Cultural Industries

The Wyn Carr House has received a grant of $2.5 million from the state government to fund the refurbishment of the two-storey safe house for vulnerable women in Fremantle.

Exit entitlement deadlines are among the greatest areas of contention for the state government's retirement village reform plans, a Property Council event heard this morning.

Grand Cinemas has called in administrators and will close two of its five cinemas after struggling to recover from pandemic closures and capacity limits.

MACA Cancer 200 Ride for Research fundraiser has nearly reached its participant capacity for the 2023 event in only four weeks.

Byron Bay Bluesfest has announced it will visit the Swan Valley in 2023 for the festival's 34th annual event and a first for Western Australia.

If Mahler or Metallica require it, a chamber-sized version of Perth Symphony Orchestra is ready to get heavy, writes Claire Coleman.

Fierce and funny, Oil tackles some big subjects, and the cast is more than up to the challenge, writes Rita Clarke.

More than a decade after finishing up as the state's chief scientist, Lyn Beazley remains a passionate advocate for medical research.

US film producer Jon Kuyper, who worked on Hollywood movies The Great Gatsby, The Hobbit and Mad Max: Fury Road, says WA's film studio will fast become one of the world's top movie destinations.

The Perth International Jazz Festival is off and swinging and Kristian Borring says the diverse opening night program promises a great weekend in Perth and later in the south-west.

A West Perth arts precinct, dubbed by locals as the 'Pickle District', is expected to be demolished after an assessment panel approved a five-storey Bunnings to be built on the site.

The Ellington Jazz Club has been put up for sale by co-founder Bernard Kong 13 years after he and the late Graham Wood opened the doors to what would become Perth's best-known jazz patch.

French in name only, Telemann's ‘Paris Quartets' offer a suite of European flavours. Australian Baroque charms Claire Coleman with a polished performance.

STRUT Dance will be the first of many arts groups to use the long-shuttered Liberty Theatre in central Perth.

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.

Victoria-based art curator Hannah Mathews is set to return to the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts after 14 years, following her appointment as its new chief executive.

A proposal for a five-storey development in West Perth has been given a thumbs up from the City of Vincent, despite more than 300 objections received during public consultation.

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.

From the traditional to the experimental, the 40 portraits that make up this year's Lester Prize are well worth visiting, says Jaimi Wright.

Australia's largest charity bike ride has raised a record $8.3 million for the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research.

Premier Mark McGowan, former governor Kim Beazley and Edith Cowan's family have thrown their support behind a statue of the women's rights activist proposed for St Georges Terrace.

Committee for Perth chief executive Marion Fulker will step down from her role early next year, after 16 years of service with the organisation.

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.

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

The state government has provided an initial round of funding for six disability enterprises to help them take on employees from Activ Foundation.

Junior reviewers Isabel and Eddy Greentree appreciate the strong message about the need for change in this lively opera aimed at young audiences.

Conductor, violist and digital engineer Aaron Wyatt has plenty of strings to his bow. But building awareness of Indigenous music is what gets him most excited. Varnya Bromilow talks to him ahead of the WA premiere of Eumeralla Requiem.

West Australian Ballet head of development Lauren Major will step up as the next executive director to co-lead the company with artistic director Aurélien Scannella.

Local organisations are changing the nature of volunteering to attract unpaid staff.

A homeless centre will be relocated to James Street after the state government overruled the City of Perth council's objection.

Ivy Chen, Kane Blackman and Nilesh Makwana are among the line-up of executives and specialists to speak at an upcoming summit in a bid to include more diversity in the workplace.

Thirty years after its celebrated debut, Douglas Wright's Gloria lights up the stage once more, this time with a very special addition. The result, writes Nina Levy, is simply glorious.