Cultural Industries

The Blue Room Theatre has reopened its newly renovated bar which was paid for by a $137,000 fundraising campaign.

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

Gina Rinehart has celebrated the launch of a book of jokes and comics compiled by her Cambodian Daughters - a group of Cambodian women Mrs Rinehart supports financially.

Mates in Construction is providing the industry with the tools to improve wellbeing at work.

West Australian Ballet has appointed international businessman Olivier David as its executive director, after a lengthy national search.

Debuting over 200 years ago, Rossini’s comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere de Siviglia) has remained in almost continuous production ever since.

Finding Scitech a new home is top of the list for new chair Chris Palandri.

Former treasurer Ben Wyatt has been appointed to the board of medical research organisation Telethon Kids Institute, his first role since leaving from politics.

Fremantle Arts Centre’s annual “Revealed” exhibition of works by new and emerging WA Aboriginal artists is an exciting and engaging collection, writes Belinda Hermawan.

Miss Lily’s Fabulous Feather Boa is a fun family show with apt themes of isolation and extinction, says Lydia Edwards.

The startlingly realistic sculptures and installations by Abdul-Rahman Abdullah in ‘Everything Is True’ issue a challenge to apply our own versions of the truth to them, Craig McKeough writes.

Rikki Lea Bestall has been appointed chief executive of Screenwest, replacing Willie Rowe on the completion of his three-year contract.

The final report from the aged care royal commission suggested a needs-based system.

Housing Choices Australia launches in WA amid expected increase in demand for social housing.

Australia's new minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme will soon meet with the sector as the campaign against planned changes ramps up.

10x10 Philanthropy held its first event in Perth this week and raised a record-breaking $429,400 for local charities.

Rosalind Appleby found that the light prevailed over the darkness in WASO's season launch.

The arts and entertainment sector is being offered another $135 million to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

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

Structural Dependency is yet more proof we don’t need to import world-class contemporary dance companies – they’re already here.

40under40: Gina Ravenscroft’s medical research has improved the lives of many families who have lost children to genetic diseases.

The disability sector needs more support workers to meet the need created by the NDIS.

Members of the business community took part in a walking marathon on Saturday night and raised a record $1.5 million for Ronald McDonald House Charities WA.

Western Australian artist Jarrod Taylor has won the $10,000 Western Australian Sculptor Scholarship to kick off the 2021 Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Cottesloe Beach.

Amber Hasler is leaving Artrage to pursue other opportunities, after recently completing her 10th Fringe World Festival.

Black Swan’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov’s tragicomedy of Czarist Russia, sits uncomfortably in 1980s Manjimup.

It’s not clear how much value taxpayers might get from Labor’s $100 million film studio election promise, but the film industry says it will give the state an edge.

Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is hoping to continue its 40-year legacy with the launch of its Next Generation fundraising appeal and a new corporate sponsor.

The Royal Perth Hospital Medical Research Foundation is one of WA’s largest philanthropic foundations; however, it’s not as large as it used to be, and therein lies a story.

Last December proved to be a positive time for health and disaster relief charities, which collected more donations than in previous years.

Greenbatch Foundation is in voluntary administration after losing income due to events cancelled in Perth’s recent COVID-19 lockdown.

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