a fresh strategy to help the arts and culture sector build on its post-pandemic recovery.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Bran Black, Jennifer Westacott, Paul Trengove, Justine Roberts, Terrence Winner, James Arnott and Deb Russell.

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.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Sevan Gore, Don Hyma, Matthew Hall, Andrew Bovell, Kate George and Jim Gawith.

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.

A new production marks an intersection between theatre, sport and medical science.

Business News examines how big business chooses which community organisations to support.

The disruption of the past two years has contributed to leadership changes and restructures.

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.

Major Western Australian arts companies have reaped huge benefits from Fortescue Metals Group shares donated by Andrew and Nicola Forrest in 2011.

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.

Enjoying a new production of a show just as much as you did the original is a Brilliant Thing, writes David Zampatti.

The 2020 balance sheets of WA arts companies appear strong, but performance anxiety lingers.

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.

Kate Cherry is bringing her business and arts experience to new projects in Perth.

Francois Witbooi has been appointed chair of Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA, succeeding long-time director Nicola Forrest.

Artists are putting pressure on arts organisations to think more carefully about where their funds come from.

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 Western Australian arts calendar is starting to fill up after the COVID-19 shutdown, beginning with CinefestOZ Film Festival at the end of August.

The pandemic has highlighted the plight of the arts sector but will the support continue?

Lotterywest has announced the beneficiaries of $26.3 million in COVID-19 relief grants, with West Australian Ballet receiving one of the largest sums.

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.