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Joan and the Giants performing in at the Astor Theatre in Perth supporting Belinda Carlisle, 2024. Photo by Isabelle Haubrich.

The show goes on for WA creatives

Sep 5, 2025
The curtain has risen on a new wave of arts projects, musical performances and cultural experiences across Western Australia, thanks to a major funding boost from the WA Government.
Frederick Irwin Anglican School:students and adults enjoying the colourful murals

WA schools advancing reconciliation with local community projects

Sep 5, 2025
Western Australian students will learn more about Aboriginal culture and history as part of the WA Government's Partnership Acceptance Learning Sharing (PALS) program
Daisy Ridley in We Bury the Dead. Courtesy: Screenwest

Gripping locally produced film gets WA premiere screening 🎥

Sep 4, 2025
Locally produced survival thriller, We Bury the Dead, premiered at the CinefestOZ Film Prize on Wednesday 3 September and Birthright will premiere on Friday 5 September 2025.
More than 20 delegates to the Australian Performing Arts Exchange, stand and sit on a staircase

WA performing arts workers hit the road to build tours and connections

Aug 22, 2025
Last week, presenters, producers and performers from across Australia gathered in Garramilla Darwin for the 2025 Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX).
A woman sits in an art gallery looking through a book, with headphones on

WA art hubs set for funding boost

Aug 7, 2025
New exhibitions, residencies and art workshops coming to Mandurah and Narrogin.

WA represents at World Expo, Osaka

Aug 6, 2025
Western Australia’s creative talent is on display on the global stage.
A group of young people stand behind a camera.

Art program funding to help boost wellbeing for young people

Aug 5, 2025
Young people across Western Australia are set to benefit from a new round of creative programs aimed at supporting mental, social and emotional wellbeing, as well as strengthening community connections.
A scene from the performance of 21 HEARTS: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke in a theatre.

Local story touching hearts across regional WA

Aug 5, 2025
WA theatre makers THEATRE 180 recently took their popular show 21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke on the road to regional towns across WA.
Guy Ghouse AM and Gina Williams AM win the 2025 People's Pinnacle Award

Celebrating excellence in performing arts

Aug 5, 2025
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Pinnacle Awards, which celebrates excellence in WA’s performing arts industry.
Colourful graphic reads: Creative Workplaces

New Creative Workplaces website

Aug 5, 2025
Western Australian creative workers are now able to find clear information about their rights and obligations thanks to a new national platform from Creative Australia.
Scene from Binge's The Twelve - Cape Rock Killer. With Sam Neill as Brett Colby and Danielle Cormack as Gabe Nicholls. Photo by Daniel Asher Smith

WA’s screen industry going from strength to strength

Aug 5, 2025
With the WA Government’s Screen Industry Strategy guiding growth of our state’s screen sector over the next ten years, WA’s screen industry is bustling with positive activity.
Adrian Dzvuke performing as support act for Coldplay, Optus Stadium, Perth 2023. Photo Samson Makumbe

New research helps music industry hit the right notes

Aug 5, 2025
Music Australia has released a new report, providing the first comprehensive measure of the economic contribution of Australia’s music industry.
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