It’s Malandarri Festival season again and Artback NT wishes to celebrate the 10 years that brought traditional and contemprary song and dance to Borroloola Show Grounds. Malandarri Festival director Marlene Timothy and Remote Events Manager Lia Pa’apa’a worked together in 2013 to build the first DanceSite festival, and have been reunited 10 years later to

Artback NT has officially opened its round of EOI’s for touring. We want to hear from NT residents with a production in theatre, comedy, dance, or music. We will be working primarily with NT-based artists, producers, and companies, and we are passionate about sharing the strong and unique stories of the Northern Territory and providing

Clay on Country, ceramics from the central desert opens at Cairns Art Gallery on the 2nd of March. Find out more in our latest newsletter. Image: Tara Leckey, Remains II, 2017, Camel bone, found crockery, glass and grout

On the 28th of December 2023 the Borroloola Woman’s Cultural Song Group together with Dr Shellie Morris AO, took to the stage at Woodford Folk Festival as Arrkula Yinbayarra – Together We Sing to introduce their beautiful album, Waralungku, now available on Bandcamp. Read about this, and more in our latest Newsletter

Abbey Morgan, who plays Maddie in CUSP, talks with Jo Pickup, ArtsHub’s Arts Feature Writer about the mental health case for uninterrupted, silent creative space  – READ FULL ARTICLE HERE Jo Pickup is an arts writer and manager based in Perth, who has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM

“… there is a very specific life style in the Northern Territory, that is very different to Sydney or Melbourne, and it is really interesting and exciting to bring stories that have that specificity to the stage, and to take them around the country, and that is what I think it really exciting about CUSP.” 

Powered by unparalleled choreographic vision and invention, and Tom Snowdon’s scorching soundscape, Value for Money is, quite simply, the most outstanding piece of contemporary dance theatre I have ever seen, wrote Geoffrey Williams for Stage Whispers, following the 2021 performance at The Darwin Festival. Read the full review here

‘The ending of the piece was breathtakingly beautiful and served to bookend a complex and thoroughly engaging work’ – Barry Lenny, Broadway World REVIEW Value for Money Born in London, Barry Lenny was introduced to theatre as a small boy, through being taken to see traditional Christmas pantomimes, as well as discovering jazz and fine

Journalist Suzannah Conway spoke with GUTS Dance Co-Artistic Directors Frankie Snowdon & Madeleine Krenek; and Co-Directors, creators and choreographers of the GUTS Dance Production of Value for Money  Sara Black & Jasmine Sheppard, as well as Artback NT’s Performing Arts Manager, Evan Saunders for a feature piece about the boundary pushing gutsy Mparntwe based dance company

Some like it hot, is an exhibition curated by Wendy Garden that showcases the work of two accomplished, much lauded and much-loved Northern Territory based artists: Therese Ritchie and Franck Gohier. These artists are well known for their satirical work that combines wit and humour with astute social observation. In this exhibition Garden reflects on