Arts

Live music drives global boom - Newsreel

Superfans drive a buoyant global year for music

The global music industry had an unexpected bumper year in 2023 as “superfans” drove sales and emerging markets took off. The Goldman Sachs 2023 Music in the Air
Read more 15 May 2024
Jerry Seinfeld in Unfrostered

Comedy cleansing drives chronic laughter drought

By Shane Rodgers Do you ever think about what makes you laugh out loud and uncontrollably? These days it might be nothing. But there is something in our weird and
Read more 11 May 2024
Person shooting on vertical mobile phone. | Newsreel

Flip the script and go vertical for cash

TikTok creators rejoice. $10,000 grants are up for grabs to help you hone your craft. For the first time, Screen Queensland is offering support to producers of vertical
Read more 9 May 2024
Artist painting mural. | Newsreel

Full-time artists in rapid decline

Less than one in 10 Australian artists work full-time in their field, a drop of more than 60 percent in under a decade. A recent Creative Australia-commissioned report
Read more 8 May 2024
Cinderella dances on the stage.

Cinderella ballet adapted for younger audiences

A condensed version of Cinderella will be performed especially for tiny fans of the most famous of fairytales in Queensland Ballet’s upcoming My First Ballet
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Leanne Benjamin - new Queensland Ballet artistic director - Newsreel

Paper towels balance perfection en pointe

London’s poshest hotel restaurants played a little-known part in helping to support the career of Queensland Ballet’s new artistic director Leanne Benjamin. In her
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Taylor Swift Eras - Newsreel

What Taylor Swift can teach us about Olympic stadiums

By Shane Rodgers There was something very curious about two sets of economic data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the past couple of weeks. They
Read more 7 May 2024
Taylor Swift moves to the top of the solo album rankings - Newsreel

Rampaging Taylor Swift closes in on Beatles records

Music powerhouse Taylor Swift is continuing to break chart records, moving to the top of the historic soloist number one album ranks. Swift’s latest album, The
Read more 2 May 2024
Billie Eilish to tour Australia in 2025 - Newsreel

Four Brisbane shows in Billie Eilish tour

American entertainer Billie Eilish has included four Brisbane concerts as part of her Australian tour in 2025. The HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR shows will be at the
Read more 1 May 2024
The new version of Coppélia by Greg Horsman draws inspiration from Australia’s rich migrant history. Newsreel.

French ballet given Aussie twist in comic tale

Classical French ballet Coppélia has been given an Aussie twist in Queensland Ballet’s adaptation of the comic tale. The new version by Greg Horsman draws inspiration
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