News Articles for Perth Festival

Lotterywest's grants to the state's not-for-profit screen funding organisation continue to grow as Perth Film Studios is set to open early next year.

This week's appointments include Alan Barrett, Karen Hook, Allister Caird, Marah Braye, Vanessa Guthrie, Michael Corboy, Lee Lawler, Rachelle Lewis, Karen Ho, Dylan Ogilvie, Jessica Steliou, and others.

Marah Braye will replace Nathan Bennett as chief executive of Perth Festival, two years after her last full-time role in Canada.

As Julian Donaldson departs his role leading state heritage conservation efforts, his community-driven focus on culture remains.

Perth public relations luminary Paul Downie has passed away after a brief illness, aged 65.

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.

This week's appointments include Veronica Jeffery, Kylie Groves, Marisa Orr, Tim Fraser, Ben Jones, Graham Gadsby and more.

Some arts organisations are straining under the weight of rising costs and uncertain funding, while others have found a way forward.

Four Western Australian arts organisations will be among the first to receive support from this year's $8 million Creative Future Fund.

Perth Festival's Nathan Bennett will be stepping down to become chief executive of World Masters Games Perth 2029 early next year, an international multi-sport competition is held every four years

The arts organisation has recorded an increase in its economic impact, according to its 2025 impact report.

Nathan Bennett will be stepping down to become chief executive of World Masters Games Perth 2029 early next year.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Bree Maher, Iain Grandage, Alex Jones, Jean Shaw, Gail Archer, and Michael Gething.

Perth Festival has set its sights on East Perth power station as an event space, a site previously earmarked for redevelopment by Kerry Stokes and Andrew Forrest.

The new artistic director at Perth Festival brings a diverse career background to the role.

The chronically underfunded arts sector needs the government, media and public to recognise its value and provide appropriate support.

Fiveight and Perth Festival have partnered up to deliver two free art events at Carillon City as part of the festival's 2024 season, which starts today.

A major new event launching tonight celebrating the Noongar season of Kambarang will become a permanent fixture on WA's calendar.

The state government has announced a free six-day festival in collaboration with Perth Festival to celebrate Western Australian Indigenous culture and natural biodiversity in early October.

The WA arts industry has celebrated change and embraced inclusivity over 30 years.

Former politician and prominent board director Ben Wyatt has been announced as the new chair of Perth Festival, which has also appointed three new members to its board.

WA's arts sector has a solid foundation to build on in terms of a new federal policy.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Simona Chady, Anna Reece, Iain Grandage, Dan McAulley, Donna Nelson, Sandra Eades, Mike Nelson, Paul Laybourne, Lance Malone and Mark Ritter.

Senior editor Mark Beyer covers some of the highlights from his latest corporate finance feature.

Anna Reece has been announced as the next Perth Festival artistic director from 2025, taking over from Iain Grandage.

Perth Festival will return next year with a full line-up of interstate and overseas acts, a free opening event at Joondalup and expectations for a big increase in income.

Perth Festival is budgeting for a doubling in box office sales next year after signing up acclaimed Icelandic performer Björk for an Australian-exclusive season.

Chevron's long-running sponsorship of the Perth Festival will end next year, with the festival expected to seek new corporate backers while continuing to ramp up its philanthropic income.

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.

The second instalment of Donating Differently details the rise of organisations harnessing the power of collective giving.

Perth Festival's box office sales increased slightly from the 2021 iteration, but total attendance was heavily disrupted by cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Art is moving away from institutions and into more creative locations.

Mary Stuart, the great play Shakespeare could never write, has a flawlessly conceived and delivered staging at the Heath Ledger Theatre, writes David Zampatti.

West Australian Opera's performance of Carmen at the WACA Ground in February has been postponed due to uncertainty around the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and the possibility of further restrictions.

A large-scale event to open the 2022 Perth Festival on February 11 will not go ahead due to the organiser's concern about the potential spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

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.

Perth Festival has recruited former WA Treasurer Ben Wyatt to its board, one day after it was announced he was joining APM as a non-executive director.

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

Fremantle Biennale, Factory Summer Festival and Origin Fields are among the arts events to have received a share of $40 million in funding from the federal government.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Trent Bartlett, Susan Male, Isabelle Deschamps, Craig Amos, Ella Dachs, Rachael Whitworth, Mark Hyde, Jennifer Tropiano, Mandee de Reus, Mary Roseingrave, Ching Yee Tan and Colin Judd.